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Yes, many have. There's an entire category of literature on the topic: "Mussar" In general: "Tomer Devorah", By Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, the Ramak. - LINK In particular: Chapter 29 of the Kitzur Shulhan Aruch, the code of Jewish Law - LINK

My advice? The fastest way to make remote income, in your situation, is through rental income. See if you can convince your parents to finance a real-estate venture. Offer them 50%.

Hatred and misconception are temporary states. Truth is eternal, always and forever. At death one enters into the realm of Truth. So, what's true? Eternally? In truth, each of those cycles is temporary. Each and every realization of truth, is forever. At death, and in glimpses prior, temporary states are subsumed within the realization of eternity. Within that realization there will, always and forever, be the sting of the errors in choices and perspectives, but, simultaneously, these errors will be connected with the eternal reconciliation. Here-and-now it feels like this reconciliation is distant, but, because it's truly-true, eternally, the reconciliation is always happening. Yes and no. While it's true that all mistakes are temporary, the last mistakes one is making immediately prior to death is a special case. It's always and forever true: that's the way they died. Nothing changed it. It lasts forever. That' the reason for the unique sting, amplified forever. But, at the same time, because the errors are forever connected to their reconciliation, the pain is offset. It's amplified after death, because, it's always true, that's how they died. But it's also being diminished, or sweetened, always and forever. No. The traditions you're referring to are very different than that. There is no law giving divine executive in these traditions. However a western born individual will have a difficult time divorcing themselves from that. The fear mongering leaves a sharp deep lasting impression.

A point of clarification: we don't behave as a cohesive unit. Other than that, I'm not disagreeing. It's wrong to do the things you're describing. The religion teaches an ideal which few follow. Jews are trusted in positions of power and behind the scenes because we have proven ourselves, time and again, to be on the side of order, justice, and common good. However... we are notorious rule breakers. We're taught at an early age to be opportunists. And loopholes are everywhere.

Thank you

The devil is in the details. Good ideas + Poor implementation = ???

"most people do not behave maliciously in a coordinated manner" ... due to a lack of trust and consequences. See below: http://www.organized-crime.de/criminalnetworkstrust.htm

Spending time outside. Hiking and backpacking. I like to travel and meet new people. The way he teaches is facinating.

The Russian doll analogy illustrates congruence, a nesting chain, where the specificity, the details, are becoming less and less differentiated the further down it goes, just like self-inquiry. Agreed. Then what? Where will your attention go?

To be fair, there's right ways and wrong ways to do almost anything. Lifting up a community which is oblivious to the harm it causes, would not be the right way to raise up a community. Further, if politically, the American government is susceptible to influence, for good or for bad, from many, then perhaps the problem lies in the American government's politicians who are easy to corrupt. The good news is, historically, Jewish people never agree on politics. In Israel, Natanyahu was elected with less than 30% of the vote among a cadre of candidates. He's not popular, but, he's in charge anyway. As long as Jewish people remain divided we won't be able to do much harm in the political arena as a community. Granted each and every individual, Jewish or not, has the potential to do horrible things to many people. The question here is about a community.

In general, daily scripture study followed by the morning prayer ritual. The study attempts to inspire a sense of awe and gratitude which enriches the prayer experience. In particular, one of the things I do which is unique: when praying with a congregation, during mourners' kaddish, I help to bring the mourners' benedictions to the metaphorical "throne" of the "all-mighty". In my 20s, during my first attempt at college I tried weed, mushrooms, and LCD. I've been a daily marijuana smoker ever since. None. We're taught the secrets of creation are embedded within the material world. Naturally there will be others, cross cultures, who discover the same principles. What's unique in Judaism is the community. No other religion or worldview lifts up the community in the same way. All the others that I know of, at their highest levels become solitary pursuits.

I see that as a different energy. From the kunadlini perspective, the 7 is alchemical. 7 is the "key stone", metaphorically, the child born to support them all. Imagine: 2 parents on the side of the groom + 2 more parents on the side of the bride. Then include, lifted up, the bride and the groom. Then include, lifted up again, the child from their communion. The child is the fruit, the awakening, of the individual.

Thank you. I'll do that.

Likewise. Thank you. Reality is a collection of relationships super-imposed on one another. Existence is a collection of stable, contrasting relationships in the form of a nearly infinite nested chain, like many different sets of Russian dolls, all possessed within other Russian dolls, in a blossoming fractal pattern. Or perhaps like a forever developing taxonomy chart. Or like an endlessly branching series of choose-your-own-adventure-books. I am one of those "Russian dolls", a collection of stable, contrasting relationships, which is both possessing its own collection, and is a possession of many others. My specific configuration of contrasting-stable-relationships, the ones I possess, are a confluence. They're flowing. They're active, energetically in the form of aversions, affinities, talents, and flaws. And. within me, there's also a "pulse" which traces its origin far beyond my apprehension. This pulse is unique among other forms because it desires "better" in contrast to "more". This pulse within me is benevolent. These five, the collection of stable-contrasting aversions, affinities, talents, flaws, and the benevolent-pulse are gathered, within a mystery, the source of life, something-from-nothing. "Curiosity" is coupling within an inherent recognition of "truth". It's two becoming four, the origin of the human "heart", in contrast to animals. ( "Heart" is in quotes because it's the metaphorical heart, the seat of emotion. Not the physical heart, the source of blood-flowing. ) "God", imo, is a vague term. In my faith community, we're taught that there is a "being", a "who", an agent who is beyond all conceptions, completely ineffable such that even the word "ineffable" does not apply. The only reason we are able to speak about this "God" is because we're taught that this "being", this agent desires to be known, here-and-now, within the material realm, from the absolute bottom, to the absolute top and beyond. The logic behind this becomes a tautology and a matter of faith, however, there are ways to convince oneself. I admit, it may be naive, but, I feel these teachings, don't contradict what's taught here on this website. From my point of view, reconciling the Jewish construct with Non-Dual teachings is little more than a matter of intention.

The word is a union of several energetic principles represented by the letters which spell the word. It is constructed from the letters Shin+Vet+Ayin ( see link below ). The Shin represents fire. The Vet is a conjunction. It means "within". The Vet is energetically active. It's "inflating". In small measure, it's the force one would use to blow up a balloon **within** another balloon. Then, the last letter, Ayin, is an empty vessel. All three ideas combined: the fire is destroying the "inflating-energy" and putting this into a vessel. The result is an energetic principle conveyed with the word articulated "Sh'vah" which is ceasing because the metaphorical "balloon" is finished being inflated. https://www.sefaria.org/Klein_Dictionary%2C_שֶֽׁבַע.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en The first occurrence of the Hebrew word, "שביעי" sh'vi'i, is in the creation story. It's in reference to "ceasing" due to satisfaction, aka "resting" on the seventh day. ויכל אלהים ביום השביעי מלאכתו אשר "עשה" וישבת ביום השביעי מכל־מלאכתו אשר עשה׃ And on the seventh day God's work was He had "made"; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. FWIW, whether or not Lord Shiva is well described as a God of destruction is hotly debated among Hindu. Yes, we Jews are highly impressionable. We adopt and adapt, often to our detriment. Sadly, too often, without gratitude or recognition. Not at all. However, gratefully, Christians on the whole have gained new found respect for Jewish principles and practices starting in the early 70s. It's a mixed bag. Many love us, many hate us.

The error, when it's a conspiracy theory, occurs when the individual is not able to accurately tell the difference between weak and strong evidence. For example, a conspiracy theorist believes, "where there's smoke there's fire", but hasn't considered that it could just as likely be a cloud in the distance. The other 'red flag' which tends to indicate that what's proposed is a conspiracy theory: in order for the theory to be true, it would require a vast number of immoral, unethical, individuals to behave indifferently or maliciously when they have no good reason to do so, and most people would not behave in such a way. But the conspiracy theorist ignores this.

if you look back, you asked me about the origin of religion. I answered. You didn't like it, because, you don't like religion. for the good of the community, I'll ignore your posts in the future. There's no need for this to go further. The tone isn't productive. dude, clearly I touched a nerve. Just relax. You'll have free reign to complain from now on.

name calling prove it everyone has a bias. denying it is foolish. it's hard work, but, it's necessary for everyone to offset it. I beg to differ. But as long as I'm assumed to be a liar. There's no reason to go further.

"Work Camps" is a dog whistle. Invoking Reagan is guilt by association fluffing up a right-wing-conservative boogey man under the bed. You're proving my point. The bias is evident. You're not aware of it?

Anti "religious" bias noted.

Next time you're watching a movie consider the musical score: "the symphony never lies".

There are at least three ways to solve almost any problem: Straight forward Counter intuitive Comedy

Daoist immortality is better described as physical longevity. yes. it's literal. they're in contradistinction

1) These specific delusions are useful for cultivating a stability within multiplicity. 2) Within all delusions is a kernel of truth, otherwise they would be hallucinations. Focus on that kernel and defocus on the external manifestations. Allowing those external manifestations to remain, defocused, in the periphery, grants the best of both worlds, in regard to perceptual clarity.