Category Archives: Spirituality

Gifts of art

The Mussar group that I have been facilitating since May has concluded.  I made each participant a collaged piece to remember our time together.  My personal goal was to set aside time to think about each individual and what she … Continue reading

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Rambling thoughts in prayer

The weeks leading up to the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are meant to be ones of introspection.  There have been many instances in the past month or two when I’ve thought about ways I have … Continue reading

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Healing from trauma… patiently?

“When something bad happens to you and you did not have the power to avoid it, do not aggravate the situation even more through wasted grief.” This was written in 1807 by Rabbi Leffin in the Mussar book Cheshbon HaNefesh.  … Continue reading

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How do we live in the present moment if we can’t let go of the past?

Looking at loss through a Jewish lens   Stress is caused by wanting the present moment to be different from what it is. Go ahead, read that sentence again.  I’ll wait. We wish someone weren’t ill, the traffic would move … Continue reading

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Within me is a sanctuary

One lovely person in my Mussar group said something about the peace and sanctuary of meditation.  Something about what she said really resonated with me and I thought about taking the Ecclesiastes text from part of that lesson and creating … Continue reading

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On fear and inadequacy

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, … Continue reading

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