Balak, בָּלָק
Balak
22:2-25:9
What happens when we are not aligned with our divine purpose? The story of Balaam and the donkey shows us. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Listening to The Pain, Listening to Our Donkey Part (Parashat Balak) Read More »
We are sent angels — signs and symptoms, obstacles and experiences of pain — along our journey to help guide us to the path of blessing (not curse) for which we were created. In this meditation, we practice listening to these angels. (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: Listening to the Pain, Listening to Our Donkey Part (Parashat Balak) Read More »
Moshe may have given up on us, but God never does. God knows that we are in our essence people of growth. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: On Moshe’s Mistake and Being People of Growth (Parashat Chukat-Balak) Read More »
In the incident of the rock, Moshe says to the people, before he hits the rock, Shimu na hamorim, “listen up, you rebels” (Numbers 20:10). In this meditation, we explore the ways that such harsh words and negative assessments, both internal and external, hurt us, and we consider the possibility of substituting for such harshness
MEDITATION: On Moshe’s Mistake and Being People of Growth (Parashat Chukat-Balak) Read More »
We all have a donkey part, a part of us that knows, somatically, energetically, intuitively, something that other parts of us do not know or believe. In the Balaam story, it was the donkey who saw the angel standing in the way and refused to move forward on the path that Balaam was insisting on.
QUICK THOUGHT: Listening to Our Donkey Part (Parashat Balak) Read More »
The story of Balaam is the story of coming into greater alignment with God’s will. We are often like Balaam, struggling against our divine destiny. We hear God’s voice faintly in the night while the guests are sleeping and the external world is quiet – a part of us discerns what our path is
SHORT ESSAY: Coming into Alignment with the Divine (Parashat Balak) Read More »
In the story of Balaam, we see Balaam undergoing a process of coming into greater alignment with God’s will for him. He begins out of alignment, in opposition really, and ends up becoming a vessel for God’s blessing in the world. In this this meditation, we use Balaam’s story as a way to explore our
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On the verse: מה טובו אהליך יעקב משכנותיך ישראל How good are your tents, O Yaakov, your dwelling places, O Israel! (Numbers 24:5). Come relax into the goodness of the divine sanctuary. To listen to the meditation, click here.
MEDITATION: Mah Tovu — Entering the Sanctury of goodness (Parashat Balak) Read More »
Use the energy; don’t fight it or squash it. The energy may be manifesting in a negative form, but it can be turned to good. At first, God forbade Balaam from going to curse Israel. No, you stay home and don’t prophesy at all rather than use your talents to harm My people. But God
SHORT ESSAY: Redirecting Negative Energy (Parashat Balak) Read More »