As we come to the end of the kabbalistic year and are fully immersed in the final month known as Virgo, we experience the fruition of the year. Now is the time when the fruit of a year’s spiritual work manifests. As this year comes to a close, it is a good practice to ask...
Meditation is the practice of focusing our consciousness and becoming more aware. Instead of a wavering mind which is like a candle that flickers in the wind, we learn in meditation to be still, to direct and guide our energy. Interestingly, when the candle flame does not flicker, it is able to shine brighter. Meditation...
When it comes to the matter of love, absence makes the heart grow fonder. When two people in love become separated, they desire strongly to be reunited. Their love builds and the longing to once again be together stirs into their souls. When I think of our relationship to the Creator, I see this same...
When a child is born and begins a new life on Earth, it is an opportunity for that soul to start a new journey. The soul has been given another chance to fulfill its purpose and its potential. However, this opportunity does not only occur when we are physically born, but also each morning when...
Each one of us has a road we must take, and no one can take it for us. Just like a seed in the dark cold earth, we too must find our way out from our own mud and into the beautiful warmth and Light of our destiny and purpose. If you have ever talked...
According to the Talmud, every blade of grass has its own angel watching over it, whispering, “Grow, grow.” So too is it with us. This beautiful teaching is ours this week. As the nights grow longer and darker, we are compelled more than any other time of the year, to go within for reflection, meditation,...
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. “ ~ Joseph Campbell It takes the average baby 1000 hours of practice before they can walk. Some learn to scoot first. Some love to crawl. Others like to get right to taking their...
The power of kindness, compassion, and love sometimes find our hearts in the darkest nights. While hard to accept in the throes of challenge, the truth is: Without challenge, there is no growth. Without darkness, there is no Light. Take, for example, the portion of Toldot, in which Rivka, the wife of Isaac, finds herself...
“When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves,” said Victor Frankl… and how true it is. Yet, the power to change ourselves does not only exist in those constrictive times when we are pushed up against a wall in impossible circumstances at the end of our rope. As we...
Have you ever thought to yourself that it’s too late to change? Maybe you are well into the second half of your life, and a new career, relationship, or opportunity seems overwhelming or pointless. Or maybe you resist change because you fear the unknown. Like the old phrase goes, “Better the devil you know than...
