A Soulful Journey

"May you come to experience the "Me within me."  May you be blessed with eyes to see the oneness your soul has been longing to show you.  Know who you are.  The seal of the Creator is on you.  May you see your World to Come in this world.  May you experience long days full of meaning and may you live to give nachas, deep soul pleasure, to the Creator who dreamed you into being.  And may God smile and sigh a deep sigh of relief and laugh with pure joy upon seeing your soul fulfill its call. Amen .   - Rabbi Naomi Levy

  When God was creating the world God shared a secret with the angels, human beings will be created in the image of God. The angels were jealous and outraged. Why should humans be entrusted with such a precious gift when they are flawed mortals? Surely if humans find out their true power they will abuse it. If humans discover they are created in God’s image, they will learn to surpass us! So the angels decided to steal God’s image. Now that the divine image wsa in the angel’s hands, they needed to pick a place to hide it so that man would never find it. They held a meeting and brainstormed. They angel Gabriel suggested they hid God’s image at the top of the highest mountain peak. The other angels, objected, “one day humans will learn to climb and they will find it there.”  The angel Michael said, let’s hid it at the bottom of the sea.” No the other angels chimed in ‘humans will find a way to dive to the bottom of the sea and they’ll find it there.” One by ...