No matter how much we train the mind to stay present with our current moment to moment experience, we are not able to pay attention if we don’t want to. Sometimes life is so uncomfortable or painful that we don’t want to pay attention to the present, we want to escape.
Embracing The Moment When We Don’t Want To Read More »
It’s this heart who knows that no words, no labels, can approach the grief and loss, the beauty and exultation, the depth and sacred quality of your experience and mine.
Surviving the Storm – A Meditative Poem on Words and Presence Read More »
Letting in the reality that other people are central to our success and fulfillment in life goes beyond the reality that we are social animals – that we need other people for comfort, a sense of connection, and pleasant distractions. Instead, waking up in deeper ways to our inherent connection with other people is crucial not only to our personal growth, but to our ability to help build a world that reflects this Divine reality of interconnection.
Relationships As The Vehicle For Divine Awareness Read More »
Definitions of faith and doubt don’t always serve the individual in their commitment to truth or a deepening of their relationship with the Divine.
Seeking A Faith For Our Time Read More »
The holiday of Hanukkah comes to remind us that the light is always available and we have a necessary role to play in “kindling” light in our lives that can have unknown ripples in the universe.
Our Role In Illuminating The World Read More »
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How do we wake up each morning, stay connected to the goodness of creation, and be an instrument of love and truth within this dark time?
Staying Present In The Darkness Read More »
Even as we are grateful for our bounty, we need to see around us in a very concrete way that it will not last.
Impermanence As A Foundation of Gratitude Read More »
When we live in awe, we live with gratitude, with openness, and with the desire that our words and actions serve the Good.
Living Awe-Filled Days Read More »
How do we grow? Improve? Transform into more realized versions of our visions of who we could be and what kind of impact we can have in the world? Is growth about becoming a picture of someone else, or is it about more fully embracing who we already are? There is a midrash – a
Return To The Land of Your Soul: Reflections on the Month of Elul Read More »
