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Front matter1

1Introduction1

2Hassidut Study before Davvenen93

9Hassidut Study before Davvenen 10Sh'ma (Sign)✦10.1Sh'ma: Meanings from Talmudic Usage✦10.2Intersecting Patterns of Davvenen 11The Pattern of Wholeness, the Pattern of Change 12Hassidic Devekut Contemplations (Short)13Hassidic Devekut Contemplations (Long)14Asay L'kha Rav (Sign)14.1How to Learn Davvenen from your Teacher 14.2Repeating of a Devotional Sentence 14.3Harakhaman! (Sign)14.4Prayer Elements Conversion Table 1512 Torah Ideas to Memorize 15.1Symmetry in Shakharit 16Tefila Infrastructure 16.01–16.0222 Skill-Spaces of Davvenen 16.1Bar Mitzvah Introductions to the Highlights of Davvenen 17Prayer Cycle: Infrastructure of the Liturgy 18Prayer Cycle: Up and Down the Ladder 19Sensual-Emotional Map; Gates of the Temple; Developmental Map 20Hit'lahavut and D'vekut: Terms for Further Study 20.10–20.18A Brief Tour of Lurianic Creation Kabbalah 21Khallal, Reshimu, Kav 22Tzimtzum, Sh'vira, Tikkun 22.1Tzimtzum-Sh'virah Teshuvah Worksheet 22.2Nesira: Conscious Detachment 22.3Creative Alienation (Sign)22.4Reality Maps 22.5The Soul is God's Lamp 22.6Hillel and Shammai: Differing Views of Reality 23Tzimtzum, Hitpashtut: Contraction-Expansion 24–25Or Keli: Light and Vessel 26Nitzutz, Birur, Gakhelet: Spark, Sifting, Burning Coals 26.01Nitzutzot: Sparks (Buber)26.02Sparks Like an Embryo (Sign)26.03–26.04How to Address a Nitzutz: L'kha Dodi 26.05Everything Wants to be Hallowed (Sign)26.06The Creature Seeks Us (Sign)26.1Gakhelet Bo'eret: Flaming Coals (Sign)26.2Ibbur: Spiritual Pregnancy Worksheet 27Lurianic Relationship Cosmology: Mayim Nukvin to Yenika 28Davven by Heart (Sign)29Modes of Davvenen 30Hassidic Qualities to Cultivate (Set One)31Kabbalistic Qualities to Cultivate (Set Two)32Kavvanah: A Consistently Held Sensory Openness (Sign)32.01Hit'lahavut: An Impassioned Inner Fire 32.02Avodah: Developing Service-with-Love 32.03Sub-Qualities of Avodah 32.04Shiflut: Humility 32.05M'khila: Self-Forgiveness 32.06Essential Hassidic Qualities 32.1Kabbel and Kavven (Sign)32.2God Can Be Beheld (Sign)33Twin Hassidic Qualities to Cultivate 34Yerida L'Tzorekh Aliyah (Sign)34.1Religious Naturalism 34.2Religious Awareness 35Hassidic Sparks 36Stages of Development: Tanya and Psychosynthesis Side by Side 36.1Davvenen Includes, Embraces, Suggests 37Tips to Help You Leave Ego-Mind and Enter Davvenen-Mind 38Premise, Presence, Person, Incarnation in the Service 39–40Neusner's Stages of Experience 40.1Two Levels of Presence: Bat Kol and Burning Bush 40.2Developing a Sensitivity to Divine Presence 41Hassidic Teachings and Zen Art, Side by Side 42Adon Olam Re-interpreted 42.1A Cosmic Time-Map of Adon Olam 43Adon Olam: Aquarian Minyan Version 44Cosmic Dynamics = Life Principles 44.1Or Ayn Sof: Unending Light 45–46Adon Olam Revisited: Cosmic Dynamics of Life 47Questions Arising from the Six Cosmic Dynamics 4813 Metaphors about the Hero's Journey 48.0001–48.0002Polarities on the Spiritual Journey: Sentence Completions 48.001Polarities on the Spiritual Journey 48.002Themes in Talmud Study and in Hassidic Thought 48.01A Myth is a Mask of God (Sign)48.02Judaism is Like a Circle 48.1The Thirteen Qualities of Mercy 48.2Introduction to the Thirteen Qualities of Mercy 48.3Experiences Associated with the Thirteen Qualities of Mercy 48.4Adonai, Adonai: First of the Thirteen Qualities 48.5God is the Manifestation of the Energy (Sign)48.6Melekh as Psychic Organizer 48.7Darkness as God (Sign)49Reclaiming the Spiritual Depths of the Metaphor of "King"50Khutzpah K'lapay Sh'maya: Boldness towards Heaven (Sign)51–53The Five Stages of Finding the King 54Cures of Major Diseases (Sign)55Creativity: Definitions 56Enlightenment (Sign)

3Four Levels26

57Four Levels✦58Yud Hay Breathing Meditation✦59The Tetragrammaton✦60Four Worlds: Evolution towards Mass and Weight✦60.1Blessings as Flow: Barukh and Y'hi Ratzon Start the Flow✦60.2Barukh: Come! (Sign)✦60.21Atah as Building Blocks of the Universe✦60.22Atah as I-Thou✦60.23Yod Hay Vav Hay: Four Worlds✦60.24Myriads of Worlds 60.3Pool of Brakha / Braykha 60.4Enjoy Being: Atzilut✦60.5Enjoy Creating: B'riah✦60.6Enjoy the Drama: Yetzirah✦60.7Enjoy Body-ing: Assiyah✦60.8Journey of the Soul: Crossing the Worlds through Birth and Death 60.9Journey of the Soul: Davvenen through the Worlds 60.901Journey of the Soul: The Work of Each Davvenen Section 60.902Journey of the Soul: The Place of the Torah Service 60.903Journey of the Soul: The Place of the Musaf Service 60.91–60.92Mountain Climbing Metaphor for the Four Worlds of Tefillah 60.93–60.94Comparison of Altered States 61Levels of Awareness from Hassidut and the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation 62Overlay of Grids: Wilber's Spectrum Stages and the Four Worlds 63Overlay of Grids: Journey of the Soul (Bible, Individuation, Orthodox Development, Holydays)64Integral Practice

4Assiyah9

65Assiyah: Finding the Ground 66The Balance between the Heart and the Mind (Sign)66.1–66.12The Three Postures of Davvenen 66.2Stages of Community: Aydah, Kehillah, Havurah, Minyan, Tzibbur 66.3Criteria for Community: Jewish Holyday Associations 67Davvenen Woven with Yoga Asanas: Recapitulating Evolution 68Mind-Body Friendship (Sign)69Feldenkrais Instructions as Meta-Postures 70–72Alef Bet Collage of Verses for Name Recitation

5Morning Dedications21

73Morning Dedications 74–79Renewal Brit 80–81Beliefs: Mine and Yours 82Experiences on the Tree of Life, Mine and Yours 82.1Partnership Vows 83Avoiding Male-Domination Language in Davvenen 83.10Jewish Renewal / Holistic Judaism in a Nutshell 84Anthem of Principles of the Network of Jewish Renewal Communities 85Intentional Community Development Program 86An Interbeing Anim Zemirot 86.1–86.2Renewal in Tanakh 86.3Pre-Morning Blessings 86.4Dynamic Tensions within the Morning Blessings 86.5Daily Morning Kiddush Menu 86.6Zokef K'fufim as a Meta-Blessing for Neural Waking 86.7Boray P'ri Hagafen as an Invocation for Life 86.8Modeh Ani: Addressing the Boundaries of Consciousness 86.9Routine of Daily Temple Offerings: Korbanot 86.91On the Transformation Offered by Incense: Ketoret 86.92Warmups, Traditional and Alternative 86.93–86.95Bridge of Prayers of Assiyah and Yetzirah

6Yetzirah33

87Yetzirah: Expression 88Trust Life (Sign)88.1Teshuvah Acronyms 88.2Angels Interacting with Earth 88.3–88.4Yetzirah Stations 88.5Yetzirah: Pesukei D'Zimra on One Page 89Amayn Chants 90–92Morning Prayers from the Aquarian Minyan Makhzor 90.1Ma Tovu, or, Balak's Folly 90.2Differences between Simkha and Tov 92.1Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim (Sign)92.2–92.4Psalm 90: Return to Your True Impelling Force 93–95Notations of Prayer Themes 96Praise Yourself (Sign)97How to Love Yourself Kaddish 98The Beauty of the Earth (Sign)98.1Two Kinds of Happiness: Sason and Simkha 98.2Blessings of Joy 98.21Existential God Name 98.22The Main Thing 98.3Barukh She'amar: What Good Can a Good Word Do?98.4The Slightest Twitch (Sign)98.5Barukh Khay Ha-olamim: Draw Nearer, Life of the Worlds 99Ashray in Assyrian Script 99.1On Praise: Halleluyah!99.2–99.4The Place of Halleluyah in the Pesukei D'Zimra 100Choose Life (Sign)101The Twelve Stumbles 102Pact for a Healing Relationship 102.1Yetzirah: World of Polarities 102.2–102.3Ten Prayers for a Loving Marriage 103Nishmat: Breath Practices for Emotional Tikkun 104Practices to Do in Shul When Not Tuned In

7B'riah20

105B'riah: Transformation 106–106.01Stages of the B'riah Service 106.02Starry Barekhu 106.1You Were Born of a Star (Sign)106.2–106.5The Seven Palaces of B'riah 106.6L'ayl Barukh: Understanding the Series of Praises 107Lover before the Sh'ma, Guardian after the Sh'ma✦108–108.01Three Transformative Modalities 108.02Paradoxes within Common Prayers: Sh'ma Yisroel 108.03Ahavat Olam: Love in the Cosmic Dimension 108.04Ruakh: Common Ground to Soul and Cosmos 108.1Yah Our God, Yah One✦108.2Yahdonai (Sign)✦108.3Sound-Light Waves✦108.4Metaphors for the Complexities of the Great Oneness That We Are 109Sh'ma in Assyrian Script 110Energy Moves in a Pendulum Swing✦110.01Higher and Lower Levels of Identification✦110.1Emet V'Emunah: Truth and Faith, Path to Certitude and Centeredness✦110.2Sixteen Ways of Empowering the Sh'ma Experience✦

8Atzilut9

111Atzilut: Being There 112Talking with the Ribbono Shel Olam 112.1–112.918Meta-Amida 113–114Amidah 1 115–117The Amidah, Version 2 118Amida in Assyrian Script 118.1Rebecca in Jewish Renewal 118.2–118.3Variations in Experiences of Proximity 118.4Naming God: Beyond Adonai

9Torah Service15

119Torah Service: Incarnation 120Torah Service 121Sefirot of the Parshiyyot 122Guidelines towards a Hassidic-style Torah Study 122.1Questions towards a Healing-Directed, Faith-Based Torah Study 122.2The Rules 122.21The Second Ten Commandments 123Mi Shebayrakh List 124–125Jungian Interpretation of the Ten Commandments 126–13210 Plagues, 10 Commandments, 10 Sefirot 132.1Aytz Chayyim Hi: The Torah is Like a Living Tree 132.2–132.4The Onion Skin Layers of Torah 132.5Thumbnail Origins of the Jewish Renewal Movement 132.6Jewish Renewal Basics on One Page 132.7Hopi B'raysheet Baskets

10Mourner's Kaddish12

133Mourner's Kaddish 134Kaddish 134.1Kaddish Related to the Ten Sefirot and Ten Commandments 134.2Will the Shekhina Please Rise / Settle Back Down 134.3Expanding Holiness 135–141Meta-Kaddish 138.1L'olam U-l'olmay Olmayah 138.2V'yitromam, V'yitnasay, V'yitaleh (Sign)142Parallel of Surface Events (Sign)143Finding Meaning in Difficult Events 144–145Mitzva of Nikhum Avelim 146Yahrzeit / Oppressed Kaddish List

11Daily Sefirot, Shabbat and Festivals35

147Daily Sefirot 148The Ten Sefirot 148.001Sefirah-Chakra Animal Image Check-In 148.01The Ten Sefirot: Associations to Khesed 148.02Alternative Translations of the Shabbat Candle Blessings 148.03–148.04Four Steps to Kiddush Consciousness and Four Levels of Shabbat 148.05Have a Multi-Dimensional Shabbat!!148.06Gender Balanced Ayshet Khayil 148.07–148.091Psalms for Kabbalat Shabbat 148.1And on the Seventh Day She Sat Down and Breathed 148.2Meta L'kha Dodi 148.21–148.22Meta L'kha Dodi 2: The Many Faces of Shabbat 148.3–148.7L'kha Dodi Shabbat Awareness Levels 148.8Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in Sefirot 148.9The Jewish Holydays in Time, Consciousness, and the Periodic Renewal of Reality 148.901Qualities and Sub-Qualities of the Holydays 148.91The Shape of Forgiveness: Salakh 148.92–148.93Tashlikh 149Simkhat Torah: Sefira Cycle Dances (Hakafot)150Simkhat Torah Verses 150.1The Heroic Virtues 150.2Draydle Consciousness 150.3Tisha B'Av Service Flow 150.4Yom Kippur: Kol Nidre Prayers Singable in English 150.5Yom Kippur Selikhot Prayers Singable in English 150.6V'taher Libaynu: Teshuvah, Tefillah, Tzedakah Song 150.7End of Year Ingathering of Divine Sparks 150.8Ne'ilah: El Nora Alila Singable in English 150.9New Piyyutim for the High Holydays from the Aquarian Minyan Makhzor 150.91Sh'ma Kolaynu Progression 150.92Gateways for the Infinite Light: A Sukkah is a Filter, a Huppah is a Lens 150.93The Tree of Tu B'Shevat's Influence on the Holydays 150.94–150.96Havdala-Purim Teaching: Four Signs of Release from Hardship 150.97Traditional Order of the Passover Seder: Meta-Meanings 150.98The Ten Meta-Plagues

12Tikkun Hatzot17

151Tikkun Hatzot 152Let Your Consciousness Go (Sign)153Mortality and Rebirth Meditation 154Nine Traits That Collectively Form a Person's Basic Temperament 155Resistances to Jewish Spiritual Development 156You Can Never Get Enough of What You Really Don't Want (Sign)157To Let Go 158Don't Scare Yourself 158.1Letting Go Kaddish 158.2The Blossoms Have Fallen (Sign)158.3Being in the World without Misery 158.4Major Problems, Meaningless Questions 158.5If You Believe You Can Spoil, Believe You Can Fix (Sign)158.6Sayings of Rabbi Nachman 158.7–158.8Ten Guides 158.9If the World is Bad...158.92Five Teachings Leading to Balance

13Kheshbon Hanefesh16

159Kheshbon Hanefesh: A Personal Inventory 160–160.1Teshuvah Worksheets 160.2Don't Waste Your Life (Sign)161–162The Omer Counting of Life 163–165Therapeutic Objectives for the Four Worlds Characters 166–168Character Style Mini-Profiles 169Balancing Rewards with Work 170Personal Psychological Bill of Rights 170.1High Holyday Prayer List Crib Sheet 170.2Stages of the Journey 171Stages of the Hero's Journey 172I Now Have Enough (Sign)173Bedtime Sh'ma Prayers 174Atah Sayter Li: You Are Mystery to Me (Sign)174.1Mitzar Titzrayni: From the Anguish of Confining Limitations, Shelter Me 174.2Naming the Highest

14Songs5

175Songs: Index 176–182Jewish Renewal Songs 182.1–182.2Hallel 182.3Festival Amida Prayers: Atah V'khartanu and Ya'aleh V'yavo 182.4Non-Violent Had Gadya

15Addenda17