06 Kristnamurti

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06/40 From Rabbi Brian

 Of health and sickness.
 

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”  

 

Krishnamurti wrote that.   

 

How true, how true.  

 

I oughtn’t be at ease.   

 

How could I be and be conscious of the world around me!   

 

I oughtn’t be blissed out, content, at peace! The ills of society (I need not name them) are upsetting.   

  

You ought not expect yourself to be well-adjusted.  We all ought to be slightly maladjusted.   

 

Spiritual-religious advice: Love yourself, love others, and minister/tend to making this world better place.

With love,

Rabbi Brian

Rabbi Brian 

Rabbi Brian

Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer is the founder of Religion-Outside-The-Box.

Shortly after he was ordained as a rabbi, he left mainstream congregational life to encourage people to find and be with (the) God (of their understanding) through podcasts, books, tweets, and internet-based seminars.  

His day job is teaching advanced mathematics to Los Angeleno High School students. The rest of the time is with his family. 

The next rabbibrian.com Meaningful Talk on a Topic that Matters will be on 3/3/12.

The topic will be:
G.O.D.(*) 

Oh, boy!

 

 

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