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There is a teaching that God has two attributes – Justice and Mercy. In His attribute of Justice, He may judge and punish. In His attribute of Mercy, he may forgive. What attribute God shows us depends on what we show our fellow people.

Spiritual bypass (or spiritual bypassing) happens when someone uses spiritual excuses to avoiding facing important issues. One very common example is when people refuse to acknowledge any sort of negative emotions or behavior. It’s all good, only good vibes here, etc… This is an example of toxic positivity.

The Law of Attraction goes something like this:  Like attracts like; so if you want money, you think about abundance, wealth, affirm that you have prosperity.  By thinking these things, wealth will be attracted to you.  Similarly for health, relationships, whatever it is that you want.  Affirm that you already have these things, and they will be attracted to you – and then you will actually have them.

There is a Name of God that is considered the true Name in the Jewish tradition.  It is called the Tetragrammaton, the Name with four letters. In Hebrew it is simply called “HaShem” – “The Name,” 

The letters are the Hebrew equivalents of Y, H, V (or W), and H.  There are no vowels in this set of letters, so it is reasonable to conclude that the Name cannot be pronounced.  However, this isn’t true.

I often hear people discuss karma as though it were punishment for misdeeds. This is an inaccurate description of karma. It is based on our limited understanding.

It is a common belief that once you’re on your spiritual path, things suddenly become easier: you enjoy abundance, perfect health, happiness, and other benefits. I call this notion “Fuzzy Bunny Spirituality.” Everything is supposed to be easier now.

Ego gets a bad rap, but it exists for a reason. The problem isn’t that Ego exists, nor is the solution to eliminate Ego. It’s to have Ego serve its proper function without it taking over.

I believe we are spirits having a human experience. We are embodied for a purpose, which is to “educate” us. Embodiment has several results. We are rendered “numb and dumb” – our perceptions and our knowing become sharply limited by our bodies. We are placed into time and space – we now have a location, and our biological processes give us the sense of time. The main feature is limitation – we are now limited in many ways, unable to do much of what we could do while not embodied.

The problem isn’t that God doesn’t talk to us. He does so constantly, as any loving Parent does with His children. It’s that we’re not listening. We’re not hearing what God has to say.