Torah of Awakening Jewish Meditation Podcast

We tend to think of spirituality as just another thing on the to do list, like exercise or doing the laundry. And this CAN be helpful if it gets you to make meditation part of your routine. But when you’re actually meditating, you’re not just working on some aspect of your being, like your muscles or your mind; you’re getting to the root of the matter. When you clear away all the content of your life, what’s left? Who are you really, behind all the stuff going on your life, which really means behind all the stuff going on your mind. We’ll explore this through the Torah portion, Parshat Chayei Sara on this episode of the Torah of Awakening Jewish meditation podcast with Rabbi Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks.

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Torah of Awakening is an online learning and practice community for awakening inner freedom. Rooted in Kabbalah and Hasidism with an Integral lens, it features transformative teachings, Hebrew chanting and guided Jewish meditation, all aimed at cultivating “Spiritual Awakening” – the experiential realization that you are infinitely more than your thoughts and feelings. Beneath your personality is a vast field of awareness, free from negativity and connected to the aliveness of the present moment. Discover inner freedom through Integral Jewish Kabbalah Meditation with Rabbi Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks. Find classes for both children and adults and join as a member for learning, chanting and meditation five days a week online.

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Spiritual awakening means transcending the ordinary problems, conflicts, and emotional dramas of life through an inner shift, whereby we disidentify from the "Me" made out of thoughts and feelings, or "ego," and know ourselves as the field of awareness at the ground all of experience – open, spacious, and free. You can do this by "welcoming" everything arising in your experience, moment to moment. This is the practice of the Hebrew letter ב BET, and we explore it through the Torah portion, Parshat Va’eira, followed by a guided meditation.

Learn More: https://www.torahofawakening.com

Torah of Awakening is an online learning and practice community for awakening inner freedom. Rooted in Kabbalah and Hasidism with an Integral lens, it features transformative teachings, Hebrew chanting and guided Jewish meditation, all aimed at cultivating “Spiritual Awakening” – the experiential realization that you are infinitely more than your thoughts and feelings. Beneath your personality is a vast field of awareness, free from negativity and connected to the aliveness of the present moment. Discover inner freedom through Integral Jewish Kabbalah Meditation with Rabbi Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks. Find classes for both children and adults and join as a member for learning, chanting and meditation five days a week online. Visit: TorahOfAwakening.com

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In this first Torah of Awakening Jewish Meditation Podcast episode, we explore the paradoxical practice of "acceptance" as a means toward "empowerment," rather than resignation and dispair – a crucial teaching for our time, based on the Torah reading, Parshat Tetzaveh. Includes guided meditation and Hebrew chanting.

The Torah of Awakening Jewish Meditation Podcast with Rabbi Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks is a guide for developing consciousness and awakening inner freedom. Rooted in Kabbalah and Hasidism with an Integral lens, it features transformative teachings, Hebrew chanting and guided meditation with meditative piano.

When you're ready to go deeper, join Torah of Awakening, 1st month free, and get hundreds of in-depth instructional videos and PDFs, and more at: https://www.torahofawakening.com

Aleph א Chant: "Ayn Sof"

אֶחָד וְאֵין יָחִיד כְּיִחוּדוֹ, נֶעְלָם וְגַם אֵין סוֹף לְאַחְדּוּתוֹ

Ekhad v’ayn yakhid k’yikhudo, Nelam v’gam ayn sof l’akhduto

One – and there is no oneness like the Divine Oneness, Incomprehensible and Infinite is Its Oneness!

-From "Yigdal" by Daniel ben Yehudah, 14th Century (Scale: b3, #4, b6, b7)

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0:00 Intro, Empowerment vs. Acceptance

2:00 Teaching on Parshat Tetzaveh

9:45 Aleph א - description, pose, affirmation/kavanah

11:06 Aleph א Chant: " "Ayn Sof" (see words above)

15:33 Guided Integral Kabbalah Meditation - Three Portals

22:00 Quiet meditation with piano

27:37 Chant, Closing

Learn this powerful practice for deepening Presence and awakening inner freedom. 25-minute guided Jewish Kabbbalah Meditation with Rabbi Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks. After learning this practice, you can access 2 other guided meditation recordings here: https://www.torahofawakening.com/-integral-kabbalah-meditation-level-i-course.html

When you're ready to go deeper, head on over to www.TorahOfAwakening.com and join us for live meditation in community, private Jewish spirituality coaching, and in-depth programs for both children and adults including Bar/Bat Mitzvah – all at: https://www.torahofawakening.com 

-Rabbi Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks