November 12, 2015
For God
We all have many requests from God. We have wishes for ourselves and for others. We want aid for an illness, assistance in getting a job, help finding a spouse…
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November 5, 2015
The Dynamics of Grace
“Grace is flowing like the ocean, ever full. Everyone draws from it according to his capacity. How can one who brings only a tumbler complain that he is not able…
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July 10, 2015
Our Natural State
When people would come to Ramana Maharshi and ask him how they could reach Self-realization, he would answer them by saying that self-realization is not something to be reached or…
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May 29, 2015
Stillness
The Zohar states that one of the names of God is minuchah – rest. The Baal Shem Tov teaches that God is called minuchah or rest because movement does not…
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December 4, 2014
From Powerlessness to Spiritual Empowerment
There are times in life when we desperately want to help but are incapable of doing anything - when we see our loved ones suffering and are helpless to stop…
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February 28, 2014
As God Commanded
“And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it exactly as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.” - Exodus 39:43…
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January 9, 2014
Beyond Words
In the Midrash, we are told that when God was instructing Moses how to build the vessels for the Mishkan (Tabernacle), Moses has difficulty imagining the appearance of the menorah.…
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June 7, 2013
Master of Time and Space
"There is a bridge between time and Eternity; and this bridge is Atman, the Spirit of man. Neither day nor night cross that bridge, nor old age, nor death nor…
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May 15, 2013
The Supernal Torah
We are told in the Kabbalah that God in the Ein Sof, the Absolute Reality, is pure infinite consciousness. How did this Infinite Consciousness become embodied in a finite…
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March 1, 2013
Torah: A Path of Wisdom and Peace
“Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.” - Proverbs 3:17 The Torah is a religious manual that teaches us how to live our life. The…
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November 9, 2012
State of Consciousness
A central maxim of the teachings of the Baal Shem is that we are where our thoughts are. He believed that it is our mind that controls the nature of…
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January 20, 2012
Living in the Higher Consciousness
On this physical plane of existence, we are bombarded daily by a constant stream of sensory stimuli. These stimuli push and pull us in every direction as they compete…
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