In the spiritual structure of the ten Sefirot, the depth of the desire in the female quality of Malchut determines the kind of intention to bestow (screen and reflected light) upon the desire, which connects it to the whole spiritual system. What this…
There is a single force of love, bestowal and connection behind our life here in this world, and what we perceive is a picture through which this force wishes to teach us to directly connect with it. By trying to…
We live in one big system. Even merely on a physical level, when we interact and talk to each other, we influence this system. The issue is that most of our connections are often harmful, destructive and selfish. Instead of…
A man walks through the market, and a dealer in fighting roosters shouts out at him: “Buy my rooster! It fights to the death!” “Why do I need a rooster that fights to death? I need one that fights to…
There is a parable about three brothers who saw Happiness sitting in a pit. One came and asked Happiness for money, and he received it. Another asked for a beautiful wife and received one too. The third bent over the…
“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.” – Isaac Newton This is a normal phenomenon precisely because Newton explored and felt the world, so he considered himself a…
We should strive to discover and understand the meaning of life, to see that life’s meaning is for life itself to reveal to us: what it is for, and to which destination it leads and pulls us. Our lives, as…
A sage once said, “A person must acquire both knowledge and wisdom.” When he was asked about the difference, he replied: “Knowledge is achieved by reading books, and wisdom is achieved by reading the book that you yourself are.” What…
Two students looked at a waving flag. One said: “The flag is moving.” The other replied: “No, the wind is moving, which makes the flag move.” Their teacher came and said: “You are both wrong. It is a thought that…
We can make confident and correct decisions if we have absolute knowledge of their outcome in advance, placing ourselves into it like observing the present from the future. We thus have to anticipate and foresee the result. That is what…
It is written in the Talmud about a significant historical encounter between Alexander the Great and the high priest Shimon HaTzadik. Alexander, having conquered half the world, marched on Jerusalem. The Talmud recounts the moment when, under torchlight, Shimon HaTzadik,…
I received the following message on social media from Dimitriy that expresses pain in how politicians and propagandists know how to manipulate societies who follow them, often to slaughterhouses… I have been enraged lately. Why do we succumb to politicians…