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Entries by Jay Michaelson from 10/2009

The Gay Generation Gap: Reflections on the National Equality March

| Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics
Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Homosexuality, National Equality March, Cleve Jones, Gay Rights, Aids, Obama Gay Rights, Self-Esteem, Homosexuality and Religion, Human Rights Campaign, Jay-Michaelson, David Mixner, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

Where are the GLBT prophets who call us all to account? If it is true that denying marriage to gays is a moral deficiency, why haven't gay leaders framed it that way?

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An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 1: What Is Kabbalah?

| Posted 10.15.2009 | Healthy Living
Read More: Jay Michaelson, Madonna, Kabbalah, Britney Spears, Judaism, Spirituality, Healthy Living News

Despite all the fame, or maybe because of it, it's often quite hard to get a clear answer to what Kabbalah actually is. It seems to depend on who you ask.

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An Introduction to Kabbalah, Part 2: God Does Not Exist, God is Existence Itself

| Posted 10.22.2009 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mysticism, Ein Sof, Yoga, Philosophy, God, Moses Cordovero, Judaism, Jay Michaelson, Kabbalah, Nonduality, Spirituality, Sefirot, Healthy Living News

At the deepest, most fundamental level, the true reality of our existence is One, Ein Sof, infinite, and thus the sense of separate self that we all have is not ultimately true.

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An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question

| Posted 10.29.2009 | Healthy Living
Read More: Religion, God, Atheism, Judaism, Jay Michaelson, Meditation, Kabbalah, Sefirot, Healthy Living News

Last week, in part two of our introduction to Kabbalah, we suggested that in Jewish mystical theology, "God does not exist -- God is existence itself."

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