Mystical Prayer: Opening A Door To Silence And Love 
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The transformative power of mystical experiences is that they can convey to us that no matter what happens to our bodies and personalities in the world of time and space, mysteriously, everything is always OK.
I believe that mystical practice may involve greater religious devotion because it eliminates all the superfluous elements.
Jerusalem from time immemorial has been the heart of the Jewish people. A request for its rebuilding is included in our prayers three times a day and all Jews, no matter where in the world, face Jerusalem to pray.
Yesod means foundation. It is the place of our nefesh, the level of the soul associated with the body, our separate vehicle for maneuvering in the world.
The shape of Jewish time is different. According to the teachings of the Torah, history does not unfold along a time-line but a time-spiral.
When it comes to telling us how to relate to some of our biggest global challenges, I wonder if the most spiritually enlightened among us might be missing the boat right now.
May the fires of Lag B'Omer reveal deeper and deeper levels of revelation and the commitment to spread the light of Torah until the "farthest reaches" of our inner soul and to those around us.
The most common traditional translations of hod are "majesty" and "splendor." While those definitions are significant, clearly something gets lost in translation. Without context they are just words and will probably not be enough to glean a relatable meaning.
Women's rights have come a very long way in a very short time. This is right and good and how things should be. It is also a facet of the plan for the ultimate unification of humanity that was foreseen centuries ago.
Turning potential into actual/Entering imagination within factual/Performing fixings in the spiritual/Attempting transformations in the physical...
It is only when you become aware of death that you want to know what life is about. Once you come to terms with death and you are conscious that you will die, you will want to make every moment of your life as beautiful as possible.
Gevurah, which means strength, encourages us to attend not only to the forms of our feelings, but also to the universal energy that all feelings contain.
When trying to understand the significance of the counting of the Omer, we can ask the following question: Why do we count up from one to 49 and not the more common way of counting down to an anticipated event, that is, from 49 to one?
I'm not asking if we've had moments when we've experienced that which is infinite. That's one thing. I'm asking if our relationship to existence itself is infinite.
We may not necessarily be hardwired for mystical experiences, but we are hardwired to benefit from a robust belief system shared by our peers and a contemplative spiritual practice, even if not necessarily a theistic one.
Is annihilation the only way to understand "the end" biblically?
