Presented by Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav and Aytz Chayim/Tree of Life: Deepening Roots, Growing Branches, and Adventure Rabbi
Adventures of the spirit: Jewish meditation
"Making the Old New, and the New Holy."
In order to pray, the rabbis would meditate for an hour before prayer.
Mediation has been a spiritual practice used by Jews and others for centuries to "wake up." Meditation practice not only helps us to have sharper attention and focus in our daily lives, it helps us to awaken to the higher reality behind our surface awareness, that adonai echad.... God is the ultimate unity... and ein od milvado... there is nothing but God. From such a higher awareness or experience, prayer is no longer a challenging attempt to lift words off the page. From this connected place, prayer flows of its own accord from our hearts (tefillat she b'lev). Compassion naturally arises. Joy increases. (More)
Source: Your Hub Denver
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