Nina Amir's Thoughts on Human Potential, Personal Growth and Practical Spirituality
When I was at the Aleph Kallah last month, I took a class with Arthur Kurzweil in which he taught us 20 Kabbalistic principles he would teach his children — and has. (I’ve met his son.) One keeps returning to my mind over and over again: If you think you’ve arrived, you’re lost. To me, [...]
Do you want to be good at something? Do desire to be the best at your art, profession, sport, or hobby? If so, do you work at perfecting what you do? If not, you won’t achieve your goal. Even if you possess an inordinate amount of talent, you still need to perfect what you do. [...]
Tisha B’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, begins tonight. The Mishna says that five disasters occurred on this date, including the destruction of the First and Second Temples. The Rabbis who lived during the time of the destruction of the Second Temple were, understandably, preoccupied with the causes of these calamities. In one well-known source they tell [...]
I was leaving an event the other night when I noticed someone with a T-shirt I thought was quite funny. It said: “The best revenge is living long enough to annoy your children.” I laughed at the time. The next day I got on a bus and went to visit my elderly mother. After I [...]
Are you living your dream or dreaming your life? While Law of Attraction proponents would say that dreaming your life will create it, you might spend a lot of time dreaming — visualizing and combining thought and feeling — and never actually living your life — taking action and doing what you want to do. [...]
Today I’d like to share a teaching of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov’s that truly speaks to me, especially since I do go out and teach. In fact, Rabbi Nachman’s wisdom, in this case, gave me permission to go out and teach what I knew. He taught me that everyone is a teacher, and we should [...]
I’ve been in New York City for just about six weeks now. Although I was born in Manhattan, I grew up at the base of the Catskill Mountains. With the exception of this summer, I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. In fact, I’ve lived most of my life in the suburbs or in [...]
The kabbalists, or Jewish mystics, teach that every action has the same “dimension.” In other words, one action isn’t greater than another or bigger than another or better than another. An action we consider as quite meaningful or important, might actually be meaningless and unimportant in the greater scheme of things — in God’s perspective. [...]
Are you taking advantage of opportunities that come your way? Or are you ignoring them? Or, are you, like me, negating them? Lately, I’ve been finding ways to negate opportunities that come my way by finding excuses for not taking advantage of them. I say, “I shouldn’t do that,” or “It wouldn’t be appropriate to [...]
I talk and write about gratitude a lot. I say that gratitude constitutes the most powerful prayer. I stress that only through an attitude of gratitude do we open ourselves to receiving the things we desire. However, today someone I know shared something with me that proves that gratitude is also good for you – [...]
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