A simple yet elusive quest for an answer takes us from biology to kabbalah to the dance of the electron. If a biologist knows about anything at all, he should know about life. Or so you would think. After all, biology is defined as the scientific study of living organisms. To distinguish biology from other scholarly disciplines, introductory textbooks [Read More ...]

Some have no use for things simple, invisible, unknowable – until it’s time to flick the switch! Electrifying, Man has no faculty to perceive electricity – we only see its effects. Still, because of causal reasoning, we are certain of our conclusion that there exists some imperceptible force, which we term electricity, which is the [Read More ...]

Faith and reason are not really like trains in collision – they are more like trains in series: One picks up where the other leaves off. The scientist’s faith in cause and effect is so intense that he will accept as undisputed fact the existence of an activating force, even if it plainly contradicts rationality. [Read More ...]

Abraham Principle Yes, Abraham’s style was beautiful, but he didn’t stop there. His commitment went far beyond his natural goodness, far beyond his kind and wise nature. His commitment was ultimate, and that can look scary… very scary. – Part 10. Beauty, Meet Truth I am not a Kabbalist. Nor a philosopher. If I were, [Read More ...]

Abraham Principle – Part 9 Go out on the street and ask your average Joe, “What’s your opinion about ignorance and apathy?” And your average answer? “I don’t know and I don’t care.” Knowing and Caring To know and to care. That was the life of Abraham. Discovering ultimate reality was his driving passion; he [Read More ...]

Abraham Principle – Part 8 Life is full of give and get, but what is our focus? Do we give in order to get? Or get in order to give? Lessons from Abraham. Give and Take Abraham was a giver. Whatever he had, he shared. So when it came to the things he valued most, [Read More ...]

Abraham was a master of insight and rationality. But all the philosophy in the world isn’t worth a hill of beans unless you’re as ready to walk the walk as much as talk the talk. Abraham understood this, as indeed we all should. Abraham took inventory, but not in the usual sense. He reviewed all [Read More ...]

The constant presence of stuff in this world lulls us into believing that they are independent – that they no longer rely on G-d’s creative energy in order to continue to exist. The fact is, however, that things are constantly dependent on their Source. That reality inexorably leads to the concept of continuous creation, the [Read More ...]

Until now we’ve discovered that the key to the Are We or Aren’t We Paradox is tzimtzum, the “curtain” that separates the human perspective from the Divine. Here we explore why that’s important. Part 5. G-d doesn’t want robots. If He did, He wouldn’t have hidden so well from His creations. But hide He did, [Read More ...]

Scientists speak of “The Field,” an indivisible wholeness beyond space and time that is the ultimate ground of reality. Does this sound familiar? Another thinker, long ago, got there first. Let’s rewind the cosmos back to the beginning, and then just a little bit more, to get an inkling of how to resolve the Are [Read More ...]