I'm God; You're Not
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I'm God; You're Not

Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

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I'm God; You're Not

Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

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About This Book

Flashes of insight—surprising, entertaining, inspiring—from one of the most creative spiritual thinkers in America.

"The goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the way—outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it; kill it. Silence the incessant planning, organizing, running, manipulating, possessing, and processing that are the ineluctable redoubts of the ego. Not because these activities are bad or wrong or even narcissistic … but because they preclude awareness of the Divine. To paraphrase the Talmud, God says, 'There ain't room enough in this here world for your ego and Me. You pick.'"
—from the Introduction

Tapping the experiences and wisdom of his career as a spiritual leader, Lawrence Kushner delights, surprises, challenges and inspires us. With his signature candor, wit and compassion, he helps us reconnect with the why and how of our spiritual lives. He encourages us to find new perspectives on the "life-stuff" that shapes them, and gently reminds us of the Source of it All.

These inspiring—often startling—insights will warm you during the dark times of your own doubts even as they brighten your quest for meaning, faith, identity, community—and holiness.

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Publisher
Jewish Lights
Year
2010
ISBN
9781580235631
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Part 1. Rabbi
  7. Who Am I?
  8. We’ll Wait Back Here
  9. The Calling
  10. My Other Father Died
  11. The Tent Peg Business
  12. The Human Pyramid
  13. The Rabbi Business
  14. Being Somebody Else
  15. The Last Gift
  16. Part 2. Judaism
  17. Why I’m a Jew
  18. Filene’s Basement
  19. Intermarriage
  20. Getting More Jews
  21. Customs as Sacred Text
  22. Two Jewish Mothers
  23. (Re)Thinking Shabbat
  24. Kosher
  25. The Life of Torah
  26. Part 3. Family
  27. Visiting Your Children
  28. Understanding Your Parents
  29. Telling Kids the Truth
  30. Boompa
  31. And Unto Us a Child Is Given
  32. Babushka
  33. Turkey Shoot
  34. Generations
  35. Part 4. World
  36. What Israel Means to Me
  37. My Lunch with Jesus
  38. Cardboard Sukkah
  39. Bill Novak’s Questions
  40. NYPD Blue
  41. Resurrection of Flowers
  42. Part 5. MYsticism
  43. What Is Kabbalah?
  44. Reading Music
  45. Bosque del Apache
  46. Physician of Tsefat
  47. Spell-Checker
  48. Midrash as Hypertext
  49. A Kabbalah Lexicon
  50. Part 6. HoliNess
  51. Open My Lips
  52. Spiritual Greed
  53. Silent Prayer
  54. A Blessing for the Czar
  55. Biking with Pelicans
  56. The Zen of Airline Tickets
  57. Memory and Redemption
  58. Death without Dying
  59. The Band on the Titanic
  60. Afterword: "Our Town"
  61. Sources
  62. About
  63. Copyright