manifested spiritual growth by Sukkot

I can't figure it out exactly but something about this quote by Danzy Senna, reminds me of the internal growth manifested during the great holiday of #Sukkot:

 "It’s funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, ‘I want to go home.’ But then you come home, and of course it’s not the same. You can’t live with it, you can’t live away from it. And it seems like from then on there’s always this yearning for some place that doesn’t exist. I felt that. Still do. I’m never completely at home anywhere". - Danzy Senna

You're totally my soulmate; it's ridiculously obvious..

You're totally my soulmate; it's ridiculously obvious:

But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.

By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end. - Paulo Coelho, Brida

ELOHAI NESHAMA

"My God -
The soul You have given me is pure.
You created it, You formed it,
You breathed it into me,
You guard it within me.
You will, in the future, take it from me,
And restore it to me at a future time.
So long as this soul is within me,
I thank You" - ELOHAI NESHAMA

- Clive Barker, Days of Magic, Nights of War

I dreamed I spoke in another language,
I dreamed I lived in another skin,
I dreamed I was my own beloved,
I dreamed I was a tiger’s kin.

I dreamed that Eden lived inside me,
And when I breathed a garden came,
I dreamed I knew all of Creation,
I dreamed I knew the Creator’s name.

I dreamed—and this dream was the finest—
That all I dreamed was real and true,
And we would live in joy forever,
You in me, and me in you.
- Clive Barker, Days of Magic, Nights of War

Wake up too your soulmate. ..

"It's interesting, the Torah says Adam woke up one morning and his soulmate was standing right in front of him... According to the Torah, God did all the work for Adam while he was sleeping... Adam's soulmate can be looked at as a woman in the physical sense...Or could be looked at as his destiny, the destiny of humanity. In the same way, God is creating our destiny every second, every breath we take. Once we find ourselves (our purpose) , We become alive, thus finding our destiny... or in another since waking up, like Adam did. Arguably self-realization is: realizing God is creating perfection (our destiny) all the time.. and our job is just to wake up or realize... The Hebrew word for soulmate is #beshert which means destiny " o_O

today's Haftarah - story of Jonah & Drake

I became so emotional, I felt as if God was speaking to me directly While reading the story of Jonah in 2 days #Haftarah. The story of #Jonah is all about taking responsibility for your "destiny of greatness", no matter what! The whole time reading, thinking to myself; "I asked for this, I asked Gd repeatedly to become great, to reach levels beyond my imagination and now I'm here!". Visualizing all of my ancestors all the way back to Adam and Chava.. gathering inside of a super stadium in Shamayim watching me on ahh jumbotron. In fear of sounding egocentric after a day of a repentance, I'll let my Jewish brother #Drake explain the rest; "Headed where nobody took it, who's meetin' me there? They tell him that he's talkin' crazy but he doesn't care, Bein' humble don't work as well as bein' aware"... 0 too 100 - 2014

Why do Torah observant Jews fast on Yom Kippur?

Why do Torah observant Jews fast on Yom Kippur?

It's simple, the torah says in Leviticus 16:29-30; "In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall not do any work ... For on that day he shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before the L-RD". From this pasuk the Holy Sages derive 5 laws to support Gd's commandment on Yom Kippur:

1)no Eat or drink
2)no bathe or washwear
3) no leather shoes, leather sandals or any other leather footgear
4)no marital relations
5)no anoint oneself

From a Kabbalistic perspective, these laws are too restrict the ego so an individual can be more of a pure channel receiving the of light Yom Kippur; thus cleansing the soul .... But from a more Torah Rational Perspective, these laws are to intensify the focus of repentance/atonement which is also the purpose of Yom Kippur. By the way, if you're ever wondering about the origins of fasting here's a cool article http://www.howtofast.net/context/fasting-origins.html