17th October 2008
For some of us, we watch the strange goings on in the financial markets, see their effect on the stock market and just shake our heads and wonder. Others of us have a far more personal stake in this matter. Perhaps we have seen our 401K accounts shrink an...
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10th October 2008
Our world and civilization exists within a sea of destructive forces. Hurricane winds, floods and earthquakes hit us from the outside while bacteria and viruses hit us from within. The destruction seems pointless and yet a harmony might be seen emerging o...
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10th October 2008
The Free Hugs campaign is a social movement that involves giving away free hugs to whoever wants them. It was widely publicized in 2006 by a music video that was made by the Australian band Sick Puppies and posted on YouTube. It documented the start of
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10th October 2008
It was not that long ago when our world seemed to be a lot more peaceful and serene. It is not that life was ever easy because that was never the case, but there was mo...
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23rd September 2008
It’s no secret – we love music. Music is the universal language which establishes a common bond among all people. It evokes passionate emotions in the heart and rekindles vibrant memories of the mind. We are calmed by it, excited by it, comforted by ...
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09th September 2008
Regret, we’ve all experienced this painful emotion. Phrases like,” I wish,” “if I had only known,” and “if I could do it over” are often verbalized in regard to our lives. We as humans tend to live in the past and often look back to the p...
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05th September 2008
Did you ever wonder how a being from another planet might perceive Planet Earth? What would a stranger to our planet think if he saw a caterpillar right next to a butterfly? It is quite a phenomenon.
A caterpillar has a long fat worm-like body covere...
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14th August 2008
On any given day in history, little ones all over the world have looked up and asked the same questions. It's always predictable. Very soon after a small amount of language is learned, something magnificent happens: not only are words spoken - questions a...
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17th July 2008
Are you obsessed with your stuff? Chances are that you are. We are a nation of consumers, and this has become our primary identity. According to the book, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, we live to buy, and in fact, we buy and throw out so much st...
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21st June 2008
“Kabbalist.” This word may bring to mind an image of an aged, stately sage, hunched over a thick text, studying and revealing the secrets of the universe. Actually, that image might be a good depiction of some Kabbalists who lived in the past. But ...
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15th May 2008
Today, it’s impossible not to notice humanity’s search for something beyond this world. Even Hollywood's been expressing this new aspiration in the last decade, airing popular TV series such as “Touched by an Angel” and “Medium,” which ...
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14th May 2008
Many people think about Kabbalah as a very difficult, complicated wisdom whose subject matter is mysterious and indefinable. Open up the main Kabbalist textbook, the Talmud Eser HaSefirot, and you will be confronted with lengthy descriptions of mys...
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01st May 2008
There was a story, an urban legend, of a philosophy professor who wrote only one question on his final exam. The question was “Why?” His students thought carefully before putting pen to paper. Many then began writing long expositions. However, the pro...
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01st May 2008
Did you ever wonder where you came from? And who are you really, beyond the body that you observe in the mirror?
Kabbalah says that there exists an Upper Force that created a desire, called "the will to enjoy." That's who we are underneath it a...
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18th April 2008
All through our years of formal schooling, we learn a great deal about the world around us: We study history, geography, biology, chemistry, physics, foreign languages, music, and so on. Through studying all these sciences, we gain a great deal of knowled...
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