The Kabbalah’s Remarkable Idea

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Humanity plays a key role in the repair and restoration of the world. The purpose of evil is to provide a context for humanity's redemption, which puts evil, humanity, and God himself in
their proper places within the cosmos.

Is Life But a Dream?

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If you're still hoping for nonduality
to cohere, to make your life better, to make you happier, you're still clinging
to spiritual materialism.  Better for it all to be for
nought.  Surrender even the hope of
progress, and progress will happen on its own.

Integration isn’t Everything

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We're told
that without integrating spiritual
insights into our daily lives, even the greatest of peak experiences is just a narcissistic thrill. We say true spirituality, and certainly
Jewish spirituality, is about being in the world. But I think we integrate too quickly, and use
this language to avoid making the changes that true spirituality would
demand of us.

Why I Am Not Enlightened?

I finally figured out why I’m not enlightened. Over 30 years ago, when I had just made the proverbial first step on a “journey of a thousand miles” I heard the following well-known tale: A man approaches a Zen Master and asks to be shown the path to enlightenment. The Master replies, “Okay, follow me,” […]

Spirituality and the Sanctification of the World

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Western religion can be so focused on God that it forgets the world, and it criticizes those who love it as "pagan," as too entranced by the world of appearances. But I like the world and its pleasures.  I am convinced that God is dancing right now, and not to take Her up on it is a little bit offensive.

My Days as an Intergalactic Agent

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[The Ayahuasca Monologues] • If we could create a global movement for
consciousness
expansion we might become prophets. I see this strange figure, the intergalactic prophet. It is utterly
alien. Terrence McKenna said that we have become so alienated
from
ourselves, that when our true self reveals itself it seems like an
alien to us.
I must become this alien.

Nonduality in Buddhism and Judaism

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Theravadan
Buddhism addresses the illusion of the ego and its grasping onto
impermanent phenomena. Nondual Judaism addresses the
illusion of the ego and
its grasping onto the unreal. The solution in Theravadan
Buddhism is training in wisdom, concentration, and virtue; in nondual
Judaism, it is the three paths of contemplation, ecstasy, and fulfillment
of the commandments.

Vedanta and Kabbalah: Nonduality East and West

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God is who is reading these words and writing them, who is thinking and what is thought.  This is the world without an observer, with no inside and no outside, in which That (what seems to be without) and You (what seems to be within) are the same. 

Crumb and the Matriarchs

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There's a lot to like in the work of Robert Crumb. How could I not love an artist so dedicated to portraying the bodies of real women? Now this defender of the flesh has produced an illustrated version of Genesis. The most interesting scenes revolve around struggles over vestiges of goddess worship, for clearly these stories are about a people in transition. This is where Crumb's work becomes important.

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