Meditation Video Series – Filter Safe
Welcome to our new series “Meditation from a Jewish Perspective.” Judaism is a fourfold path. There are physical practices that rectify the body, prayer that emanates from the heart, meditation that stills the mind, and Torah study that cleanses the deepest layer of soul. The first instruction about meditation appears on the opening page of the Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Arukh).
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6 — Meditation and Shabbat
Our break from work on Shabbat creates an atmosphere of rest. that permeates both body and soul. But if we also meditate we harness the principle of resonance to bring the peace of Shabbos into the deepest reaches of our soul. In meditation, we touch the inwardness of Shabbat, and Shabbat touches the inwardness of us.
5- Kabbalistic Underpinnings of Speaking Truth to Lie
Meditation, and in particular the practice called Speaking Truth to Lie, is a powerful agent of Tikun Olam (mending the world). This FIFTH illustrated video teaching on meditation describes the kabbalistic underpinnings of this discipline.
4- Speaking Truth to Lie
This FOURTH video teaching on Jewish meditation, explains how meditation expands our field of awareness to include (at least parts of) our unconscious self. And it provides an opportunity to clean out the self-destructive thoughts that pervade this layer of psyche. The practice is simple; it is called SPEAKING TRUTH TO LIE.
3- Labeling as a Meditation Tool
This THIRD video teaching on Jewish Meditation, called the LABELING AS MEDITATION TOOL explains how to use the meditative calm for a different kind of inner work. It is possible to use the negative spaces–the distractions from focus–to gather precious information about our personality.
2- The Benefits and Obstacles of Meditation
This SECOND video on Jewish Meditation, called the BENEFITS AND OBSTACLES OF MEDITATION gives some very useful tips and incentives. Hopefully you have been experimenting with the meditation from the Code of Jewish Law presented in Lesson 1. Before moving to the more advanced techniques (which are to come) it is good to have some practice with the basics under your belt.
1- Meditation – From the Code of Jewish Law
Most are surprised to discover that mediation is a basic (if not obligatory) practice in Judaism. This 7-minute video explores the meditation that appears on the first page of the Code of Jewish Law. Click here to download this video.