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Joy: an Anthology
Compiled by Yanki Tauber What is happiness? How does it work? Why is it it so important to our spiritual and physical well-being? Sixteen insights, stories, personal voices, meditations, readings and recordings on joy
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Is Happiness a Realistic Goal?
By Naftali Silberberg Are you really happy, or just resigned to your lot? I'd love to meet the person who'd honestly say, "My fantasy life? I'm living it! I can't imagine a thing I'd want to change!"
Spirituality » Essays » Is Happiness a Realistic Goal?
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How Can I Be Happy?
By Aron Moss When I look at myself and my life I see plenty of reasons to be miserable. Am I supposed to be able to just switch on happiness at will?
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Miscellaneous » How Can I Be Happy?
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Joy
By Nissan Dovid Dubov Simchah (joy) is a bulldozer that can break through barriers, but depression can lead to apathetic paralysis. In the chassidic way of life, “Serve G-d with joy” is not just an adage but the living agenda of a chassid. Just imagine two wrestlers fighting ...
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » The Key to Kabbalah » Practical Kabbalah » Joy
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Fear of Joy
People are afraid of joy. They are afraid they'll get out of hand and lose control. These people haven't experienced real joy -- the joy that comes from doing something G-dly and beautiful with all your heart. The fact is, there is nothing that will lift ...
Spirituality » Meditations » Be Within Stay Above » Mastering Your World » Fear of Joy
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Cursed and Blessed
There is a place -- the 'fiftieth gate' they call it -- so high that all things are equally nothing from there. There is no good, no evil, nothing can be added or taken away, the righteous are dust, the wicked are dust, nothing is of consequence, all is ...
Spirituality » Meditations » Collection I » Cursed and Blessed
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The Dancing Jews
By Eliezer Steinman The Baal Shem Tov was once asked: "Why do Chassidim burst into song and dance at the slightest provocation? Is this the behavior of a sane person?"
Library » Stories » Fables & Parables » The Dancing Jews
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Four Reasons to Be Happy
By Yanki Tauber Because it's a good way to get things done, because it's a good thing to do, because it's a happy time, and because of a fourth reason that's not really a reason
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Four Reasons to Be Happy
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When (and How) to be Sad
By Yanki Tauber If joy is the revelation and expansion of the soul, then sorrow is a soul's concealment and contraction. In sorrow the soul retreats, silencing all outward expression, shriveling to its narrowest sliver of selfhood...
Jewish Holidays » The Three Weeks » Insights » When (and How) to be Sad
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Learning to Laugh
By Yanki Tauber We take on the world, vowing to turn it upside down. And then we relax, and learn to savor life's little pleasures. And then, one day we realize what's wrong: we're not having fun anymore!
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Learning to Laugh
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