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Some wise words for a New Year

I guess this is the season for thoughtful posts marking the change of a year. A month or so back, I read this article by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth). For me, it’s about as wise as you can get.

Posted byPaul30 December, 200830 December, 2008Posted inspirituality, theologyTags: Add new tag, credit crunch, Ecclesiastes, Judaism, kohelet, spirituality

Counterintuitive desert wisdom

We have put aside the easy burden, which is self-accusation, and weighed ourselves down with the heavy one, self-justification. (John the Dwalf) Self-justification is a heavy burden, because there is no end to carrying it; there will always be some new situation where we need to establish our position, dig the trench for the ego …

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Posted byPaul30 June, 200830 June, 2008Posted inspiritualityTags: Add new tag

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