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Tag Archives: Jewish thought
Mode(a)h Ani: I Am Grateful
A Jewish mystical teaching suggests that as we sleep, our soul leaves our body and spiritually “recharges,” returning to our body in the morning. This is reflected in a brief but powerful morning blessing: Mode(a)h Ani…”I am grateful, Creative Source … Continue reading
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Unconditional Meaningfulness
Viktor Frankl wrote, “What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms” (Man’s Search for Meaning, 118). Frankl developed a therapeutic … Continue reading
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God in Search of Man
Religion is more than a creed or an ideology and cannot be understood when detached from acts and events. It comes to light in moments when one’s soul is shaken with unmitigated concern about the meaning of all meaning, about … Continue reading
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