Increasing Wholeness
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Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz is the author of Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World and Does the Soul Survive? A Jewish Journey to Belief in Afterlife, Past Lives & Living with Purpose (both Jewish Lights). A spiritual leader and scholar specializing in topics of spirituality and Judaism, he teaches, writes and speaks to a wide range of audiences. He has served as the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in Tustin, California, for more than a decade and is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly Committee of Law and Standards.
Content
Preface: Welcome to Increasing Wholeness
Introduction
Chapter One
Seeking Greater Wholeness
Try This:
Identifying an Obstacle to Inner Peace
Breath, Eyes, and Mood
Epsom Salt Bath
Chapter Two
Body: Our Portal to the World
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Uniqueness Abounds
Sensual Wakefulness
Walking Meditation
Shalom Meditation
Guided Meditation of Praise
A Blessing Practice
Blessings of Dawn
Body-Mind Calm
Chapter Three
Heart: Fueling Engagement
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Quieting the Inner Drama with Touch Points
Receiving and Giving a Blessing
Corresponding with God
Harvesting Gratitude
A Daily Recitation of the Modeh Ani
A Quick Bibliodrama
Chapter Four
Mind: Alertness to Reality
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Identifying Holy Moments
A Listening Exercise
Shema Meditation
Discerning Patterns and Directing Your Future
Intensive Meditation with a Focus on Mind
Chapter Five
Spirit: Intuitive Wisdom
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Intuitive Answers
Conjured Sensuality
Intuitive Gifts
Hearing Your Calling
Experiencing Daily Prayer
YHVH Meditation
Intensive Meditation with a Focus on Spirit
Chapter Six
Hand: The Power to Touch
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Baseless Generosity
A Tzedakah Box Practice
Prioritizing Charitable Giving
A Gemilut Chasadim Practice
Chesed (Compassion) Meditation
Writing an Ethical Will
Chapter Seven
Inner Peace: Balanced from Within
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Walking in the Light
Looking Back
When at Peace
A Taste of Wholeness
Revisiting Obstacles to Our Completeness
Infused by Light
A Final Blessing
Afterword: Crafting a Practice
Try This: A Sabbath Retreat
Acknowledgments
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index of Practices