In Hebrew the word yes – Kein – means integrity. Yes is the ultimate affirmation of our integrity. The question of your existence is whether you can say yes to the adventure that is your life. ...
In Hebrew the word yes – Kein – means integrity. Yes is the ultimate affirmation of our integrity. The question of your existence is whether you can say yes to the adventure that is your life. ...
It is said that the Great Maggid would convene his inner circle every night to teach them the sacred texts. All of his greatest students would gather. ...
The most important thing we can ever tell someone else is, “You are beautiful.†...
In biblical mysticism love and oneness are identical. ...
In reaching for the awakening of love, we do well to bear in mind the teaching of mystical master Menachem Mendel of Kutz. ...
The truly great dancer - like all lovers- flows with the fullness of being. She trusts the universe. She knows she will always fall right so she allows herself to fall into the erotic rhythm of life. ...
One of the places where we overcome alienation and step inside to an act of surrender is the sacred realm of music. ...
In our previous post we introduced a provocative Hebrew wisdom masters koan, "Great is teshuva, for in it intentional sins become great merits. ...
You must embrace all of your light as well as all of your darkness. Any part of me that I split off and reject is in exile. ...
The third stage to which Hebrew mysticism invites us--each in our own way--is the experience of unity consciousness as the guiding principle of our lives. This is the final stage on our journey. ...
Love is a radical redrawing of boundaries and complete revisioning of the whole notion of self-interest. A revisioning is, of course, a deepening of perception. ...
Of course, to remind another of their full beauty you have to be fully aware of your own. The Baal Shem Tov has a wonderful teaching on the biblical mandate "love your neighbor as you love yourself." ...
A word in the Zohar used for those souls who are living their story is lechisah, meaning "whisper." To live your story is to be able to hear the intimate whisper of divinity erotically caressing your life. ...
The goal of the erotic life is to engage every area of our lives with the mantra of lismah beating in our breasts. This means being fully present for each thing itself without needing always to justify our activity by recourse to some external gain.. ...
The trees are part of the Goddess's erotic manifestation. The central symbol of much of the ancient pagan cult in biblical Canaan was the Ashera tree. ...