Ruth Schapira
Mind and Motion
Judaism's Awareness of the Body-Mind Connection Judaism offers an incredible teaching about how our minds and bodies work together, and...
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Ruth Schapira
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What’s Your Reality?
We live in a tangible and physical world, and it is the very nature of our surroundings that creates automatic obstacles in connecting...
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Can we be commanded to love?
Ahavah ~ Love From a young age, we are taught to recite the Shema, saying "And you shall love God, your God..." But can we be commanded...
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Soul versus Ego
A story told from the soul perspective is “the story beneath the ego story, the one with the thread of truth running through it..." ~...
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The Meaning of Inner Joy
Inner Joy - Simcha Simcha means the inner joy that has nothing to do with laughter and music and everything to do with knowledge that...
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Egoism versus Altruism
When we think of the word egotistical, it often has negative connotations. However, it is interesting to note that over time, our culture...
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Your Light of Wisdom
Our days are rather filled "up" with day-to-day undertakings, and sometimes we barely get in all the activities we schedule. So where and...
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The Jewish Meaning of Happiness
Happy. It's often a response [I just want them to be happy] to the question "What do you want for your children?" Being happy is what our...
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Shabbat is an Island Escape
Every week, I get to imagine the world as it should be. As Friday night approaches, I look forward to the total disconnect I will have...
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You can listen by writing
Journaling is an incredible tool that I don't use often enough. I'm not sure why we resist the practice of journaling so much. For me, it...
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Your soul is speaking, are you listening?
Aren't I the only one here? What's this business about me, a soul and all this spirituality stuff? There's a lot of talk about soul (not...
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I wonder who atheists thank?
The saying “there are no atheists in foxholes” presumes that once under the threat of death, the most avowed atheist will plead to God...
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Why should I change?
How different am I this week than I was the week before? The chameleon has it relatively easy. Spending not too much energy, he gets a...
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Funny, I only hear from you when you need something.
The more distance there is between times of connection, the more distant you feel...
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Seeing and Not Seeing: Hagar's test
In what ways do I acknowledge God as the Source? Do I see the miraculous every day, or am I blinded by my own security in the regularity of
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Your Inward Journey: Lech Lecha
"One of the greatest religious problems is that people fear having a relationship with God and consequently distance themselves from...
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The Secret Hebrew Meaning of Gratitude
The Joy of Gratitude Hebrew is a language with deep meanings that go way beyond an outer definition, and to understand foundational...
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