Torah-Veda

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Torah and Veda are two ancient sources of spirituality still vibrant today. Torah is conveyed through the sacred language of Hebrew and Veda is conveyed through the sacred language of Sanskrit. The focus here is on meditation, mysticism, philosophy, psychology and the underlying spirituality that has been incorporated into religions, and not as much on the religions themselves. Your comments and posts are welcome.


Quote of the Week 419 - Listend/Hearing for Non-material Sustenance

Quote of the Week 419 - Listening/Hearing for Non-material Sustenance


Every one who is thirsty, come and drink. He who has no money, come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good. Let your soul delight in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, that your soul will live…


--Isaiah 55:1-3, The Living Torah translation by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan

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https://www.zgatl.org/contemplative-group.html


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Sunday, February 10, 2019

Quote of the Week 393 - The Meaning of "Adonai Hineni"


Quote of the Week 393 - The Meaning of “Adonai Hineni”

To love each other in the name of God! Now, here is the greatest challenge of all, for who is loving whom? Are we really separate from each other, or are we just exemplars of the unity of God? The mind can conjure up all sorts of splendid ideas, but it is only the heart that can truly understand. We are asked to polish the mirror of the heart. We do this by knocking at the door of the heart, remembering that the door is opened up from the inside. We ourselves cannot open it. So who opens it? Only when we can say, “It is Thou [Adonai],” in answer to his question, “Who is knocking at my door?” that the door can be opened. [Only when we can say, “Hineni/I am here at your service,” in answer to his question, “Where are you/Who is there?” that the door can be opened].

Only in complete humility can we approach the door of the heart. We approach the door of the heart when there is nothing else to do. When we knock properly, it shall be opened unto us. That is the promise that we were given, and are given, from the beginning of time. We are veiled by endless masquerades, until the right time comes for the veils to be lifted, and we can see him face to face, and truly say, “Oh Thou!”

--Adapted by Steven J. Gold from Steps to Freedom by Reshad Feild, with editorial notes in [brackets]


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