The Goal is Soul

A few minutes of letting this be enough.

So much of our inner life is spent leaning forward, toward the next thing, the better version, the moment when we’ll finally be able to rest.

This meditation is a chance to stop leaning for a few minutes, and to see what’s already here when we let it be enough.

Pair with this week’s Soul Talk: You Are Enough. https://youtu.be/BM6UC-Jd9mk

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This soul session is sponsored in gratitude to The Goal Is Soul for being a lifeline during a challenging time, and dedicated to a refuah shleimah for Michael ben Bracha Rina, מיכאל בן ברכה רינה. May he be blessed with a complete and speedy healing of body and soul. Sending love and big hugs.

The Goal Is Soul.

The Goal is Soul by Dr. Benjy Epstein

Production by Ben Wallick of Xperience Audio

Enough was never somewhere up ahead.

Think about the last thing you really wanted, and finally got. How long did the good feeling last?

Most of us live as if enough is somewhere up ahead, waiting for us after the next goal or the next milestone, once we’ve finally gotten it right. This week is about the possibility that it’s been here the whole time.

“The striving that comes from enough is a completely different animal from the striving that comes from lack.”

Pair with this week’s Soul Practice: What Is Enough? A Practice on Resting in This Moment.

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This soul session is sponsored in gratitude to The Goal Is Soul for being a lifeline during a challenging time, and dedicated to a refuah shleimah for Michael ben Bracha Rina, מיכאל בן ברכה רינה. May he be blessed with a complete and speedy healing of body and soul. Sending love and big hugs.

The Goal Is Soul.

The Goal is Soul by Dr. Benjy Epstein

Production by Ben Wallick of Xperience Audio

The soul You gave me is pure.

A few days before October 7th, Yehuda Becher, 24, was driving and singing Elokai Neshama, the morning prayer for the soul, with his whole heart. His friend filmed it. Days later Yehuda was murdered at the Nova festival, and that video went around the world.

The soul You placed in me is pure. You breathed it into me, You guard it within me, and one day You will take it from me.

This week I sing it, in Yehuda's memory, a young man his friends remember for his open heart and his infectious joy. Sing along, or close your eyes and listen for the soul that's been praying in you all along.

Melody by Alma.

Pair with this week's Soul Talk: Your Soul Is Always Praying → https://youtu.be/_sdQttfkD4Q

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This week's soul is sponsored anonymously in honor of the brave souls of the Israel Defense Forces, and especially Moshe Gavriel ben Ilana Esther and Shmuel Chaim ben Nili Chaya.

The Goal Is Soul.

The Goal is Soul with Dr. Benjy Epstein

Production by Ben Wallick at Xperience Audio

The wanting was never the problem.

You finally get the thing you wanted, and the feeling of enough lasts about two minutes. This week is about what all that wanting is really reaching for, and why the restless, never-satisfied part of us might be the part that's praying.

"Every want is just the soul, dressed in the clothes of this world, looking for something deeper."

Pair with this week's Soul Practice: Elokai Neshama, the morning prayer for the soul, sung in memory of Yehuda Becher → https://youtu.be/YU0X1ismfcQ

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YouTube → @goalissoul

This week's soul is sponsored anonymously in honor of the brave souls of the Israel Defense Forces, and especially Moshe Gavriel ben Ilana Esther and Shmuel Chaim ben Nili Chaya.

The Goal Is Soul.

The Goal is Soul by Dr. Benjy Epstein

Production by Ben Wallick of Xperience Audio

For the moment right before you do the thing you’ll regret.

You know the moment. The phone in your hand before you’re out of bed, the snack you didn’t want, the text you shouldn’t send. This meditation is for that moment. We practice feeling the urge all the way through, without giving in and without fighting it, until it passes on its own. Because it does pass.

Find a comfortable seat, close your eyes, and join me.

Pair with this week’s Soul Talk: You Can’t Stop the Waves, But You Can Learn to Surf.

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This week’s soul is dedicated in honor of the release of Baderech: Along the Path of Torah by Rav Judah Michelle, aka the Chief Rabbi of the World - https://mosaicapress.com/product/baderech-along-the-path-of-the-torah/?srsltid=AYCX9vJ3jC4S-sSCakNLRaCjxt6bRIDRCEnc6tjDzQtF7KrK-cT-9HoV&v=4605f628f91d

The Goal Is Soul.

The Goal is Soul with Dr. Benjy Epstein

Produced by Ben Wallick of Xperience Audio

Every urge passes. Every single one.

In this week's Soul Talk, the theme we are working on together is learning how to surf. If you are someone who sometimes gives in to unskillful impulses and urges, thereby engaging in behaviors that aren't in line with your higher values, then this episode is for you! (Spoiler: this one's for everyone!)

Alan Marlatt's urge surfing, a white bear that won't leave, and the Tanya on the light that only comes out of darkness.

Soul check: You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. I'll ride the wave..where it takes me…

Pair with this week's Soul Practice: 15 Minute Guided Meditation to Stop Giving In to Cravings.

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This week's soul is dedicated in honor of the release of *Baderech: Along the Path of Torah* by Rav Judah Michelle, aka the Chief Rabbi of the World - https://mosaicapress.com/product/baderech-along-the-path-of-the-torah/?srsltid=AYCX9vJ3jC4S-sSCakNLRaCjxt6bRIDRCEnc6tjDzQtF7KrK-cT-9HoV&v=4605f628f91d

The Goal Is Soul.

The Goal is Soul with Dr. Benjy Epstein

Produced by Ben Wallick of Xperience Audio

If you struggle with anxiety, this one's for you. A meditation for when the chest is tight and the mind won't stop running. We find an anchor, soften what's been bracing, and meet the fear the way we'd meet a scared child, with a hand on the heart and a few kind words.

"Safe and at home in this breath. Safe and at home in this moment. Safe and at home in this life."

Pair with this week's Soul Talk: Calming Your Anxious Mind.

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This week's soul is sponsored in memory of Gayle Myers Sock, Mazel bat Reuven, a true soul warrior, by the Sock family, and in memory of the victims of October 7th, with hope for the survivors.

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The Goal Is Soul.

If you struggle with anxiety, this one’s for you. Why panic feels so inescapable every single time, the second arrow we shoot into ourselves, and what Rebbe Nachman really meant about the narrow bridge.

“The main thing is to never make yourself afraid.”

Pair with this week’s Soul Practice: Befriending the Anxious Mind.

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YouTube → @goalissoul

This week's soul is sponsored in memory of Gayle Myers Sock, Mazel bat Reuven, a true soul warrior, by the Sock family, and in memory of the victims of October 7th, with hope for the survivors.

https://www.tribeofnova.com

The Goal Is Soul.

In this episode: the crash that comes seventy-two hours after the peak, the Motzai Shabbos blues, and what happens when the afterglow becomes just "after." And why the Chassidic masters say God wanted a dwelling place down here, in the traffic and the dishes, and in Fugazi's waiting room.

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."

This week's Soul Practice brings it home. Come sit with me there.

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This week's soul is sponsored by Timbuk2.

In this episode: the crash that comes seventy-two hours after the peak, the Motzai Shabbos blues, and what happens when the afterglow becomes just "after." And why the Chassidic masters say God wanted a dwelling place down here, in the traffic and the dishes, and in Fugazi's waiting room.

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."

Pair with this week's Soul Practice: https://youtu.be/PTJpKWfbQ2Y

WhatsApp → https://www.thegoalissoul.com/whatsapp

YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@GoalisSoul

This week's soul is sponsored by Timbuk2.

The Goal Is Soul.