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Today is called Lag B’Omer—the 33rd day of the Omer. It is the day that according to tradition Rabbi Shimeon bar Yochai, the great mystic of the first century died. His students wanted him to hold on—to not surrender to death. On his deathbed he revealed secrets he had not Read more…

Can I overcome the need for overcoming?  Just surrender.  Netzach is subordinate to Hod. Sometimes our plans and the vision of our blueprint depend on knowing that we can act, that we can and will overcome. When we now realize that our blueprint has changed we need to overcome our Read more…

Take out the blueprint and look at it in light of accepting the limitations you have reflected on for the past two days. Can you acknowledge that it is a challenge to let go of some aspects of the blueprint? The meditation for today is coming to peace with altering Read more…

Gevurah is self-determination, self-definition.  Today it is time to limit your acceptance, to say—I am limited but I can still….Knowing who you are defines yourself and your limitations and it also creates an awareness that there are new capabilities, new possibilities yet to emerge. You are not shying away from Read more…

Where are we as we enter the week of Hod?  Our blueprint to freeing ourselves is designed (though it may have been altered during the week of Netzach as we looked at obstacles that need to be overcome). Netzach is energy of active trust—trust in one’s own capacities and in Read more…

This week is a week of active trust—it is still not action but contemplating those obstacles that need to be released or removed.  It is now a day to rest in the determination of your own capacity to move forward, to overcome obstacles.  The vision of freedom has been strengthened Read more…

For each week’s Sefirah you can ask yourself on this day of Yesod, have I done the inner work needed…to overcome obstacles to implementing my (evolving) blueprint for change?  Yesod as foundation is be in integrity with the conflicting feelings of loyalty and know that you have considered all options Read more…

What are your limits in overcoming obstacles?  Surrender is not giving up or even giving in—it is giving way.  The best approach at times is not to meet the force head on, just move to the side. This requires not only humility but also determination to seek a way around Read more…

Overcoming the obstacle to overcoming obstacles!  This paradox is simply resolved in seeing that obstacles are really there to help you in your determination for growth.  A steep set of stairs or ingrained internal resistances (defenses, excuses, rationalizations) are in the end not obstacles to change.  The greater the obstacle, Read more…

Today we take out the blueprint to look at it in light of the obstacles of loyalty we have reflected on for the past two days.  Can we feel empathic to others and ourselves as we re-formulate our blueprint for change?  Add to your blueprint the determination to overcome all Read more…