A LOUD SHOFAR TO OVERCOME THE SENSES

Rosh Hashanah is the New Year of the Jewish calendar. It is about beginnings. We are reborn in our lives. We restart the effort of engaging with our spiritual natures.    The Shofar, a musical instrument made from a  ram’s horn (the hollow horns of several other animals are also used), produces a sound that shakesContinue reading “A LOUD SHOFAR TO OVERCOME THE SENSES”

A MORTAL LIFE IS CONNECTED TO PLANET EARTH

All life on earth arises from the land and the seas. The materials from which every plant and animal is constructed were originally integrated as part of the environment. We are a mixture of the dust and the ocean.  The Torah comments about the lands. Abraham is foretold of a Promised Land. Having been liberatedContinue reading “A MORTAL LIFE IS CONNECTED TO PLANET EARTH”

CHOOSE LIFE

In the fifth book of the Torah (Devarim or Deuteronomy), Moses is giving his final instructions to the People.  He tells them to “Choose life.”  This exhortation is preceded by the choices of “the life and the good, versus the death and the evil.”  It is about “life and death, [or] blessing and curse.”            Continue reading “CHOOSE LIFE”

ACCESSING THE SPIRITUAL FOR A BETTER LIFE

Human beings naturally strive to understand all that we encounter.  We want to answer all the questions in life.  Everything we perceive, we instinctively seek to explain and use it for our benefit.  We have succeeded in manipulating our world and beyond. We begin this effort with our physical senses.  We see, hear, smell, taste,Continue reading “ACCESSING THE SPIRITUAL FOR A BETTER LIFE”