Poet, Author, Teacher, Natural Dreamworker
The Dalai Lama asked two questions to the Jewish scholars and rabbis who met with him in Dharamsala in 1990. The first was about Jewish spiritual survival in exile. The second which has become increasingly important is the problem of reactive emotions and how our spiritual practices might “purify” these states of mind. In my … Read more
I will join authors Brenda Shoshana and Judith Linzer for a great discussion of how we have learned to make use of Buddhist wisdom in Jewish practice. You can register here to join the zoom: REGISTER About the presenters: Brenda SHOSHANNA Brenda Shoshanna, Ph.D., award-winning author, speaker, playwright, psychologist, long term practitioner of Judaism … Read more
Rodger Kamenetz’s new book, Seeing Into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter, addresses the problem of reactivity. These afflictive states of mind are at the root of our personal suffering: envy, resentment, rage, anxiety—difficult and unpleasant mind states that drive us crazy until we feel our own lives are not our own. … Read more
I first heard the question during the visit to Dharamsala in 1990 I narrated in The Jew in the Lotus. What are the methods for dealing with “afflictive states of mind”? In this hour long teaching, which I presented recently to the IMSB (Insight Meditation South Bay) I begin with a succinct presentation of HH … Read more