Make like a desert and become hefker, ownerless. A midrash on the start of our parsha suggests that in order to recieve the Torah, we need to do just that,… Read more: MEDITATION: What Owns You And How To Let Go (Parashat Bamidbar)

We say we love rest. But do we? Why does everything else seem to take priority over rest then? This week, I’d like to take a hard look at our relationship to rest.

Letting all the thoughts and plans and worries swirl around as you rest in your shabbat place, the place of stillness deep inside you that is always at peace.

One angel says to the other: See that flower? Holy! And the other angel calls back: See that human walking the street? Holy! “Holy! Holy! Holy!” What if we did that, too?

If we are looking for fear, fear will be everywhere. But if we decide that what we are looking for is God, then God is everywhere.

Become that love. You were born to be that.