As the Spirit Moves Me

I graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication. I still remember one of the first lessons I learned there: Communication-real communication-requires a broadcaster or transmitter and a receiver. In other words, someone has to speak and someone has to listen. Today, on the eight Day of Awe, with Yom Kippur just a [...]

September 26th, 2009 | Tags: body language, broadcaster, communication, Days of Awe, forgiveness, High Holidays, High Holy Days, how actions communicate, how faces communiate, how words communate, Kabbalah, Kabbalist, listening, receiver, repentance, sins, talking, transmitter, Yom Kippur | Category: Days of Awe, Jewish holidays, Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah, repentance, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur | Comments (2)

Halfway through the Days of Awe, and we – I – turn contemplate the reason I’m here at all. What is my soul’s purpose? What am I supposed to be doing with my days on the physical plane, and, more importantly, and I fulfilling my soul’s purpose? Some people have a hard time discovering their [...]

September 23rd, 2009 | Tags: connecting with God, Days of Awe, discover your soul's purpose, gift from God, High Holidays, High Holy Days, how do you find your soul's purpose, human potential, meaningful, personal growth, practical spirituality, soul's purpose, special gifts and talents, spiritual | Category: Days of Awe, Divine Purpose, new year, personal growth, purpose, repentance, Rosh Hashanah, spiritual practice, Yom Kippur | Comments (2)