Discover your next self
has no beginning, and created the universe because He wants a relationship, because His essence contains unconditional love itself, one question becomes impossible to avoid: “What are we doing with our lives?” A relationship happens when there is a ‘you’ or ‘I’ that is connecting. Connection begins with a felt awareness and grows through appreciation, […]
Sinai was a one-time event. There will not be another Sinai style revelation. No thunder and lightening. No mountain shaking. No voice from the sky. Not because G-d is now far away. But because the work is different now. Nothing new is being added. Every idea. Every insight. Even the wisdom of the future. It […]
A real relationship isn’t just belief or effort. It’s something you can feel. If there’s no joy, intimacy isn’t really happening. Many people feel like something is off in their relationship with G-d, and they struggle to feel close. They still care. They still try. But the joy isn’t happening, so the relationship doesn’t feel […]
It reacts fast. That’s why a relationship with the Creator is a choice. Because the first thing you feel might be: 1. fear 2. anger 3. doubt 4. shutting down emotionally 5. needing control But then you get a second moment. A choice. How do you reach that second moment? You practice meditation. Meditation is […]
Perfectionism isn’t one thing. It depends on how a person learned to feel safe. Trauma adaptive fight, flight, freeze, and fawn all try to be “perfect” in different ways, and all of them try to avoid a hard process. 1. Fight perfectionism “I must be right.” Arguing, controlling, overpowering others. Harm gets explained away as […]
Not because he was mean. Not because he held a grudge. But because they never asked him themselves. After Jacob (Israel) passed away, the brothers got scared. They did not go talk to Joseph. Instead, they sent messengers. And the messengers said: “Your father said before he died, Please forgive now your brothers’ crime and […]
Appreciation means noticing that something is real, meaningful, and not yours to control. When you truly appreciate G-d, or life, or existence itself, your mind doesn’t rush to comfort. It slows down. It notices depth. You feel connected. That’s how awe grows. This is how relationships begin. With people, relationship starts through curiosity. With the […]
Perfectionism isn’t about wanting to be good. It’s about being afraid to admit ‘bad’ or uncomfortable feelings. Ego feelings like: 1. jealousy 2. wanting attention 3. feeling better than others 4. feeling unimportant or confused For a perfectionist, these feelings feel dangerous. Not because they’re evil, but because the person thinks: “If I feel this, […]
Beit Shammai taught something that sounds harsh at first: It would have been better if a person had not been created. That doesn’t mean life is bad. It means being alive is risky. Because once a person exists, the Ego shows up. Wanting comfort shows up. The drive for reward, control, and validation (people pleasing) […]