How to Create Something from Nothing
Most People Never Really Change Sad, but true. Some people never even try. But those of us who do – and I assume that you are in that group – often experience great frustration and disappointment as we encounter the same limitations over and over again. Life can start to seem downright repetitive. Creating Something […]
The Secret of Getting Free
“The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.” Anonymous SO MUCH TO DO – SO LITTLE TIME Cell phones. Email. Video conferencing. The World Wide Web. A couple of decades ago, who could have imagined the world we take for granted today? With such instantaneous access to information and communication, we can do lots of […]
How To Make A Fortune
YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF WHAT YOU DON’T REALLY WANT Life keeps getting faster and faster. More and more, we spend our time trying to make things happen, fitting more into each minute than ever before. But somehow, we are neither satisfied nor fulfilled. Why? Because the things we’re running after so fervently are […]
The Kabbalah of Rosh Hashana: From Tears to Transformation
“Today the world trembles / Today the world is reborn”… from the Rosh Hashana prayer service. Choosing G-d** At sunset on the eve of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, G-d will remove some of his light from the world. He will still remain present in a basic way, of course, or the world could […]
The Kabbalah of Yom Kippur: Rising Above Time
The Synagogue and the Women from Taiwan This Rosh Hashana, Jews around the world prayed and blew the shofar, arousing in the Creator of the Universe a new level of desire to embrace our world and be its King. They did this, whether they knew it or not, on behalf of all humanity, for without […]
The Kabbalah of Sukkot: Letting Go of The Roof
“You shall dwell in Sukkos (booths) for seven days… so that you will know, for all generations, that I had the Children of Israel dwell in Sukkos, when I took them out of the Land of Egypt; I am G-d your G-d.” Leviticus We live in a world of time and space, a world that […]
Shining from the Inside Out
Adolescence – The Darkness Before the Dawn Do you remember what it was like to be an adolescent? The anger, the confusion, the rebellion? The intense need to express yourself, even in ways that were upsetting to the people around you? Or maybe you are the parent of an adolescent. Maybe you long for the […]
The Secret of the Void
All Alone in Here Several years ago I had a quiet but intense experience at the wedding of a close friend. I was early, and as I sat at my table I watched the other guests entering the room. One came in elated, dancing like a performer on stage. Another was withdrawn, inward, as if […]
Finding G-d* in the Details
Have you ever been excited about an idea, a project, or a goal, so excited that you felt like you could reach out and touch it – only to find that when you try to bring it into actuality the whole thing breaks down? It’s a common experience. In it’s pure ungrounded form, in your […]
Remembering Who You Are
This is the Hebrew month of Elul, the month of teshuva. Teshuva, often translated as repentance, more precisely means return – a return to G-d, and to the essence of who you are. Every soul comes into a body with a specific Divine mission and purpose. But life in the body, especially in this complex, […]