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Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: Shavuot, Mt. Sinai And The Big Bang

2012-05-25T16:16:31Z

Just as there is a background sound permeating all the universe as a result of the initial instant of the big bang, we can say similarly that there is a spiritual background voice in the world resulting from the giving of the Torah at Sinai.

Read more: Religion and Science, Omer 2012, Judaism, Shavuot, Big Bang, Scripture Commentary, Scripture Study, Mount Sinai, Kabbalah, Religion News

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Mystical Prayer: Opening A Door To Silence And Love

2012-05-24T07:07:58Z

Amid the noise and increasing demands of our daily life, it is more and more important for many of us to find a way to reach an inner quiet, a place of rest and refuge.

Read more: Prayer and Meditation, Mysticism, Interfaith, Rumi, Mystical Prayer, Sufism, Prayer, Interfaith Prayer, Video, Religion News

Andrew Z. Cohen: Why Mysticism Matters

2012-05-23T08:08:30Z

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.

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PHOTOS: Thousands Of Pilgrims Flock To Commemorate Sufi Saint

2012-05-22T12:15:21Z

Click through to see photos from the festival:

Urs Ajmer Sharif is a six-day long annual commemoration of the death of the Persian Sufi Saint Moi...

Read more: Mysticism, Urs Festival Photos, Islam, Video, Urs Ajmer, Moinuddin Chisti, Urs, Exposure, Urs Festival, Urs Ajmer Sharif 2012, Slideexpand, Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, Urs Ajmer Sharif, Religion News

The Israeli Dervish Finds Home In Mystical World Of Rumi

2012-05-21T13:18:11Z

Miki Cohen is a 58-year-old college teacher who has 'discovered' the works of Jalal ad-Din Rumi, a 13th-century Muslim poet and Sufi mystic.

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Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: Jerusalem: The Heart Of The World

2012-05-20T14:17:21Z

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.

Read more: Jerusalem Day, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Jerusalem, Omer 2012, Song of Songs, Mysticism, Judaism, Religion News

Rabbi Ted Falcon: Yesod: The Center Of The Separate Self

2012-05-15T10:45:53Z

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.

Read more: Omer 2012, Judaism, Mysticism, Yesod, Counting the Omer, Jewish Mindfulness, Kabbalah, Jewish Mysticism, Religion News

Eitan Press: Time Spirals And Other Insights Into The Jewish Calendar

2012-05-14T00:00:26Z

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.

Read more: Omer 2012, Judaism, Mysticism, Jewish Holidays, Counting the Omer, Kabbalah, Shavuot, Jewish Calendar, Passover, Religion News

Rabbi Jason Miller: Obama, Gay Marriage Equality And Lag Ba'Omer

2012-05-11T11:00:43Z

For gays and lesbians who have fought for marriage equality, Lag Ba'Omer 2012 was an epic day on which a plague ended.

Read more: Mysticism, Lgbt, Gay Marriage, President Barack Obama, Jewish Theological Seminary, Torah, Lag Ba'omer, Orthodox Judaism, Kabbalah, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Slidepollajax, Religion and Sexuality, Omer 2012, Religion News

Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: The Fire Of The 33rd Day Of The Omer

2012-05-10T10:39:42Z

For the Jewish people, the strength and wisdom to arise victorious will have to come from where it has always come -- from the light, inspiration and power of our holy Torah.

Read more: Omer 2012, Judaism, Mysticism, Zohar, Counting the Omer, Rabbi Akiva, Lag Ba'omer, Kabbalah, Shimon Bar Yochai, Jewish Mysticism, Slidepollajax, Religion News

Molly Hahn: Buddha Doodle -- Polish

2012-05-08T12:22:29Z

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Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: Open My Eyes That I May See Wonders In Your Torah

2012-05-07T11:59:35Z

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.

Read more: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Israel, Counting the Omer, Omer 2012, Lag B'omer, Mysticism, Judaism, Hebrew, Religion News

Reb Ezra Weinberg: HOD Still And Be Counted

2012-05-03T14:11:45Z

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.

Read more: Holiness, Aaron the Priest, Moses, Jewish Mysticism, Chesed, Hod, Omer 2012, Judaism, Mysticism, Counting the Omer, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Mindfulness, Religion News

Reb Ezra Weinberg: Beyond Chesed And Gevurah: Tiferet

2012-04-27T08:00:22Z

We can think in black and white and know that it serves us well and yet still allow room for awareness that the prism of possibility is larger that we intuit.

Read more: Mindfulness, Omer 2012, Judaism, Counting the Omer, Gevurah, Kabbalah, Tiferet, Chesed, Religion News

Andrew Z. Cohen: Do We Need Faith To Believe In Progress?

2012-04-25T15:00:39Z

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.

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Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: Counting The Omer: A Mystical, Mathematical Poem

2012-04-25T10:28:53Z

Turning potential into actual/Entering imagination within factual/Performing fixings in the spiritual/Attempting transformations in the physical...

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Rabbi Rachel Kobrin: To Our Daughter, On Her 8th Birthday

2012-04-24T10:35:27Z

Noa Tiferet: You were born on the 17th day of the Omer, the third day of the third week, Tiferet she'b'Tiferet -- the day of beauty within the week of beauty. This mystical beauty is about much more than superficial visual appeal.

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Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Kabbalistic Feminism And The War On Women

2012-04-18T12:16:58Z

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.

Read more: Women's Rights, Third Industrial Revolution, Zohar, Kabbalah, War on Women, Consciousness, Gender and Religion, Mysticism, Judaism, Jewish Women, Feminism, Religion News

Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: The Secret Of Inter-Inclusion: A Torah For All Of Sefirat HaOmer

2012-04-18T10:41:26Z

Having told us that Isaac is Abraham's son, why does the verse go on to state that Abraham gave birth to Isaac? The Sages have taught us that such a redundancy in the Torah must come to teach us something we might not have realized or understood without it.

Read more: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Omer 2012, Judaism, Parshat Toldot, Counting the Omer, Book of Genesis, Gevurah, Mysticism, Kabbalah, Religion News

Sadhguru: Death: A Spiritual Process

2012-04-17T07:30:06Z

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.

Read more: Mysticism, Death and Dying, Sadhguru, Isha Foundation, Spirituality, Death, Death & Dying, Death Spirituality, Death Uncertainty, Death Certainty, Healthy Living News

Palm Reading At Banks?

2012-04-16T10:28:01Z

For 2012, that means using palm technology to verify identities at an automated teller machine and not a mystical, soothsaying woman telling you that ...

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Rabbi Ted Falcon: Gevurah: The Center Of All Possible Feelings

2012-04-15T18:20:00Z

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.

Read more: Mysticism, Kabbalah, Counting the Omer, Judaism, Omer 2012, Gevurah, Religion News

Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman: Crossing The Sea On The Seventh Day Of Pesach

2012-04-12T16:43:09Z

Every person at some point has a vision of what they would like to accomplish in life, what their true beliefs are and what their innate potential could achieve if activated. To translate that vision into reality is one of our main struggles.

Read more: Omer 2012, Passover, Mysticism, Judaism, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Counting the Omer, Religion News

KidSpirit: Finding The Mystic Life In All of Us

2012-04-12T15:42:49Z

I believe that mystical practice may involve greater religious devotion because it eliminates all the superfluous elements.

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Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder: Tiferet Of Chesed: Jump Into The Moment, Listen For The Command

2012-04-10T11:06:57Z

There are so many ways to be present for someone, and different situations require us to show up in a wide variety of ways.

Read more: Kabbalah, Counting the Omer, Tiferet, Judaism, Omer 2012, Chesed, Torah, Religion News