The great kabbalists of the past thousands of years kept this wisdom with the foresight that one day it would serve as a catalyst for personal and global change. My hope is these words awaken your heart to improve, to elevate, to be better today than you were yesterday - so we may all come closer to a world with no more pain, no more suffering, and even as the Bible and the Zohar promise, no more death.

Surviving Difficult Times

Posted: February 8th, 2009 | Author: MICHAEL | Filed under: Challenges | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off

There is a wonderful article by Ben Sherwood in Newsweek about surviving difficult situations. It also focuses on why some people seem to be “luckier” than others in life. It concludes that our attitude, (or to use a kabbalistic term, consciousness) greatly influences our life:

“Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods,” Wiseman writes. “Instead, it is a state of mind—a way of thinking and behaving.” Above all, he insists that we have far more control over our lives—and our luck—than we realize. Going back to the Italian Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, great thinkers and writers have argued that 50 percent or more of what happens in life is determined entirely by chance (or Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fortune). Wiseman says no way. He believes that only 10 percent of life is purely random. The remaining 90 percent is “actually defined by the way you think.” In other words, your attitude and behavior determine nine tenths of what happens in your life.”

While I might not agree that even the last 10% is random, this is certainly a great new understanding for most of us.

Resurrection as Reunion

Posted: February 3rd, 2009 | Author: MICHAEL | Filed under: Resurrection | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

There is an interesting article in Newsweek regarding the idea of resurrection. Lisa Miller writes:

“Now a small group of orthodox Christian and Jewish scholars are trying to force the issue. They argue that from the beginning, Jews and Christians have understood resurrection as a physical transformation—a literal reversal of death. For the faithful to be faithful, these proponents argue, they must believe, wholly and without hairsplitting, in resurrection as the reunion of an individual’s body and soul at the end of time—a miracle from God.”

Very interesting….