In this meditation, we explore the story of the scouts. We connect to the fear and the doubt that the 10 scouts and the Israelites felt. We find those places inside us that are terrified of new things, that feel like grasshoppers in some way. And then we also touch the place of the “yud” […]
MEDITATION: Holding Both the Fear and the Yud Inside Us (Parashat Shelach) Read More »
Coming face to face with the strength of God in you, with this mighty, courageous, light-filled force, the fear, the judgment, the doubt, they relax a little — oh, someone is in charge, they see — they step back; they give space. (Click image to read more)
In this meditation, we explore the passage that is bracketed by upside down “nuns” in the Torah, a passage whose text is familiar to us from the Torah service in shul. First, we explore the feeling of rising up in divine power and having our internal “enemies” scatter in the face of that strength, and
MEDITATION: Vayehi Beneso’a Ha’aron: To Journey and To Rest (Parashat Beha’alotecha) Read More »
May God shine God’s face upon you. It is like the face of a parent gazing at a newborn baby. Total delight and amazement and warmth. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: God Delights In Us (Parashat Naso) Read More »
In this meditation, we work towards a sense of inner peace, the end of the priestly blessing, by first fully experiencing the middle line or heart of the Priestly Blessing, the sense of God’s face shining upon us. We take this shining face inside as a way to welcome all parts of us and to
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The midbar, the desert, is a sacred place. In the desert we receive the Torah. In the desert we undergo a growth process, are transformed from slaves to a nation of free people ready to live independently in their own land. This week, as we enter the book of Bamidbar, of being “in the
QUICK THOUGHT: The Sacredness of an Emotional Desert (Parashat Bamidbar) Read More »
If it’s rejection you’re feeling, then you know it is not divine Presence. The God inside you rejects not. (Click image to read more)
QUICK THOUGHT: Divine Presence is Non-Rejecting (Parashat Bechukotai) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore five phrases from the blessings God promises us if we walk in God’s ways, moving thorugh various aspects of feeling God’s indwelling inside us, from presence and non-rejecting acceptance to slowing down into steadiness, letting go of burdens and learning to stand tall and confident. The five phrases are: 1)
MEDITATION: What Divine Presence Feels like Inside (Parashat Bechukotai) Read More »
Would you call out someone else’s weakness the way that your inner critics shame your own weakest parts? (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: Ona’at Devarim and Negative Self Talk (Parashat Behar) Read More »
In this meditation, we look at the prohibition against ona’at devarim, speaking in a way that is shaming or hurtful to another person, and we apply it to ourselves and to our own internal criticism and shaming and negative self-talk. We take some time to notice it and shine a light on this inner talk,
MEDITATION: Negative Self Talk and Our Divine Essence (Parashat Behar) Read More »