Guided Jewish Meditations

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This channel contains guided Jewish meditations for personal spiritual growth. What is the soul? How does consciousness connect you with the Creator of All, the Source of all of consciousness and life? How can spirituality help you deal with stress and anxiety, and help you live a more fulfilling life? This channel contains guided Jewish meditations that explore these and other questions. The meditations, which combine classic breathing and meditation techniques with the ancient Jewish wisdom of the Torah, vary in length from a few minutes to over an hour, and are inspired by the teachings of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, זצ”ל.

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Sunday Sep 03, 2023

79. בּרכה / Blessing

Sunday Sep 03, 2023

In Jewish Torah thought, the physical pleasures of life are a wonderful, positive thing, when elevated and used in the pursuit of the Divine. This is the purpose of reciting a Bracha, a blessing, before eating food, as it allows for the alignment of will and pleasure, and leads to the ultimate Tikkun, perfection, of the food being consumed. In this meditation, the listener is guided through the recital of the blessing over water in deep spiritual meditation, leading to the profound joy of synergy between pleasure and will.

Complete Bracha recited in this meditation:

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהַכֹּל נִהְיָה בִּדְבָרוֹ

Baruch atah Adonay Eloheinu Melech Ha’Olam shehakol nihiyah bid'varo.

Blessed are You, Hashem, our God, King of the Universe, by Whose Word everything came to be.

Words used in this meditation:

בּרכה - Bracha - Blessing

בּרכות - Brachos - Blessings

מים - Mayim - Water

תּיקון - Tikkun - Perfection

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