We live in a pretty frenetic world. Most of our waking lives are spent going from one thing to the next. Rarely do we take the time for true, unalloyed stillness.
This lifestyle is a reflection of our inner state, our mental busyness. As much as we might like to think that others are responsible for [...]
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Secret Invitation
Posted in environment, global change, justice, kabbalah, mysticism, peace, social justice, spirituality, torah, transformation, tagged capacity, change, environment, freedom, global, humans, ideas, inner change, judaism, justice, kabbalah, let go, meaning, meditation, mysticism, outer change, peace, purpose, sabbath, Shabbat, slow down, social change, spirit, spiritual transformation, spirituality, transformation on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jeremiah and the Urban Man
Posted in economic justice, environment, freedom, global change, judaism, justice, mysticism, peace, poverty, social justice, spirituality, torah, transformation, tagged change, consumption, environment, global, hunger, ideas, inner change, justice, peace, poverty, purpose, sabbath, sabbatical year, slow down, social change, spirit, spiritual transformation, spirituality, step back, stopping, transformation on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome UrbanMan-ites. I just posted this site about a month ago. Being somewhat reclusive, and just a bit gun-shy, I’ve yet to do much publicizing. The Urban Man’s radio essay describing me as a bearded Jeremiah figure has certainly boosted traffic.
So what are you getting yourself into? Jeremiah? Maybe. The point is, yes, as the [...]
Time to Stop—[basic overview, part one]
Posted in economic justice, environment, freedom, global change, judaism, justice, mysticism, peace, poverty, social justice, spirituality, torah, transformation, tagged change, consumption, environment, existence, freedom, global, humans, hunger, ideas, jubilee, judaism, justice, kabbalah, mysticism, outer change, peace, poverty, purpose, sabbath, sabbatical year, Shabbat, shemita, shemitta, shmita, shmitta, slow down, social change, spirit, spiritual transformation, spirituality, step back, stopping, transformation, yovel on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Sabbath is a powerful metaphor for how we can heal this planet and build a better future for ourselves as a species. The chronicler of the book of Genesis, far from simply reducing the origins of this world to a manageable sequence of events, was tapping into a truth that resides deep within the [...]
The Revolution will be Spiritual—[basic overview, part two]
Posted in economic justice, environment, freedom, global change, judaism, justice, mysticism, peace, social justice, spirituality, torah, transformation, tagged change, consumption, creation, crises, crisis, eden, environment, existence, freedom, global, God, humans, hunger, ideas, illusion of separateness, inner change, judaism, justice, kabbalah, let go, meaning, meditation, mysticism, oneness, outer change, peace, poverty, purpose, sabbath, sabbatical year, selflessness, Shabbat, shemita, shemitta, shmita, shmitta, slow down, social change, spirit, spiritual transformation, spirituality, step back, stopping, transformation, world to come, yovel on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[Note: I’ve used the G-word in this post. This is simply to explore the meaning of the first Sabbath and its relevance for today. No belief in God is necessary or encouraged.]
According to tradition, the Sabbath is the culmination of creation, the destination. Like any good designer the divine began with the end in mind. [...]
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