Daily Archives: May 1, 2013

Physical Pleasure vs Spiritual Pleasure

So in Daf Yomi (Eruvin 53B) this morning, the Talmud said that you should seize every pleasure available to you today because tomorrow you might be dead. The Hasidic rabbi hastened to explain that the Talmud clearly means spiritual pleasure, … Continue reading

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My Fear Of Abandonment Comes From My Unwillingness To Grow Up

My fear of abandonment keeps raising its ugly head because I’d rather put my reliance on a relationship, a group, a job, a status, on anything rather than to do the work to become self reliant and self-validating. For example, … Continue reading

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