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- A Touch of Evil - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Shifra HendrieThe world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. -Albert Einstein Anyone who watches the news knows that there are some truly evil people in this world. There are also a very few, not so much on the ...
Views: 1169 - The Secret of the Void - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Shifra HendrieAll Alone in Here Several years ago I had a quiet but intense experience at the wedding of a close friend. I was early, and as I sat at my table I watched the other guests entering the room. One came in elated, dancing like a performer on stage. Another was withdrawn, inward, as if mulling over ...
Views: 745 - Finding G-d* in the Details - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Shifra HendrieHave you ever been excited about an idea, a project, or a goal, so excited that you felt like you could reach out and touch it - only to find that when you try to bring it into actuality the whole thing breaks down? It’s a common experience. In it’s pure ungrounded form, in your imagination, ...
Views: 816 - Reorganizing Your Life - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Shifra HendrieI don’t think there are many people alive today whose lives are stress-free. In fact, many of us – probably most of us - are experiencing more stress than ever before. But it’s important to be aware that even though stress can be so debilitating, it also has a profound and positive purpose. It ...
Views: 2430 - The Other Side of the Tapestry - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Shifra HendrieS. Paul, Minnesota, February, 1979 I sat in the hall waiting for the program to start. I felt alone in a room filled with hundreds of people. I had missed my ride to the country. Instead, I was here, in this hall full of chassidic Jews--a stranger in a strange land... A World that Was I grew ...
Views: 1119 - The Journey Back: Part II - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Shifra HendrieEvil, and freedom of choice, existed before Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge. But then evil was something external from the person, and the two domains were completely separate. Man's mission in life was to "work and keep the Garden"--to cultivate the good and keep out the bad. By eating from ...
Views: 786 - The Journey Back: Part I - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Shifra Hendrie“And G-d commanded the man, saying: ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you shall not eat of it; for on the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis Our world is filled with potential. But all too often we experience ...
Views: 820 - The Kabbalah of Adolescence - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2005 from Shifra HendrieAdolescence – The Darkness Before the Dawn Do you remember what it was like to be an adolescent? The anger, the confusion, the rebellion? The intense need to express yourself, even in ways that were upsetting to the people around you? Or maybe you are the parent of an adolescent. Maybe you ...
Views: 990 - The Secret of Getting Free - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2005 from Shifra HendrieBS”D The Secret of Getting Free “The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.” Anonymous SO MUCH TO DO – SO LITTLE TIME Cell phones. Email. Video conferencing. The World Wide Web. A couple of decades ago, who could have imagined the world we take for granted today? With such ...
Views: 1069 - KABBALAH OF LOVE II: The Secret Power of Ego - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2005 from Shifra HendrieTHE KEY TO TRUE LOVE Do you long for love? Most of us do. The intimate touch of another soul is the most powerful antidote for the all-too-human experience of aloneness. It may be the most compelling and pleasurable experience there is. So why do we spend so much of our time and energy ...
Views: 886 - The Kabbalah of Love: Part One - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2005 from Shifra HendrieIntimate Love. What feelings do these words stir up in you? Longing? Excitement? Pleasure? Fear? Whatever the feeling, if thinking about intimate love makes your heart beat faster, I’m not surprised. This feeling is more powerful than almost any we can experience. That’s because it’s nothing ...
Views: 980 - CAN PEOPLE REALLY CHANGE? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2005 from Shifra HendrieMOST PEOPLE NEVER REALLY CHANGE Sad, but true. Some people never even try. But those of us who do – and I assume that you are in that group – often experience great frustration and disappointment as we encounter the same limitations over and over again. Life can start to seem downright ...
Views: 1083 - KABBALAH OF LOVE: The Secret Power of Ego - by Submitted on May 13, 2005 from Shifra HendrieThe Key to True Love Do you long for love? Most of us do. The intimate touch of another soul is the most powerful antidote for the all-too-human experience of aloneness. It may be the most compelling and pleasurable experience there is. So why do we spend so much of our time and energy ...
Views: 1106 - The Kabbalah of Love: Part One - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2005 from Shifra Hendrie(This is the first article in a new series on the Kabbalah of Love – stay tuned for upcoming articles!) Intimate Love. What feelings do these words stir up in you? Longing? Excitement? Pleasure? Fear? Whatever the feeling, if thinking about intimate love makes your heart beat faster, I’m ...
Views: 1128 - The Purpose of Creation: The Kabbalah of Transformation - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2005 from Shifra Hendrie”I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details”. – Albert Einstein “…I would ask, ‘Why was the universe created?’ Because then I would know the meaning of my ...
Views: 1344(1 vote) - How to Turn Walls into Doorways - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2004 from Shifra HendrieThe true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self. --Albert Einstein Who are you? Are you a mother, father, child, friend, spiritual seeker, doctor, lawyer, teacher, business person? A husband or wife? And ...
Views: 1383 - The Kabbalah of Transformation: Turning Darkness into Light - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2004 from Shifra HendrieBS”D "In the sixth century of the sixth millennium, the gates of supernal [heavenly] wisdom will be opened, as will the wellsprings of earthly wisdom, preparing the world to be elevated in the seventh millennium." The Zohar (a source text of Kabbalah) The true value of a human being is ...
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