If you want to discover your eternal divine essence, you must learn to disengage your inner self from its outer trappings. In other words, you have to get in touch with yourself as a soul which is distinct from your persona, thoughts and feelings. The goal of disengaging the self …
Life is a divine mission. And no one has a better or more important mission. It is ridiculous to ever be envious of another person’s lot. Don’t ever think that the president of the United States is any more important than a waiter in a restaurant. One person’s mission cannot …
Awakening to the Goal of Your Soul Kirk Douglas, the actor, once told me that when people compliment him on a performance, they often tell him how great he was at losing himself in the part. “You just became Vincent Van Gogh! You were so wonderful.” And he answers, “No, …
Torah teaches that no character trait is absolutely negative, everything has a role. All we have to do is look at each trait with an open mind and determine its pluses and the minuses. When it comes to pride there is an aspect of it that comes from the godly …
Passover celebrates the getting out of Egypt as an event greater than just a political emancipation of the Jewish people. It was a spiritual transformation. The Jews were not only physically enslaved but also spiritually enmeshed in Egyptian culture. Egypt was the epitome of egotism and haughtiness. But in truth …
Henny Youngman, the comedian, once said, “I tried being an atheist, but I gave it up. There were no holidays.” A holiday is referred to in Hebrew as a Moed. This actually means a date or a meeting. In other words, a holiday is a date with God. Why would …
When you achieve the Garden of Eden mindset you cannot but feel the ecstasy of being whole in One.
How can you know when prideful thoughts are coming from your ego or your soul? Many times a person feels self-confident and passionately driven to accomplish great things and initially this all appears to be just inflated ego but after clarification it may be that her strength of mind and …
I had a student that once came into my office and said, “My father who passed away was an atheist and a fantastic human being. He was such a moral human being. He was such a good human being. I don’t believe that had he been a believer, he would …
The word “prayer” actually comes from the Latin word meaning “to beg” – exactly what many people feel prayer is. They imagine a big king in the sky who is getting a big ego boost from watching his subjects beg. This is a terrible image of our selves and of God.
