Summary
“The proper emotion is wonder,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. In this month’s program, we explored the evolutionary power of wonder, and why awe is necessary to human happiness. Without awe, there can be no adoration; without adoration, there can be no reverence. Without reverence, life loses its spiritual center, and we may find ourselves feeling empty and soulsick. Mark discusses how awe affects the brain, and why nature installed these higher emotions like an alarm clock to wake us up from our daily trance and not miss the miracle of creation. How does awe elevate the mind and turn it toward freedom? How can we transform daily life through the practice of wonder? What have researchers discovered about the relationship between awe and depression? These are some of the questions we explored in this final session of 2020.
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GUEST INTERVIEW WITH RABBI DAVID INGBER
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About Rabbi David Ingber
Named by Newsweek as one of the 50 most influential rabbis in the United States, Rabbi David Ingber integrates meditative mindfulness and physical awareness into mainstream, post-modern Judaism. A major 21st Century Jewish thinker and educator, his rich perspective, open heart and mind, and full-bodied approach to spirituality has brought him to speak throughout the United States and worldwide throughout Canada, Israel and Europe.
Ingber’s distinct approach to spiritual practice is informed by his own personal seeking and learning from a wide cross-section of sacred traditions and faiths. A disciple of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, he is the Founder of Romemu, NYC, a community he founded in 2008, and has lectured extensively on the topics of spirituality, theology, Jewish mysticism, prayer and meditation.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Bringing in the Light of Consciousness with Eckhart Tolle
In this soul-expanding talk, Eckhart Tolle discusses the natural state of wonder that arises when we are fully present, and the radical, awakening effects of this mind-change in a seekers life
Part 1
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VIDEO REFLECTION
Final thoughts and takeaways from this month’s program.