"Mysteries of Art & Faith," January 5, 2024 (Parashat Shemot: Exodus 1:1 - 6:1)

Get ready for bed: make yourself comfortable in your most cozy space - adjust the temperature and blankets, then join me in the Jewish ritual before bed. I'll interpret it in a way for everyone to use. Sleep soundly!

To gain perspective, step outside yourself and become the Omniscient Narrator in your life. Learn to see, witness, and describe yourself dispassionately yet with generous awareness.

Inspired by Joseph's title as Vizier of Egypt (Genesis 41:45), Zophenat Paneach, which variously means "revealer of hidden things"; “God speaks; he lives”; or “the creator / sustainer of life.”

Get ready for bed: make yourself comfortable in your most cozy space - adjust the temperature and blankets, then join me in the Jewish ritual before bed. I'll interpret it in a way for everyone to use. Sleep soundly! (Recorded December 12, 2023)

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A mantra on Peace, Wholeness, and Harmony

Meditate on self, world, and responsibility -

 

i carry your heart with me (i carry it inmy heart) i am never without it (anywherei go you go, my dear; and whatever is doneby only me is your doing, my darling)                                  i fearno fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i wantno world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)and it's you are whatever a moon has always meantand whatever a sun will always sing is youhere is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the budand the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which growshigher than soul can hope or mind can hide)and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars aparti carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

Get ready for bed: make yourself comfortable in your most cozy space - adjust the temperature and blankets, then join me in the Jewish ritual before bed. I'll interpret it in a way for everyone to use. Sleep soundly!

Love is a many splendored thing. We experience love for pets, for friends and family, romantic love, and self-love. Considering the first mention of romance in Hebrew Scripture (Genesis 24:67), let's feel love in all parts of our lives, giving and receiving.