In your deepest nature you must know that you are the hero of your story. In your deepest nature you are love and grace and strength and splendor. Now you must decide to identify with your deepest nature. Do you focus on your innocence or your guilt? ...

Years back I gave a talk at a summer camp in one of the wealthier enclaves of Long Island. The kids in the camp were between ages 9 and 12. After my official talk, I had some extra time so I asked if I could perhaps have a casual talk to the kids alo ...

posted by Marc Gafni Assistant The parent’s ultimate mission is that the child knows — beyond a shadow of a doubt — that she is infinitely special; her ray of light is unique and precious to the planet. The parent needs to be a prism which refr ...

What to do which a child who has fallen under negative influence the parents asked Master Israel of Good Name. “Love him more” the master responded. Love is not an abstract emotion with which parents are automatically endowed upon the child’s b ...

Of course God did have partners involved in making His myriad master-pieces — God’s partners are Parents. “Three partners are their in creation”; read the wisdom texts, “mother father and God”. Our first lovers in this world are our paren ...

Hidden Saints There is a Kabbalistic tradition that the world rests on 36 hidden saints. They are the polished gemstones of God’s creation. Israel, Master of the Good Name, seemed always to be happening across their paths and so he indulged his dis ...

A story about love. About having eyes to see. A story I’ve told for many years. It’s about Jack, a very busy businessman from Chicago. Jack’s friends were constantly saying to him, “Jack, there’s more to life than doing deals and chasing wo ...

The Secret is in the Eyes No two faces, say the masters, are ever the same. Every person is a radically and utterly unique subject of exquisite first-class art. It is all about having the eyes to see. Perception is not a neutral camera that objective ...

Everyone, if we would just stop to notice, is beautiful. To perceive that beauty and bask in the pleasure it evokes: that is the beginning of what it means to be a lover. Remember the wonderful sixties folk song by Melanie. Beautiful people We share ...

Love is a Verb Once we understand that love is not a noun but a verb it all becomes clear. Love is a perception of infinitely unique soul print of every every breath-taking, creature we meet in the world. An emotion cannot be commanded; perception ca ...

One of the great literary masterpieces of the twentieth century is James Joyce’s “Ulysses”. Joyce spends reams of pages portraying the main character, Leopold Bloom’s ‘No’ reality in the streets of Dublin. Joyce maps masterfully the life ...