Transformations: Kabbalah Experiences through Art
I want to encourage your participation in our transformations art exhibit, starting this Thursday, June 21 at the Niza Knoll Gallery. Niza will tell you that her participation in the KE class Cultivating Your Inner Artist led her to the idea of buying space to create a gallery. Flash forward to this June, Niza is […]
Passing the past
Diane Gimber was kind to give me a copy of a book she has found useful entitled, Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters. The title and even what follows the colon may not quite explain what Robert Masters, the author, has in mind. Masters provides the following to help appreciate what […]
Fragments of a Life
My friend, and former Kabbalah student, Nancy Sharp is a “professional blogger” and has recently being huffing on Huffington Post (I may have just come up with a new word!). Her latest post is entitled Fragments of a Life in which I came across this gem: “Maybe life was always a sweep of contradictions and […]
The Photo
Serendipity occurred on the second to last day of the Omer count. That day is Hod in Malchut—we can plan and plan and then the opportunity emerges—simply, easy and without fuss. Hod as you may recall means to acknowledge or surrender. The professional photographer is still scheduled in June. When you are ready for a […]
Can You Spare Some Change
Tis the season for graduations and tis the week for graduating into our new selves. We have “arrived” at the week prior to the holiday of Shavuot (the week of Malchut) which commences on Saturday night—our commencement address at Mount Sinai was the Ten Commandments. Many a commencement speaker this week will focus their comments […]
Counting of the Omer: The Week of Malchut
The 7th and final week as we count up to Shavuot: the week of Malchut. The definition of Malchut is sovereignty. It reflects the culmination as in manifestation or expression. It is the stage of coming into physical reality. Our way of looking at the Sefirot flow has been the creation of a plan for […]
The Truth About The Truth
This week is the penultimate week of the Sefirah count—the week of Yesod. While Yesod means foundation, it is understood as truth or integrity. These meanings are very helpful when looking at the Sefirot system as a process of change—now we must ‘measure’ our sincerity about changing in the light of truth. The well known […]
Counting of the Omer: The Week of Yesod
It is now the beginning of the 6th week as we count up to Shavuot and this week is Yesod. Over the past two weeks we have moved from looking at obstacles that need to be overcome (Netzach) to surrendering or at least suspending our notions of what the outcome of our plans need to […]
It Doesn’t Meter
The week of Hod in our continuing count of the Omer is characterized by confronting limits, acknowledging them and surrendering. This week is seen as a balance to the prior week when we looked at how we could and would overcome obstacles in our process of change. An element of Hod though is not just […]
Counting of the Omer: The Week of Hod
Where are we as we enter the week of Hod? Our blueprint 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 active trust—trust in one’s own capacities and in working with others to overcome any and every obstacle. Hod […]