"You differ from a great man in only one respect: the great man was once a very little man, but he developed one important quality: he recognized the smallness and narrowness of his thoughts and actions. Under the pressure of some task that meant a great deal to him, he learned to see how his smallness, his pettiness endangered his happiness. In other words, a great man knows when and in what way he is a little man. A little man does not know he is little and is afraid to know. He hides his pettiness and narrowness behind illusions of strength and greatness, someone else’s strength and greatness. He’s proud of his great generals but not of himself. He admires an idea he has not had, not one he has had. The less he understands something, the more firmly he believes in it. And the better he understands an idea, the less he believes in it".
- Wilhelm Reich
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Sunday, October 18, 2015
- Shariff Mordechai Hazan, commentary on Lech-Lecha
The Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer says; “when Avaham was born all the magicians in the kingdom wanted to kill him, forcing his family to hide in a cave for 13 years. During those 13 years Avaham never saw the Sun or moon". Which arguably could have been the precursor to his fascination with the Stars. Also.. the idea of people wanting to kill abraham from the moment he enter this world - and that being a precursor to creating the internal strength to persevere through great resistance. Which in my opinion.. was Avraham greatest asset in sharing revolutionary ideas with all of humanity (his ability to persevere through great resistance).
Seems like the Torah could be saying in parsha Lech-Lecha: the greatest challenges or mistakes in our life, build the strength, for us to make great contributions to all of humanity.
- Shariff Mordechai Hazan, commentary on Lech-Lecha
Seems like the Torah could be saying in parsha Lech-Lecha: the greatest challenges or mistakes in our life, build the strength, for us to make great contributions to all of humanity.
- Shariff Mordechai Hazan, commentary on Lech-Lecha
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
the FDA or God?
In my opinion, this week’s Torah reading explains perfectly why everyone should eat kosher.
In Parsha Noah - Gd makes a specific distinction between clean and unclean animals, when instructing Noah on what to do on the Ark.
First of all - the laws of kosher transforms eating into a spiritual process, not just a means of satisfying one’s hunger. Spiritual meaning - the blessings around eating the food, (before and after) the food itself, becomes a medium or a tool to connect to God (elevating one’s life). Not eating, just for the sake of diminishing hunger but also replenishing the soul (elevating one’s awareness).
Kabalah says, there’s two components to all living things - an internal and external ( The “soul and body” is a pretty good example of internal - external).
The same goes for food!
When food is prepared with the instructions of the Torah (kosher) it contains holy Sparks of light from God- according to the Zohar. The Holy sparks of light within Kosher food - is what replenishes the soul. And yes, the Torah sages are saying - the soul has hunger in the same way the body does.
For me, starting to eat kosher - was more about reprogramming my mind. To see life in general, from the framework of pure and impure - internal and external - what contains holy Sparks and what doesn’t. Kosher creates a frame of thinking where the individual questions everything. They intake into their system and its effects on the soul, mind and body.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, unhealthy eating cause 310,000-580,000 deaths every year—similar to the number of deaths caused by tobacco and 13 times more than are caused by guns.
An intelligent question would be - why do we rely on the government or the FDA to show us how to eat properly?
Why wouldn’t we turn to God and ask God how to eat properly?
Gd- what’s good for us?
Gd -what isn’t good for us?
Gd -how we should prepare food?
Gd -how we should eat?
Gd -how we should live?
In Parsha Noah - Gd makes a specific distinction between clean and unclean animals, when instructing Noah on what to do on the Ark.
First of all - the laws of kosher transforms eating into a spiritual process, not just a means of satisfying one’s hunger. Spiritual meaning - the blessings around eating the food, (before and after) the food itself, becomes a medium or a tool to connect to God (elevating one’s life). Not eating, just for the sake of diminishing hunger but also replenishing the soul (elevating one’s awareness).
Kabalah says, there’s two components to all living things - an internal and external ( The “soul and body” is a pretty good example of internal - external).
The same goes for food!
When food is prepared with the instructions of the Torah (kosher) it contains holy Sparks of light from God- according to the Zohar. The Holy sparks of light within Kosher food - is what replenishes the soul. And yes, the Torah sages are saying - the soul has hunger in the same way the body does.
For me, starting to eat kosher - was more about reprogramming my mind. To see life in general, from the framework of pure and impure - internal and external - what contains holy Sparks and what doesn’t. Kosher creates a frame of thinking where the individual questions everything. They intake into their system and its effects on the soul, mind and body.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, unhealthy eating cause 310,000-580,000 deaths every year—similar to the number of deaths caused by tobacco and 13 times more than are caused by guns.
An intelligent question would be - why do we rely on the government or the FDA to show us how to eat properly?
Why wouldn’t we turn to God and ask God how to eat properly?
Gd- what’s good for us?
Gd -what isn’t good for us?
Gd -how we should prepare food?
Gd -how we should eat?
Gd -how we should live?
Sunday, October 11, 2015
saving the world is in our DNA.
The building of Noah's Ark - is a pretty clear indicator from the creator, that all humans/individuals on earth have the ability to save/improve the world. As long as they're following God's instructions.
Just think about it: after the flood, Noah descendants repopulated planet Earth. Which means- every human on planet Earth has some of Noah's DNA.
Which gives all of us the genetic memory in our DNA from an ancestor (Noah) with the information and ability to save all of humanity.
Interesting enough, the Kabbalist say - just by reading the portion of Noah in the Torah. We awaken the part of our genetic memory connected to Noah.
The catch is... you have to have the desire to change/save/improve the world. In order to awaken that part of your genetic (Noah) memory by reading the Torah portion this week.
Just think about it: after the flood, Noah descendants repopulated planet Earth. Which means- every human on planet Earth has some of Noah's DNA.
Which gives all of us the genetic memory in our DNA from an ancestor (Noah) with the information and ability to save all of humanity.
Interesting enough, the Kabbalist say - just by reading the portion of Noah in the Torah. We awaken the part of our genetic memory connected to Noah.
The catch is... you have to have the desire to change/save/improve the world. In order to awaken that part of your genetic (Noah) memory by reading the Torah portion this week.
everything destroyed in an instance.
It's an interesting parallel between the seven days of creation and the flood of Noah: It's almost like, God is saying; "all great things are built through a process but can be destroyed in a single instance". I guess relationships can be looked at the same way. you can build, build, build,build, build, build something beautiful with someone but 1 slip of consciousness.. for a moment, can destroy everything in an instance.
dreamgirl while awake.
Did the concept of "man meeting his Dreamgirl" and the concept of "love at first sight" - originate in the Garden of Eden?
I say yes!
- from the standpoint of: God creating Chava while Adam was sleeping, dreaming, in a reality created through his speech.
According to the Torah when Adam awoke from sleeping.. Eve was standing right in front of him - she was his Dreamgirl. A Girl created while Adam was dreamin. lol
In terms of "love at first sight", the first thing Adam said to hava without knowing her name was; "This one at last!".
Romantic writers, poets, philosophers have been writing about the concepts of "a Dreamgirl" and "love at first sight" for thousands of years.
Maybe, these aren't just concepts but rather intrical part of the information inside of our DNA(genetic memory in this scenario, reaching back to the beginning of time).
In the same way all of Adam and Eve's life experiences are intrical part of our DNA.
Conceivably, romance and being romantic is a part of our genetic memory as well.
Perhaps, the fact that almost every human on planet earth craves some type of love and romance in their life.. could be the greatest proof of Adam and Eve's existence.
Saturday, October 10, 2015
her..
"Maybe.. the reason adam 8 from the tree even though God told him he would die?
because the girl he's waiting his whole entire life to meet, was doomed
because she already ate from Gd's forbidden tree..
so maybe, adam, decided life in heaven without her was pointless; so he ate from the tree, 2 join her, no matter where it led him..
...maybe, who knows?, just a thought :)"
because the girl he's waiting his whole entire life to meet, was doomed
because she already ate from Gd's forbidden tree..
so maybe, adam, decided life in heaven without her was pointless; so he ate from the tree, 2 join her, no matter where it led him..
...maybe, who knows?, just a thought :)"
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