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what are you grateful for?

Posted in freedom, judaism, kabbalah, mysticism, peace, religion, spirituality, torah, transformation, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

What is Judaism?
The path of gratitude.
Yehudi (from the same root as todah),
one who gives thanks, who acknowledges.
And what does it mean to be grateful?
To acknowledge what is,
rather than what is not.
To approach the world from a place of gratitude
is to approach the world from a place of fulfillment.
Rather than seeking someone
or something to complete me,
to [...]

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cut the cord

Posted in economic justice, environment, freedom, global change, justice, mysticism, peace, poverty, religion, social justice, spirituality, transformation, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

How do you convey to someone, who’s never responded to the inkling, that there’s more going on to the world than meets the eye? This is especially challenging, since what that “more” is can’t be seen with the eye or captured by the tongue. Still, it’s nonetheless real; in fact it’s the underlying frame and [...]

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Hashem’s mirror

Posted in democracy, economic justice, economy, environment, freedom, global change, judaism, justice, kabbalah, mysticism, peace, physics, poverty, religion, social justice, spirituality, torah, transformation, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »

[Hi folks. I've been at a conference all week, jam packed busy. So I offer something brief here. Hopefully we can build on it over time.]
יהיויהי
The world is a giant mirror. Society, the earth, our own individual lives…everything in existence is simply a facet of this great reflection.
The exact nature of the mirror itself, who [...]

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human doing

Posted in freedom, global change, judaism, justice, kabbalah, mysticism, peace, religion, social justice, spirituality, torah, transformation, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the practice of Mussar, a Jewish system of gradual self-transformation, the greatest barrier to self-realization is often identified as busyness. Distractions, errands, entertainment, talking, running, work, driving, rushing…all make the task of self-awareness and growth more difficult. We occupy ourselves with physical reality—moving things, including ourselves, about in space—and forget about spirit, the underlying [...]

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