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Surrender is one of the cruxes of a spiritual-religious life. Religion (real religion done right, not religion-lite) is based in this notion of surrendering —

I was asked by the students of the Los Angeles Leadership Academy (where I taught before I moved to Portland, ORE), to be their graduation

This might seem an odd wisdom biscuit topic and I doubt you’ll ever see this spiritual-religious nugget on a bumper sticker. Go ahead and fail.

I was at a holiday party once, where a white elephant gift exchange was taking place. There I learned a great lesson about attachment and

Practice whatever your practice is. But, don’t lose sight of WHY you are practicing it. With love,

As a society, we are never finished. The pace of our world never stops. Instant access to everything 24/7 seems to be our goal. When

Do you ever get annoyed when something takes longer than you expected it to? I’m sure you’ve felt this before – we all have –

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. – Jung Today’s article is going be a

I once saw a bumper sticker that read, “Many people want to serve God, but only as advisers.” Do you think your job is to

More and more, I have found myself writing, talking, and advocating compassion. While, no one argues with the prescription, there are questions about how to

Take a moment to get in touch with your gut when you reflect on the tragedy that happened at the Boston marathon. When I do,

Shantideva, an 8th century monk in India, said the following: There is nothing that is not made lighter through habit and familiarity. Stated without the

RabbiBrian 10.40 Belove in Gied (this is not a typo) “Belief in God” is NOT blind acceptance of a force controlling destinies, beyond empirical logic. 

RabbiBrian 8.40 Feeling Not Afraid The word “safe” comes from, and is related to, the word “save.” (The Latin root word salvus means “uninjured” or

RabbiBrian 9.40 Enough, Less, and Do! Lynn Twist wrote a fascinating book called Unleashing the Soul of Money. It’s about our spiritual connection to money.