Please see my new video and article in The Times of Israel called “Lessons in Peace,Inclusion, and Humanity.”
In this video, there are three stories from my recent Caribbean vacation, which include a conversation with a waiter about peace between Israelis and Palestinians, feeling unwelcome in a synagogue, and connecting with a stranger from India.
Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called “The Worst Curse.”While space is the “final frontier,” Shatner is correct in his fear of the cold and emptiness that extends around countless stars and solar systems, where we have yet to discover any real life other than our own. Even on our own living planet here on Earth, everything for us as individuals is impermanent and can so easily be lost. What we think we’ve built as a fortress of money, power, and prestige can literally be snuffed out in a blink of an eye, and it is beyond our control to stop it except to continue to mend our own flaws and try to do good in life. In truth, we need to be constantly grateful for everything that we have and for as long as we have it, because in life, there are no guarantees of what is to come.
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Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called “Madness and The Soul.”
Whereas normally the soul guides and directs the body, in the case of mental illness, the soul becomes imprisoned in the body and mind that is sick. When this happens, a person reverts to their wholly animalistic nature, and hence, what we are seeing is like a car without a driver, accelerating and careening dangerously until, usually, a horrible accident and end.
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Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called “Measuring Success Like G-d.”
Never more than today are we living lives of total excess. This week, we saw a Mercedes-Benz 1995 car sell for a record-breaking $142 million. Last month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, authorities seized a Russian oligarch’s $793 million mega yacht. And this last year, Morgan Stanley predicted that Elon Musk may eventually become the world’s first trillionaire.
In a world where marketing, sales, advertising, branding, and the media all seek to convince us that life is essentially about “things,” self-satisfaction, the next high, and happiness, we can easily forget how transient and valueless all that really is. Inside each of us though there is a deeper, true voice that seeks a life of real meaning, purpose and immortality, where faith, compassion, giving, and self-sacrifice is the true measure of our character and the ultimate gauge of life success.(Source Photo: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/smiley-emoticon-greed-822993/)
Tacky window treatment.
The shade has an amazing blue bird on it.
Whether the shade is up or down, you maintain a view to the outside world and nature.
This may actually be good in a bunker to ease the minds of those confined and cooped up.
Bird fly, fly away to a place of peace and a time of serenity. 😉
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Thought this was a great planter.
Beautiful purple flowers coming right from Buddha’s head.
Serene in so many ways! 😉
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Wow, what a week!
So glad for Shabbat tonight.
Rest, relax, refresh, rejuvenate – soul, mind, and body.
It’s what we work all week long for! 😉
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Sitting by the river.
Letting my mind relax and drift off in serenity.
Throwing some rocks into the water.
Watching the ripples cascade out.
Mind is at peace.
World is all good. 😉
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Why do flowers and bicycles go so well together?
Either way a beautiful display!
G-d has made such an amazing world for us.
And all our senses get to enjoy it.
If you let yourself stop and experience it, your heart and soul can be uplifted with the joy of it all! 😉
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