Nina Amir's Thoughts on Human Potential, Personal Growth and Practical Spirituality
I once participated in a ropes course where I was asked to climb tall poles, walk across a wire strung between two tall trees (another narrow bridge…), and repel down a cliff. I had always thought myself afraid of heights, so performing these feats seemed unimaginable to me. However, I did almost all of them. [...]
While I was at the Aleph Kallah I had the opportunity to participate in a Red Heifer ritual led by Rabbi Shefa Gold. This ritual is not one normally performed…at least not that I know of, and it likely has not been performed since the days of the temple. We, of course, in Jewish renewal [...]
Did you know that fear and excitement show up the same way in your body? If you were hooked up to a machine that monitored your response to fear or to excitement, your body would respond the same way to both experiences. That means the body can’t tell the difference between the two. In Hebrew, [...]
Last week when I was in Westport, CT, speaking about how to move through fear, I said that we all have to realize that its a miracle that we exist day to day on what Rebbe Nachman of Breslov called the “very narrow bridge.” That bridge represents our lives. Every day we walk on that [...]
Do you notice when the spirit moves you? I found myself pondering this question about a week ago amidst a pile of work I was trying to get done at almost midnight. Everyone else in my family had already gone to bed, even the cat, who is supposed to be nocturnal by nature. I realized [...]
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