Thursday, August 9, 2018 – 28 Av 5778

Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17

Moses guides the people how to recognize a true versus a false prophet.

How do you know if it is truth that you speak?  When it is independent of manipulation and in harmony with the essence of who you are.  (Wisdom, p. 76)

Friday, August 10, 2018 – 29 Av 5778

Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17

Give to the needy and have no regrets, for the Lord will bless you in all your efforts.

As you walk the path of strength and discernment, attune your ears to hearing the voice of God in all sounds, and open your eyes to seeing wonders in many guises.  (Strength, p. 153)

Saturday, August 11, 2018 – 30 Av 5778

Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17

With consciousness, what was ordinary becomes extraordinary.  What once was limiting and confined, with consciousness becomes unconditionally liberating.  Perceiving an ordinary act in all the dimensions of physical, emotional, spiritual, and hallowed ways of being leads you closer to the destiny you were born to fulfill.  (Glory, p. 257)

Sunday, August 12, 2018 – 1 Elul 5778

Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9

Magistrates and tribal officials are to be appointed to govern the people justly.

What keeps you moving, regardless of the obstacles, restraints, and snags along the way?  What quality within yourself has assisted you in championing your own truth while nurturing others and promoting justice in the world?  Strength.  (Strength, p. 145)

Monday, August 13, 2018 – 2 Elul 5778

Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9

If you judge another according to merits and goodness, then you are standing in the realm of holiness.  If you judge another according to transgressions and misdeeds, then you will argue for that person’s guilt and insist in placing him or her in a bad light.  In doing so, you place yourself in the realm of profanity.  (Harmony, p. 193)

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 – 3 Elul 5778

Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9

The Kohanim will have no territory among their brothers, for God is their territory.

Recognize the infinite possibilities for uniting your will with God’s will, and feel more calm, more serene, more open to living in the fullness of all that life has to offer.  (Method, p. 24)

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 – 4 Elul 5778

Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9

Moses reminds the people, “You must be wholehearted with the Lord your God.”

Who are the happiest, richest people you know?  Aren’t they the people who are living out their visions, regardless of the obstacles and challenges?  These are the people who are living joyful, enthusiastic lives, regardless of their possessions or lack thereof.  These people possess something more precious than material goods.  They possess a spark of God that radiates in all they do.  (Nobility, p. 305)