have been asked to give a seminar on Musar of the Novorodock variety with an emphasis on the practical. That is, not the history or the personalities of this Jewish spiritual discipline, but the ways one practices it. In fact, the practitioners of Novorodock Musar were the happiest people I have ever known. They were the freest people I have ever known. How did they get this way? It comes down to this: psychological freedom is a prerequisite to inner peace and spiritual ascent. Let us start with the easy part. Say that I must have coffee three times a day, or I have to see certain kinds of movies, or have to wear certain styles of clothing, or I have to have a certain […]
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