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Hardoon's topic--tonight and every Thursday, to packed classes--is how to align oneself with "the Light," the never-ending mystical emanation of the Unknowable God, Ein Sof. That he addresses this publicly at all is remarkable, since Kabbalah was a tightly guarded secret for centuries. The extent of change in that status, however, is revealed in a boast: "Someone came to me and asked, 'Is it true that Madonna studies Kabbalah?'" Hardoon says. He allows a Billy Crystal-esque pause. "Oh, you heard about that?" Laughter...
...unable to read a word. Sandra Bernhard, who introduced Roseanne to the center, argues that there is integrity to Berg's fundamentalist entrepreneurialism. "The basic principle is that you're here for a deeper reason than meets the eye," she says. "You're here to get past desire for oneself alone, to eradicate pain and suffering. I think everybody's trying to achieve that." She adds that she was raised Conservative and Bat Mitzvahed...
Depression is an illness, a "whole body" illness that affects the way one feels about oneself, the way one acts, or the way one perceives things. A depressed person cannot "snap out of it" any more than a person with mono or cancer can. More than 17 million Americans suffer from this clinical depression. Twice as many women are afflicted...
...contention and infiltration of various disciplines and schools of thought, and also through the mutual exchanges and learning between China and other countries in the world. Since old times, the Chinese people came to know full well the importance of "drawing widely upon others' strong points to improve oneself." The Han and Tang dynasties were both an age of economic prosperity and also one of flourishing international exchanges. Imperial envoy Zhang Qian's trip to the "West" in the Han Dynasty, over 2,000 years ago, opened up the world-famous Silk Road; Eminent Monk Xuan Zang, of the Tang...
...Kramer for suggesting a healthy separation of the self for fulfilling, intimate relationships would do well to read Martin Buber's I and Thou for the ultimate description of the fullest and healthiest of human and spiritual relationships. Perhaps then they would understand that viewing relationships as extensions of oneself is the ultimate in self-indulgence. VIRGINIA K. GORDON Highland Park...