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The 77% Weekly

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In This Issue

It’s Between You & God

Next Sunday
March. 30, 2008
Rabbi Brian invites you to join him for…

Some Adult Religion Time

Sunday, Mar. 30, 2008 · 9:30 am · Encino, CA

This morning service in the chapel of the beautiful
Holy Spirit Retreat Center will include traditional and non-traditional
elements of prayer.

Rabbi Brian will facilitate.

All are welcome regardless of spiritual-religious baggage, beliefs, or non-beliefs.

click for details

Holy Spirit Retreat Center
4316 Lanai Road,
Encino, CA 91436
Plenty of parking,
just follow the signs.

If you’ve never been to a Rabbi Brian service before, please come!

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# 10 / 40 – March 2008

It’s Between You & God.

It’s between you and God.

Religious laws are typically divided into two categories: those between a person and his or her fellow person and those between a person and his or her understanding of God.

–between a person and his or her fellow person

The laws that fit in the former category are rules of conduct: statutes about what a society or culture will and won’t tolerate.

-between a person and his or her understanding of God.

The laws that fit in the later category are rules that apply to the heart of a spiritual-religious life: resting, worshiping, dietary restrictions, et cetera.

While religious institutions and cultural groups tend to be fairly strict with regard to the laws between a person and his or her fellow person – there can be (and historically always has been) more leniency in the interpretation of those between a person and his or her understanding of God.

My job as the Chief Religious Officer of Religion-Outside-The-Box is to encourage you to interpret religious laws in a way that makes sense to you. Especially the ones between you and your conceptualization of the divine.

We’re talking about you and what you do with regard to your spiritual-religious life.

So, to quote the Psalms, “Sing God a new song.”

Take your spiritual-religious life into your own hands.

Take time to “not do” that makes sense to you.
Worship as your soul moves you to worship.
Eat foods (and refrain from eating foods) that will help you to elevate your consciousness.

What you do in your spiritual-religious life is between you and (the) God (of your understanding).

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

With love,

Rabbi Brian

A web version of this article is available here.
This article was also posted at Street Prophets where it received a few comments.

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Finding and Being with (the) God (of Your Understanding)

May 12 – June 16

The University of Transformational Studies and Leadership of Agape in Los Angeles.

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