by beyttikkun | Dec 2, 2022 | What We Think
If you are someone who has been blessed with financial well-being or wealth, you have a special opportunity to advance the process of spiritual development. You can become living proof to others that it is possible to live a life in which the pursuit of money is not...
by beyttikkun | Dec 2, 2022 | Judaism, What We Think
Shabbat (the Sabbath) is not simply about going to synagogue. It is a 25-hour spiritual, meditative, psychological, and intellectual process which involves a withdrawal from the normal consciousness of domination and control over time and space. On Shabbat, we enter...
by beyttikkun | Dec 2, 2022 | What We Think
The globalization of Spirit requires that we overcome the false dichotomy between changing ourselves and changing societal structures. At times we may be inclined to say, “I need to work on my own head first, then later I’ll try to change society.”...
by beyttikkun | Dec 2, 2022 | What We Think
Many of us find the notion of “commandments” oppressive and hierarchical. Yet we know that a community cannot be built on the principle of only doing what feels right at the moment––it requires a sense of responsibility to each other. Rabbi Michael Lerner and...
by beyttikkun | Oct 18, 2022 | Judaism, What We Think
If you have read any of the “New Atheist” authors, you probably know that they effectively poke fun at concepts of God that have flourished in many religious communities for thousands of years, and are sometimes reflected even in some of the Jewish prayers for...
