Authors: Karen D. Kedar
ISBN-13: 9781580232029, ISBN-10: 1580232027
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: 1ST PBK
Like the dolphin who exists in both water and air, so must we learn to live and thrive in two conflicting worlds -- the rational, material, everyday craziness of life versus the still, spiritual, soulfulness of our deepest selves. Balancing the two -- difficult as it often can be -- is the key to our spiritual survival. Through poignant stories, spiritual teaching and insights, Karyn Kedar shares with us the ways we can integrate the everyday -- family, work, personal challenges -- with our quest for deeper spiritual understanding.
Acknowledgments | vii | |
Imagining the Dance | ix | |
Prayer: The Language of the Spirit | ||
The Iron Wings | 5 | |
Navigating the Heavens | 14 | |
Meditation on the Beach of Boca Raton | 17 | |
Grace | 21 | |
And Then There Was Light | 25 | |
Mystery | 29 | |
Communal Prayer: The Philosophy of the Minyan | 32 | |
May the Words of My Mouth | 39 | |
Perspective: The Language of Thought | ||
Choice as a Spiritual Law | 49 | |
Envision | 53 | |
Memory: Life Retold or Unlearned | 57 | |
Reflection, Then Reaction | 64 | |
Lingering | 69 | |
Watch | 73 | |
Interpretation | 79 | |
Change for the Sake of Transformation | 83 | |
Meaning | ||
Searching for Meaning | 93 | |
Shema: Listening Is the Language of the Soul | 96 | |
Yisrael: Struggling with Reality | 107 | |
Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad: All Is One | 113 | |
Noticing the Invisible | 121 | |
Passion | 126 | |
Divine Discontent | 132 | |
Mortality Demands | 136 | |
Notes | 141 |