... for a series of troubled meditations on the nature of “force” within contemporary culture. Let me explain what I mean by force. To do so requires a look back at the groundbreaking work of philosopher and activist Simone Weil. Writing in the first year of World War II, in an effort to show that Hitler’s...

... transformation. We can root this difficult work in prayers such as this one from my Sufi tradition: “O my God, you are peace, and from you comes peace, and our return is to you, to peace.” What I offer here is an extended meditation on this prayer. The current economic system is the vehicle of the false...

... , Rawls John , Harvard University Press , 2009 Jewish Meditation Practices for Everyday Life , Roth Rabbi Jeff , Jewish Lights , 2009 The beats: A Graphic History , Edited by Buhle Paul , Hilland Wang , 2009 The Legacy of Edward W. Said , Spanos William V...

...Dan Goldblatt Copyright © Tikkun magazine 2008 Approaching Harvest: A Sukkot Meditation by Dan Goldblatt EDITORS NOTE: For the benefit of our ARRIVED AT THE SYNAGOGUE WITH LULAV AND ETROG IN HAND. I GOT A CALL ON MY non-Jewish...

..., is a boon not only to Jews who deal with alcoholism and other addictions, but also to non-Jews who may be resistant to the 12 steps. Similarly, Elie Kaplan Spitz provides a path to spiritual growth based on Jewish wisdom and guided meditation to “strengthen and calm body, heart, mind, and spirit...

... that you pay a girl when you tell her Michael Brenner MEDITATIONS ON that she makes your worries "Vanish Translated by Jeremiah Riemer like a gambler’s lucky...

... to the needs, she will remain contracted and her ex-husband will continue to pick up the demand energy and resist being with the daughter. The PRACTICE: MEDITATING ON NEEDS woman had little difficulty identifying the need...

... experiencing this in my own mind and body. When I sit in meditation, I experience the negativity of my own mind up close and personal. I see what my choices are. Just by sitting still or relaxing into a yoga pose. There is another possibility. That possibility is always the same. You can call it love...

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..., an important Vedantic text, we are told that in the depths of their meditation sages saw devatmasakti, felicitously translated as “the God of religion (Skt: deva), the Self of philosophy (Skt: atman), and the energy...

... of what I woud later develop more in my meditation practices. Meditation has become one of my tools for clearing and cultivating my internal “garden” and, thus, my piece of mind. It is so hard to explain why I love meditation because sometimes it feels like torture. When a knotted memory brought...

... First and foremost, there is the great Catholic teacher Richard Rohr. Books of daily meditations can be bland and boring, but the meditations Rohr has selected for Yes, And… are exciting, soul-renewing, and deep. Reza Aslan highlights Jesus the revolutionary zealot who walked across...

... Spirituality, a retreat-based program in which they learn something new about Judaism, spirituality, and themselves. A key feature of these retreats is mindfulness meditation with Rabbi Sheila Weinberg, formerly a pulpit rabbi herself and a lifelong social justice activist. Weinberg has taught mindfulness...