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Jul 15, 2025, 12:38 AM

God’s perfect planning

We're told to believe that God works in mysterious ways. That it's all a part of God's plan. God's grand design. We say this when we don't understand why something happened, often something terible, and we can't find a...

Annette Poizner

Jul 13, 2025, 5:36 PM

In Stillness, We See Ourselves: Jewish and Chinese Teachings on Water

Both Jews and Chinese carry a reverence for water that runs deeper than language. It is not merely a physical substance, but a spiritual metaphor—one that connects us to the essence of wisdom, the mystery of transformation, and the...

Jul 10, 2025, 11:07 PM

Corrective, Not Punitive: Illumination of Hip Pain

I’ve always leaned toward low-intervention healing. So for years, I managed a gradually worsening hip—sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes painful—with a rotation of chiropractors, energy workers, physical therapy, mind-body work, and the occasional ibuprofen. Eventually, the pain crossed a threshold. Daily function...

Annette Poizner

Jul 10, 2025, 6:56 AM

Fivefold Pathways: Jewish and Chinese Wisdom in the Palm of the Hand

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) rests on a vision of the world shaped by Five Element Theory — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. These are not inert substances but dynamic archetypes, metaphors for life processes, personality traits, and the...

Robert Lichtman

Jul 9, 2025, 9:55 PM

Blessings Blowing in the Wind

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The original Iron Dome was deployed to shield the Jewish People from deadly curses hurled upon them by a powerful prophet named Bil’am some 3,300 years ago. This protective device utilized a capability so sophisticated that it not only...

Jul 9, 2025, 9:52 PM

Dybbuks, damned souls, demons and possession

Reading about dybbuks (spirits of the dead that aim to possess the living) and demons (malevolent spirits that were never human), made me think of damned souls and their alleged ability to possess people who are alive. Demons can...

Annette Poizner

Jul 7, 2025, 11:06 PM

The Jewish-Chinese Bond: Shelter, Soul, and Shared Wisdom

A Scene of Shelter and Symbolism The year is 2013, the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Ghetto—also known as the Hongkew Ghetto—the designated area where stateless Jewish refugees were permitted to reside, escaping Hitler’s genocidal campaign. It...

Jul 4, 2025, 6:47 PM

Freedom from Within: A Spiritual Take on July 4th

The Fourth of July commemorates the birth of a nation founded on the bold idea that all people are created equal and endowed with God-given rights—an act of moral clarity that rejected tyranny in favor of liberty, justice, and...

Annette Poizner

Jul 4, 2025, 6:37 PM

Rejecting Victimhood: What Jews and Chinese Can Teach the West

In an era increasingly shaped by polarized narratives and identity-based grievance, the Jewish and Chinese communities—each with long histories of resilience and renewal—have a unique opportunity, even a responsibility, to partner and promote a different kind of cultural message....

Jul 4, 2025, 12:12 AM

The paranormal and warfare

The paranormal is a misnomer. I prefer the unexplained. I used to be in an organization documenting the alleged cases of the unexplained. We had contact with all sorts of people, from all walks of life. There were some...

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