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A spiritual path asks its adherents to walk their talk.  Yet that is easier said than done. Most of us are challenged by the obstacle of Strange Fire.  Meditation, and in particular the practice [...]

One of the most difficult and subtle challenges of a spiritual path is the matter of “strange fire” which we’ll define as: “taking pleasure from something that violates one’s own [...]

Prayer is called “service of the heart” because it’s challenge (and calling) is to commune with Divinity heart to heart. That happens  naturally in spontaneous prayer but with [...]

Textual Study as Meditation alternates study with meditation in a way that dissolves their boundaries and eventually fuses them. It is the best of both worlds.

This FIFTH video teaching on Jewish meditation explains how meditation, and in particular the practice called Speaking Truth to Lie,  is a powerful agent of Tikun Olam (mending the world). This [...]

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 [...]

Labeling as a Meditation Tool — Lesson 3 Judaism is a fourfold path. There are physical practices that rectify the body, prayer that cleanses the heart, meditation that stills the mind, and [...]

Benefits and Obstacles of Meditation — Lesson 2 Judaism is a fourfold path. There are physical practices that rectify the body, prayer that cleanses the heart, meditation that stills the [...]