PARSHAT BEHAR-BECHUKOTAI 5786 A DIFFICULT LIBERTY
A liberty that frees all is built on the released grip of domination, the open heart of welcome and the shared field of resources in times of need.… Read More
A liberty that frees all is built on the released grip of domination, the open heart of welcome and the shared field of resources in times of need.… Read More
To rely solely on strict judgment to repair the effects of life’s inevitable unfairnesses exposes us to a chronic condition of disappointment and cynicism. We also need to find a way for our soul to be reassured that we are loved and valued.… Read More
More than shared interests, backgrounds and points of view, it may be our strangeness to one another that is the enduring source of our commonality.… Read More
The struggle for life is less about defending ourselves from attack and more about increasing our capacity for intimacy.… Read More
The way to the future is paved by overcoming our impediments to intimacy.… Read More
A state of liminal flow, that between wakefulness and dreaming, can release us from a constraining past and enable us to experience an empowering new future.… Read More
The Mishkan and its rituals were designed to help us overcome the distance we might imagine exists between ourselves and the Source of all life. That inspires us to know we can do the same with those around us.… Read More
To imagine ourselves – and those around us – as capable of so much more than the limitations we are told are realistic enlarges our world in compassion.… Read More
To say that one has a knot in one’s chest or stomach is to describe a haunting, disabling stress. … Read More
A home that welcomes the unexpected, the visitor, is one constructed for glory and beauty.… Read More