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Rephael Perkel - Mind to Heart
Readings, reflections and insights on healing and transformation, spirituality and psychology
The mind is a marvelous servant but a lousy master.
Either it serves us, or, by worshiping it, we end up serving it. When we become slavishly devoted to the dictates of our rational mind,...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Nov 14, 20181 min read
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Rely On Miracles, But Play Your Part…
Link to video (1 min.) #consciousness #courage #miracles #fear #authenticself
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Jun 15, 20151 min read
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On Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that crushed it.” – Mark Twain #consciousness #resentment #forgiveness...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Mar 17, 20151 min read
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Beyond ‘me’
My pain is not Who I am. It’s just an experience I’m having. My joy is not Who I am. It’s just another experience I’m having. I prefer...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Sep 1, 20141 min read
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Right-wing vs Left-wing. What’s the true path?
Who says they’re in opposition? After all, at their extremes they absolutely converge, don’t they? (e.g. Nazism and Communism)....
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Aug 1, 20141 min read
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The Sephirah of Malchut – an experiential perspective
Listen to my interview on ChaiFM radio (28 May 2014). It was broadcast during the seventh and final week of the Counting of the Sephirah...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Jun 10, 20141 min read
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Chanukah – A Deeper Light
The deepest meaning of Chanukah is not that we transform the world by bringing light into the darkness. We transform ourselves by seeing...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Nov 28, 20131 min read
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About Mindfulness
This is the beautiful Chinese character for ‘Mindfulness’. The roof-like part at the top means ‘now’ or ‘this’ – in other words...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Sep 12, 20131 min read
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Further Reflections on Pain and Suffering
Here’s more on the role of consciousness in the experience of pain and suffering. Dr Elisha Goldstein, in this illuminating extract from...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Aug 15, 20131 min read
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Discovering my authentic self
I’ve learned that underneath my neurotic behaviors lie unconscious purposes – usually to avoid some fear that I’m also unconscious of...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Aug 1, 20131 min read
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A paradigm shift in psychology – from ‘talk’ to ‘experience’
“The more we learn about neuroscience, the more we realize that human beings aren’t driven by our ability to analyze and cogitate about...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
Jul 15, 20131 min read
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Liberation is n…
Liberation is not about freedom of the self. It’s about freedom from the self. – Osho As perfect as we may become – as evolved, as...
Rephael Mendel Perkel
May 31, 20131 min read
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