Podcast by TorahCraft
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is essential to modern psychology, and for good reason. But it's missing something...something bigger and more real. Let's appreciate how this changes our approach to mussar and makes it a true master-craft.
Does gematria weird you out? Ever wonder why HaShem gave us the insight to create computers? Does something about coding an application remind you of building a world? Get ready for something trippy.
Winter Cabin Meditation for Imagination Induction by TorahCraft
Mindfulness meditation is everywhere these days. But it's more than a trend; it's a vestige of how our ancestors lived. Meditation can be much deeper than whatever you'll find advertised to the masses, but even simple consciousness can be a portal to the Divine if we follow the method...
Creativity doesn't seem like the most natural association with "the People of the Book", but maybe it's a perfect metaphor for what Torah and mitzvos are all about. Listen for how a live imagination can be a brush/pen/ocarina to paint the universe in its truest colors.
The harmony/clash of Torah and science has become an overblown topic. One camp tries to squeeze science superficially into Torah texts, and another tries to superficially attack Torah texts with scientific consensus. Listen for why I think everybody's wrong but has insight into a system more profound than they can imagine.
Dialectic/Paradox: What Is This I Don't Even by TorahCraft
Pattern: But That's Like Everything by TorahCraft
Workbook Exercise: Seeing the Big Picture by TorahCraft
Workbook Exercise: Abstraction by TorahCraft
Concept: What Does That Even Mean? by TorahCraft
Definition: What Are You Even Talking About? by TorahCraft
Workbook Exercise: Definition-Mapping by TorahCraft
Briefly describes the 5 levels of critical analysis we may use.
Introduction 5: the Torah of Things by TorahCraft
Introduction 1: the Great Machina ex Deo by TorahCraft
Introduction 0: the Unknowable One by TorahCraft
Introduction 4: Worlds Within Worlds by TorahCraft
What this podcast is about. Here I do not explain my affinity for chai lattes or blue shirts, but instead imply subtly that reality is more epic than video games.
Introduction 3: the Art of Endless Paradox by TorahCraft
Introduction 2: the Physicality Illusion by TorahCraft