Over the past week, this blog has been pretty intense. There has been nice feedback, a lot of it in private e-mails (c'mon guys, it's a collective conversation!), but it's been heavy on the spirituality side. I love it, but I don't want to get trapped in that sublime 'rut'. It's about translation into real life. So I'd like to open that angle. Not to negate the former, but to bring it to REAL life.
It's like prayer, which is certainly a spiritual exercise, but needs to find expression in how we live our 'normal' lives at home, work etc.
IOW, my life isn't about retreat to Russia, it's about interacting with my family, with you, with the checkout clerk in Pathmark. All of that needs to be guided by a moral framework, which I call G-d and the Torah, but the bottom line is 'Am I living a meaningful life?'.
My trip to Russia was like a long, refreshing prayer session. I'll only know that it was truly meaningful when (if?) I see it guiding my 'normal' conduct in a more wholesome direction.
We're approaching Rosh Hashana, when a lot more people come to services. May I ask what we're looking for?