How nice to have a few quiet moments on Shabbat afternoon and stumble upon an old volume of Emerson’s collected essays. One entitled, “The Poet,” called to me and in reading it I found this lovely sentiment: We know that the secret of the world is profound, but who or what shall be our interpreter, […]
#Pray– #BlogElul Day 16
#Pray means many things. Lately I’ve been listening to podcasts by Jack Kornfield. He’s a wise dude, plain and simple. Among the many recurring themes in his teachings is the idea of shooting energy from one place to another. There comes a point in the process of “sitting” when a person finds him or her […]
#Trust– #BlogElul Day 10
Trust. Judaism has a lot to say on the topic. To summarize– individual and communal trust in God is the key to a happy life. But what does that actually mean? What does it mean to trust in God? Here are a few possibilities: 1) Believing that God has a plan. A plan for […]
#Count– #BlogElul10
Counting is a basic human activity. How we count says a lot about what we value and how we live. Do we count based on quality or based on quantity? Quantitative counters might ask– How many emails did I receive today? How many voice messages? How many hits did my website get? How much new […]
#See– #BlogElul9
In this post #BlogElul meets the timeless wisdom of The Grateful Dead. “Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.” – Scarlet Begonias We like to think of ourselves as enlightened. Sometimes we even bask in the sunlight of our own astuteness, […]
#Hear– #BlogElul8
My beloved teacher and friend, Rabbi Jim Ponet, once told me, “Everything is either an expression of love or a cry for love.” I agreed then. I agree now. Since then I’ve tried to retrain my ear to hear the cacophony of the world as that expression or that cry.