May 01, 2020
Introduction to Joy
The Jewish religious leader Rebbe Nachman said that the pathway to our true destiny is joy. Joy and enthusiasm are important aspects of the spiritual path, and are needed now more then...
May 01, 2020
Readings on Joy
“The beating heart of the universe is holy joy.” Martin Buber “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service...
May 01, 2020
Questions on Joy
As always, don’t treat these questions like “homework” or a list that needs to be covered in its entirety. Instead, simply pick the one question that speaks to you most and let...
May 01, 2020
Spiritual Exercise – Joy
Five Photos in Five Days The poet Mary Oliver writes, “Every day, I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in...
May 01, 2020
Media Resources
The classic Joy to the World by Three Dog Night From the Boston NPR radio station, a podcast with writer and activist Adrienne Maree Brown on finding joy during the coronavirus From...
April 03, 2020
Introduction to Liberation
True wisdom comes in understanding that sometimes, you are both the prison and the key. Johnathan Jena Jena is right. Liberation is much more complicated than we usually tell ourselves. It would...
April 03, 2020
Readings on Liberation
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Camus The role of the artist is to...
April 03, 2020
Questions on Liberation
Have you become more or less free as you’ve aged? In what ways? For you, what is the opposite of liberation? Have you experienced this in your life? Is the strategy you...
April 03, 2020
Spiritual Exercise – Liberation
The Mess That Set You Free Alanis Morissette’s song, Thank U, functions like a gratitude prayer to the many unexpected sources of liberation in her life: “Thank you India Thank you terror...