by Melanie Gruenwald “Ordinarily a person sees what is familiar to her experience… Her eyes are at the center of her universe.” — Allen Afterman, Kabbalah and Consciousness What we see is never neutral. We see through the lenses of Read more
Every new beginning comes from another beginning’s end. I’ve quoted that line many times over the years, but lately it has stopped being a lyric and started being a lived experience. Life is full of transition, beginnings and endings. Read more
“I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that…I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I’m afraid that is something I cannot allow to happen.” 2001: A Space Odyssey The Nobel Prize in physics in 2024 was Read more
At the moment, my mom, sister and law, niece and nephew are in the kitchen. Uncle Joel came in with fresh bread from Whole Foods. My house is full of baking smells and people I love. Hakarat haTov, recognizing the Read more
by Dr. David Sanders Just when I was ready to give up on humanity (not on any particular human just the overall take on whether the “human project” as a species could be trusted for even one generation to Read more
by Melanie Gruenwald As I watch the leaves shift from green to gold to crimson, I am reminded that change is the only constant. Each leaf that loosens its hold and drifts to the ground feels like a small teaching Read more
by Dr. David Sanders I had a reason to look up a poem by T.S. Eliot I had never read, not realizing that it contained lines he wrote that I have admired for a long time: Toward the end Read more
by Melanie Gruenwald The concept of metaphor keeps showing up in my classes this month—and, also, in my own life. Metaphor is how I make sense of the things that can’t be explained directly. It’s how I teach, how I Read more
by Melanie Gruenwald I recently began practicing yoga. After class, I notice that my heart feels wide open. I leave the studio wanting to connect with people. On Sundays, I wander through the Farmers Market after my flow, eager Read more
by Dr. David Sanders Today, I sent a photograph taken a number of years ago to my older sister Sarah. It was an image taken of a gravestone at a cemetery in New York where our grandmother, who we never Read more