about Chabad Chassidus by teaching them to see Chabad through suspicion before they ever learned it from its own sources. That was not Torah greatness. Torah and ahavas Yisrael are united. Rav Shach was a great Rosh Yeshiva. A person can know a lot of Torah and still fail to represent the greatness of Torah […]
It is the word people use for the Creator of the universe, the One Cause behind all existence. “If everything that exists were dependent on something else for existence, nothing would ever exist.” — Maimonides But the belief is deeper than a title. According to Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the Creator is not a […]
They are a structure for how a human being stands inside reality. The Rambam gives the foundation: Reality has one Creator. The Creator is not physical. He does not change. He alone is worthy of prayer. Torah is true. Prophecy is real. Moshe’s prophecy is unique. Human choices matter. There is justice. The Messiah will […]
They become part of the emotional world your nervous system has to live inside. You did not choose every belief or survival pattern you inherited, but you can choose how you work with them now. By nervous system, I mean the system that helps you think, feel, remember, perceive danger, and respond to life. The […]
The Creator gives light, life, pleasure, meaning, and relationship. Human beings build the vessel. This began with Adam and Eve. They were close to The Creator, but after they ‘felt separate through sin’ they did not yet have the emotional skills to be honest with Him. They hid, blamed, and could not stay present with […]
They can describe qualities: wise, kind, powerful, patient, giving, alive. They can describe experiences: joy, sadness, fear, pleasure, wonder. They can describe roles: king, creator, father, teacher, judge. But words only describe the part of truth that can enter human understanding. A word gives truth one shape. _________________________ That is why silence can teach us […]
Table of Contents ⭕️ Part 1: Trauma ⭕️ Part 2: Narcissism ⭕️ Part 3: People Pleasing ⭕️ Part 4: Avoidance ⭕️ Part 5: Generational Trauma ⭕️ Part 6: Breath Work ⭕️ Part 1: Trauma 1. Trauma replaces compassion with survival. Control, avoidance, numbness, or people-pleasing takes its place. Healing restores humility, the balance of compassion […]
Table of Contents – Or a much shorter version of the ideas in this post. Table of Contents A strange thing happens when a person starts believing things happen for no reason. The nervous system has a personality, almost like a 2-year-old inside the body. Beliefs Become Emotional Reality Survival has patterns. Faith Is Not […]
Table of Contents The Messiah will not only teach higher mystical ideas. Why Relationship Means Responsibility A Different Kind of Spirituality Mystical Ideas Must Change a Person Standing Before the King The Messiah will not only teach higher mystical ideas. He will teach the kind of kavanah that helps people carry more responsibility. Because the […]
But Jewish law still allows us to describe Him as King of the universe, because that is the relationship structure a human being can actually practice. A king is not just power. A true king creates belonging. A true king gives people a way to live with responsibility, awe (sadness, fear and wonder), trust, purpose, […]