Friday, December 30, 2005
DAILY DOSE: Greece Defeated
B"H
Greece Defeated
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The Ancient Greeks couldn’t understand us Jews. They asked us to describe our G–d. We said He could not be described. They asked us to explain how He created a world out of nothing. We said it could not be explained. They told us that which could not be explained could not exist.
And so continued the debate between philosophy and Torah for many centuries. Step by step, men described and explained everything they saw, until there was no room left for miracles, for prophecy, for divine providence, for G-d.
It was then that the fountains of wisdom opened for humankind and we gazed into the mysteries of the atom, of energy fields, of black holes in space.
Suddenly, the universe became once again a wondrous place. Suddenly, we discovered that existence itself could not truly be described or explained. In truth, the greatest mystery is that anything exists at all.
Today, it is okay to believe in the supernatural, for the "Laws of Nature" have been deposed from their throne. There is no reason to deny free choice, for the iron chain of Cause and Effect has been loosened. Today, once again, scientists talk about the oneness of the cosmos and a Consciousness within it.
Today, if anyone should tell you that Science has all the answers, respond that yes, it does. Its answer is to stand in awe at the design of this universe in which we live.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 27, 5766 * December 28, 2005
Greece Defeated
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The Ancient Greeks couldn’t understand us Jews. They asked us to describe our G–d. We said He could not be described. They asked us to explain how He created a world out of nothing. We said it could not be explained. They told us that which could not be explained could not exist.
And so continued the debate between philosophy and Torah for many centuries. Step by step, men described and explained everything they saw, until there was no room left for miracles, for prophecy, for divine providence, for G-d.
It was then that the fountains of wisdom opened for humankind and we gazed into the mysteries of the atom, of energy fields, of black holes in space.
Suddenly, the universe became once again a wondrous place. Suddenly, we discovered that existence itself could not truly be described or explained. In truth, the greatest mystery is that anything exists at all.
Today, it is okay to believe in the supernatural, for the "Laws of Nature" have been deposed from their throne. There is no reason to deny free choice, for the iron chain of Cause and Effect has been loosened. Today, once again, scientists talk about the oneness of the cosmos and a Consciousness within it.
Today, if anyone should tell you that Science has all the answers, respond that yes, it does. Its answer is to stand in awe at the design of this universe in which we live.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 27, 5766 * December 28, 2005
DAILY DOSE: Exposing the Light
B"H
Exposing the Light
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All the world's problems stem from light being withheld.
Our job then, is to correct this. Wherever we find light, we must rip away its casings, exposing it to all, letting it shine forth to the darkest ends of the earth.
Especially the light you yourself hold.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 29, 5766 * December 30, 2005
Exposing the Light
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All the world's problems stem from light being withheld.
Our job then, is to correct this. Wherever we find light, we must rip away its casings, exposing it to all, letting it shine forth to the darkest ends of the earth.
Especially the light you yourself hold.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 29, 5766 * December 30, 2005
DAILY DOSE: Normal Miracles
B"H
Normal Miracles
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These things people call amazing coincidences, synchronicity, small miracles -- this is the way the world is supposed to work.
It is only that the world is in slumber, like a sleeping person who does not see, does not hear, does not speak -- so that nothing distinguishes his head from his feet, his heart from his brain. So too, the world lies deep in a dream where anything is possible, but nothing seems to have a goal. Where only chaos reigns.
It takes only one person to open his eyes, his ears, his mind and his heart and the objects of this world fall into place and work together as a single whole. Synchronized. As they were meant to be.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 28, 5766 * December 29, 2005
Normal Miracles
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These things people call amazing coincidences, synchronicity, small miracles -- this is the way the world is supposed to work.
It is only that the world is in slumber, like a sleeping person who does not see, does not hear, does not speak -- so that nothing distinguishes his head from his feet, his heart from his brain. So too, the world lies deep in a dream where anything is possible, but nothing seems to have a goal. Where only chaos reigns.
It takes only one person to open his eyes, his ears, his mind and his heart and the objects of this world fall into place and work together as a single whole. Synchronized. As they were meant to be.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 28, 5766 * December 29, 2005
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
An interview with "D.E.B.S." star Jordana Brewster -- Queer Lesbian Gay Arts & Entertainment: Movies -- Gay.com
(This is defiantly a cool entity.)
An interview with "D.E.B.S." star Jordana Brewster -- Queer Lesbian Gay Arts & Entertainment: Movies -- Gay.com: "Lucy Diamond also happens to be an openly lesbian action hero, which practically never happens -- if, well, ever at all. You're definitely going to get a huge lesbian following and ...
Awesome -- bring it on!
[Laughs.]
Lesbian audiences don't forget good lesbian characters, and they are so loyal to the actresses who play them. Look at Gina Gerhson from 'Bound,' and Radha Mitchell from 'High Art.' From what I hear, gay women still approach Patricia Charbonneau from 'Desert Hearts' on the street, and that movie is 20 years old.
Well, that is awesome and I would really ... love that. "
An interview with "D.E.B.S." star Jordana Brewster -- Queer Lesbian Gay Arts & Entertainment: Movies -- Gay.com: "Lucy Diamond also happens to be an openly lesbian action hero, which practically never happens -- if, well, ever at all. You're definitely going to get a huge lesbian following and ...
Awesome -- bring it on!
[Laughs.]
Lesbian audiences don't forget good lesbian characters, and they are so loyal to the actresses who play them. Look at Gina Gerhson from 'Bound,' and Radha Mitchell from 'High Art.' From what I hear, gay women still approach Patricia Charbonneau from 'Desert Hearts' on the street, and that movie is 20 years old.
Well, that is awesome and I would really ... love that. "
AfterEllen.com - Interview with Jordana Brewster
(Ok, I watched D.E.B.S. for the first time two nights ago. Recorded via Tivo and I've watched it now at least over ten times, in high speed jump to clips mode. Kind of like how kids will watch the same thing over and over. It holds an energy, and watching it over is like being bathed in it's energy. D.E.B.S. is amazing. This one is such a wicked cool energy. First time I've noticed Jordana, she's fabulous, gracious, brilliant, and beautiful.)
AfterEllen.com - Interview with Jordana Brewster
"AE: Are you prepared to become a lesbian sex symbol after D.E.B.S. opens in theaters across the country?
JB: I would love nothing more. Honestly? I want there to be a cult following for this movie. Why not? I would love that. I think it would be great if people dressed as D.E.B.S. for Halloween. I think it would be wonderful if that happens."
AfterEllen.com - Interview with Jordana Brewster
"AE: Are you prepared to become a lesbian sex symbol after D.E.B.S. opens in theaters across the country?
JB: I would love nothing more. Honestly? I want there to be a cult following for this movie. Why not? I would love that. I think it would be great if people dressed as D.E.B.S. for Halloween. I think it would be wonderful if that happens."
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Daily Dose - E=MC2
B"H
E=MC2
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Modern physics has brought us to a realization of the oneness of our universe, from which we may better grasp the Oneness of its Creator:
All that exists can be divided into two elements: The force, and the particle that bears that force. In other terms: quality and quantity. With a simple equation, Einstein demonstrated that even these two elements are truly one.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 21, 5766 * December 22, 2005
E=MC2
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Modern physics has brought us to a realization of the oneness of our universe, from which we may better grasp the Oneness of its Creator:
All that exists can be divided into two elements: The force, and the particle that bears that force. In other terms: quality and quantity. With a simple equation, Einstein demonstrated that even these two elements are truly one.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 21, 5766 * December 22, 2005
Daily Dose - Communication Technology
Communication Technology
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Communication technologies have provided us a metaphor to comprehend how One Being can perceive all things in a single instance.
It makes you wonder how previous generation could possibly have understood such things.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 20, 5766 * December 21, 2005
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Communication technologies have provided us a metaphor to comprehend how One Being can perceive all things in a single instance.
It makes you wonder how previous generation could possibly have understood such things.
A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Kislev 20, 5766 * December 21, 2005
Friday, December 02, 2005
Ron Roth: Light Phenomena Explained
Ron Roth: Light Phenomena Explained
Light Phenomena
This page on phenomena of light has not been established to tickle the imagination of those people who are always running after the spectacular with an unbounded frenzy in order to find excitement in their life from "outside" sources. Rather, it is for the truly authentic seeker of the Divine Presence, Adonai, Allaha, the true light. This page will assist the true seeker in knowing we also are light, and that the light of the Supreme can be found within, as that cosmic light is both transcendent and immanent.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Indian Saint Ramalinga Swami, who passed over in a flash of light in the latter 19th century, realized that deep devotion to God, which he called the Supreme Grace Light, would melt and merge the aspirant into the pure cosmic light of Divine Love. He spoke of this transmutation of our physical body in this way:
“By the grace of God, through communion and devotion to God, matter is converted into energy. The atoms of the elements, which constitute the body, are alchemised into pure and perfect atoms resulting in a body of love. In short, matter is converted into energy. Then the body will again be transformed into a body of grace and light. By further concentration (devotion to God and deeper meditation), the body of grace and light will be transformed into the body of wisdom, eventually to evolve into the body of the God Supreme or Immanence Within.“
Others also spoke of this "Light Consciousness," realizing the light was God. In his "Autobiography of a Yogi,” Yogananda spoke of his conversation with Therese Neuman, a German stigmatist who was a contemplative of Padre Pio. In this passage, he asks her:
At the beginning of her book, SCIVIAS, Hildegard described her experience of the Living Light:
“It happened that, in the eleven hundred and forty-first year of the Incarnation of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, when I was forty-two and seven months old, Heaven was opened and a fiery light of exceeding brilliance came and permeated my whole brain and inflamed my whole heart and my whole breast, not like a burning but like a warming flame, as the sun warms anything its rays touch.”
In the book, "Scientific & Medical Studies on the Apparitions at Medjugorie" Rene Laurentin and Henri Joyeux make these statements in the chapter titled "a study of the phenomena of light":
“The good standing of luminous phenomena in the Bible invites us not to exclude the supernatural a priori. Indeed, the biblical examples are more varied and more disconcerting than the phenomena of Medjugorje: brands of fire that pass in the night among the sacrificial victims offered by Abraham, the burning bush, the many lights alluded to by the prophets, the Transfiguration....we conclude too readily that these phenomena are mere literary forms. In the same sense the signs in the heavens announced by Christ as heralding the end of time...are we to exclude a realistic interpretation of these words?”
“Can God still speak to us today through light? The phenomenon is situated in a coherent physical reality but it refers to something else, which somehow goes beyond our ordinary faculty of explanation.”
In the Sacred writings of the Old and New Testament we read these statements regarding "Light"-which are not a metaphor for something else.
"Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life.”
Light Phenomena
This page on phenomena of light has not been established to tickle the imagination of those people who are always running after the spectacular with an unbounded frenzy in order to find excitement in their life from "outside" sources. Rather, it is for the truly authentic seeker of the Divine Presence, Adonai, Allaha, the true light. This page will assist the true seeker in knowing we also are light, and that the light of the Supreme can be found within, as that cosmic light is both transcendent and immanent.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Indian Saint Ramalinga Swami, who passed over in a flash of light in the latter 19th century, realized that deep devotion to God, which he called the Supreme Grace Light, would melt and merge the aspirant into the pure cosmic light of Divine Love. He spoke of this transmutation of our physical body in this way:
“By the grace of God, through communion and devotion to God, matter is converted into energy. The atoms of the elements, which constitute the body, are alchemised into pure and perfect atoms resulting in a body of love. In short, matter is converted into energy. Then the body will again be transformed into a body of grace and light. By further concentration (devotion to God and deeper meditation), the body of grace and light will be transformed into the body of wisdom, eventually to evolve into the body of the God Supreme or Immanence Within.“
Others also spoke of this "Light Consciousness," realizing the light was God. In his "Autobiography of a Yogi,” Yogananda spoke of his conversation with Therese Neuman, a German stigmatist who was a contemplative of Padre Pio. In this passage, he asks her:
"Don’t you eat anything?” I wanted to hear the answer from her own lips.
"No, except a Host at six o’clock each morning."
"How large is the Host?"
"It is paper-thin, the size of a small coin." She added, "I take it for sacramental reasons; if it is unconsecrated, I am unable to swallow it."
"Certainly you could not have lived on that, for twelve whole years?"
"I live by God’s light."
How simple her reply, how Einsteinian!
"I see you realize that energy flows to your body from the ether, sun and air."
A swift smile broke over her face. "I am so happy to know you understand how I live."
"Your sacred life is a daily demonstration of the truth uttered by Christ: "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.’ "
At the beginning of her book, SCIVIAS, Hildegard described her experience of the Living Light:
“It happened that, in the eleven hundred and forty-first year of the Incarnation of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, when I was forty-two and seven months old, Heaven was opened and a fiery light of exceeding brilliance came and permeated my whole brain and inflamed my whole heart and my whole breast, not like a burning but like a warming flame, as the sun warms anything its rays touch.”
In the book, "Scientific & Medical Studies on the Apparitions at Medjugorie" Rene Laurentin and Henri Joyeux make these statements in the chapter titled "a study of the phenomena of light":
“The good standing of luminous phenomena in the Bible invites us not to exclude the supernatural a priori. Indeed, the biblical examples are more varied and more disconcerting than the phenomena of Medjugorje: brands of fire that pass in the night among the sacrificial victims offered by Abraham, the burning bush, the many lights alluded to by the prophets, the Transfiguration....we conclude too readily that these phenomena are mere literary forms. In the same sense the signs in the heavens announced by Christ as heralding the end of time...are we to exclude a realistic interpretation of these words?”
“Can God still speak to us today through light? The phenomenon is situated in a coherent physical reality but it refers to something else, which somehow goes beyond our ordinary faculty of explanation.”
In the Sacred writings of the Old and New Testament we read these statements regarding "Light"-which are not a metaphor for something else.
"Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life.”
