Meditation: The Jewish Heritage
Monday, October 19, 2015
Modern Judaism suffers from a lack of inspiration and I would assert that this is based on the negligence of our tremendous spiritual heritage and the insistence of keeping continuity with our fore-fathers methodology of doing Judaism. Judaism of today is evolving but ever so slowly away from the rigid foundations of religiosity which were developed within the context of the Middle Ages. An awakening is happening that is based upon the revelation of sacred texts and teachings from the ascended masters of our own tradition. Many Jews who have left Judaism in search of spirituality are now realizing that a great spiritual heritage exists within their own ancestral community. A major component of this awakening is in the realm of meditation. Meditation is the obvious venture of Eastern spiritual traditions but a not so obvious aspect of Judaism. Truthfully Jews are still largely ignorant of meditation and don't make the association between meditative or contemplative practice and the tradition of Judaism as they have been raised to view it.
