Change requires leaving our comfort zones and plunging headfirst into uncomfortable situations. It’s true this causes some pain and discomfort for a moment, but it’s the quickest path to generating long-term fulfillment.
Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
It’s our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer.
When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don’t consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
If you are seeking the right path, you are already on the right path.
The only way to get to Heaven is to go through Hell.
God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the Creator and the God-like force in their own souls.
Kabbalah is all about change. It isn’t about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light.
In every relationship, the work is never just in the positive actions we do for each other, but in the follow up.
Addiction is a revolt of the soul.
With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?
I imagine God to be like my father. My father was always the voice of certainty in my life. Certainty in the wisdom, certainty in the path, certainty always in God. For me God is certainty in everything. Certainty that everything is good and everything is God.
Many can argue that it is our power of intelligence that is the key to the human domination of our planet. I suggest that it is the ability to put our thoughts into words that can be communicated to others.
Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It’s self-destructive. It’s a problem on all levels – even regular people can have big ego problems.
In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.
The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity.
Positive change always encounters resistance, conflict, and obstacles. We must embrace difficult and heated situations in life, for that is the method of igniting our reactions in order to transform them.
Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
I do believe that the original sources of all religions should be taught, because with that we will find our similarities, not just our differences...