Paradox

Are things as they appear to be? Or is everything also its opposite? Is heat hot? Or is it cold as well? Is ice fire? And am I no-thing?

You see the way things are, and the way they ought to be. That's why human beings enjoy a higher stress level than cows, for example

Was Adam and Eve's sin part of "the plan"?

Don’t run away from the dream, don’t look for some other meaning. If the cosmic slumber of galut presents you with the paradox of the fat cow and the lean cow grazing together, make the dream the solution. Even Pharaoh recognizes good advice when he sees ...

Don't be "this". Don't let them define you. If you catch yourself fitting into a definition, contradict it. Never travel a single road. Always walk through the splitting of the sea.

One who loves must learn fear. One who fears must learn love. The thinker must do. The doer must think. The pacifist must fight, the fighter must find peace. If you flow as a river, burn as a fire. If you burn as a furnace, flow as a river. If you fly as ...

Wherever Light spreads, it does not find Darkness. For Light, Darkness does not exist. Wherever Darkness spreads, it does not find Light. For Darkness, Light does not exist. In the Time To Come, the two shall coincide and know one another in perfect ...

What is the connection between Matot and Massei? And why are these two Parshiot are always read during "The Three Weeks", when we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple?

It is irrational to believe that an elephant can fit itself through the eye of a needle. But what about the One who brought elephant, needle, size, space and logic itself into existence?

As in any duality, we must determine which side of the coin is dominant and which secondary: Does progress serve tradition, or does tradition serve progress?