Lessons in Tanya – Chapter 1 (pt4)
with Gil Dekel. ואפילו העובר על איסור קל של דברי סופרים מקרי רשע כדאיתא בפ”ב דיבמות ובפ”ק דנדה “Even if a person transgresses only a very light rabbinical prohibition [one which was forbidden by the sages, but isn’t explicitly mentioned in the Torah], he is considered a Rasha.” Let’s give an example:...
Read MoreLessons in Tanya – Chapter 1 (pt3)
with Gil Dekel. ולהבין כל זה באר היטב וגם להבין מה שאמר איוב [ב"ב פ"א] רבש”ע בראת צדיקי’ בראת רשעי’ כו’ The Alter Rebbe goes on now to explain a few views on what Beinoni is and what he is not. Alter Rebbe says “we’re going to have to understand all that we mentioned above very clearly; and a further thing,...
Read MoreLessons in Tanya – Chapter 1 (pt2)
with Gil Dekel. אך הענין כי הנה מצינו בגמרא ה’ חלוקות. צדיק וטוב לו צדיק ורע לו רשע וטוב לו רשע ורע לו ובינוני. “The matter is as follows. We find in the Gemara five categories [of human beings]. Tzadik ve Tov Lo, Tzadik ve Ra Lo, Rasha ve Tov Lo, Rasha ve Ra Lo, and Beinoni”. ופירשו בגמרא צדיק...
Read MoreLessons in Tanya – Chapter 1 (pt1)
with Gil Dekel. ליקוטי אמרים, ספר של בינונים, פרק א’ תניא בספ”ג דנדה משביעים אותו תהי צדיק ואל תהי רשע In this first ‘Perek’ (chapter) of the Tanya book, we are being referred to the end of the third chapter of the tract page from a different book – the Talmud tract called ‘Niddah’. In the tract of...
Read MoreLessons in Tanya – Sha’ar (title page)
with Gil Dekel. ספר ליקוטי אמרים חלק ראשון הנקרא בשם ספר של בינונים We start with the title page of the Tanya book, which is known by the name the ‘book of Beinonim’, or book of the average person, the intermediate, ‘Sefer Shel Beinonim’; in Hebrew: ספר של בינונים . Traditionally, It is believed to be original work, but...
Read MoreLessons from ‘The Social Entrepreneur’ book by Andrew Mawson
By Gil Dekel, PhD. Main insights from Andrew’s experience: - Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. - Set an example. People will respect that, and gather around you. - Question the consensus, and challenge policy makers. - Fine words cannot replace practical actions. - Governments should guarantee people that deliver results, instead of providing for organisations that do not deliver...
Read MoreIntroduction to Innovation in the 21st century
By Dr. Gil Dekel, and Natalie Dekel (MPhil) Our society is constantly evolving, and with it comes an on-going need for new ideas and products that are different, sustainable, and useful for daily life. With technological and scientific developments the process of making new products has become shorter and faster than before. While past generations seen slow changes, nowadays changes come about on...
Read MoreElements of The Universe: Encaustic Wax Virtual Exhibition
designed and curated by Gil Dekel (PhD); paintings by Natalie Dekel (MPhil). The nature of materiality There are three chambers in this virtual gallery – consisting of the materials Earth, Air and Water. The philosopher Empedocles of Acragas from Sicily (ca. 490–430 BC) asserted that matter consists of four elements: earth, water, air and fire1; a theory that was later supported and...
Read MoreLessons from ‘Conversations With God’ Book 1, Neale Donald Walsch (Part 3 of 3)
by Gil Dekel, PhD. Part 3 of 3. Back to part 2. Back to part 1. A summary of main insights from CwG Book 1, with page numbers: 130 At all breaking points in life there is one question to ask: what would love do now? Love is not to retain the best of the other – but the best of your self. 131 The highest good for me becomes the highest good for the other, as we all are one. There is...
Read MoreLessons from ‘Conversations With God’ Book 1, Neale Donald Walsch (Part 2 of 3)
by Gil Dekel, PhD. Back to part 1. This is Part 2 of 3. Go to part 3. A summary of main insights from CwG Book 1, with page numbers: Pages 66-67 Hold on to values that serve you. Look which values bring the highest you. Examine them. Tell the world. If you can tell the world who you are without hesitating, then you are happy with yourself. Then you have created yourself and reached...
Read MoreLessons from ‘Conversations With God’ Book 1, Neale Donald Walsch (Part 1 of 3)
by Gil Dekel, PhD. Part 1 of 3. Go to part 2. Go to part 3. A summary of main insights from CwG Book 1, with page numbers: Pages 3-4 God talks to all people but just a few listen… God does not only talk but communicates. A talk is limited to words, thus God do not communicate only with words. God’s most common form of communication is feelings. Feeling is the language of the soul. If you...
Read MoreHow to Find the Inner Voice of Wisdom through Art?
by Natalie and Gil Dekel. When people stop communicating with their inner voice of wisdom, they seem to look for external stimulus, a source of content from outside themselves. Phone hacking, for example, is more than an illegal way to produce gossip – it is a sign of a lack of internal dialogue. When individuals fall into an ‘emotional pit’, they seem to fill it up with hacked knowledge...
Read MoreDisneyland Park Paris: a short visual guide
On our visit to Disneyland Park Paris we were left enchanted for the beauty and magic of the place. The Park is a triumph to craftsmanship, and an outstanding achievement to mankind. As you walk through the Park you experience a real-life fairytale and adventure town; and unlike watching a film where the magic is on the screen, in Disneyland Park you are actually inside the magic, or as the...
Read MoreThe Conquest of Darkness: how I released the Three Knots of my past-lives that affected my present life
by Natalie Dekel, MPhil. People seem to carry heavy emotional luggage, some of which has been handed down to them from previous life times, or even inherited from their families. I was fortunate to go through a healing process which taught me how to release negative experiences of the past that I was locked on. Before the healing process, I was attracting events and people that ‘allowed’...
Read MoreLessons from Neale Donald Walsch ‘The Mother of Invention: The Legacy of Barbara Marx Hubbard and the Future of You’. Part 2.
by Gil Dekel, PhD. Part 2. Back to part 1. Page 64 In the ‘peace room’, just like the war room, we would map breakthrough and innovations that are working on this planet. The peace room will monitor every trouble spot on the earth and will link it with working solutions. People in need will be able to connect with those who have the answers. The idea is to focus on what is working rather...
Read MoreLessons from Neale Donald Walsch ‘The Mother of Invention: The Legacy of Barbara Marx Hubbard and the Future of You’. Part 1.
by Gil Dekel, PhD. Part 1. Go to 2. The ideas of futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard (born 1929) are expressed in Neale Donald Walsch’s book, following his extensive research into her life-long journals, as well as in-depth interviews he conducted with her (sold separately on DVD). Neale describes Barbara’s visions of ‘the wheel of co-creation’, ‘the synergy engine’, ‘the peace...
Read Moreמבוא לרייקי ולפיתוח אישי
מאת נטלי וגיל דקל מהי רייקי? רייקי היא שיטת ריפוי והרגעה המבוססת על משיכת אנרגיה אוניברסאלית שמאזנת את הגוף והנפש. ריי פירושו אוניברסאלי, וקי, הידוע גם כ’צ’י’, היא אנרגיה. האנרגיה מוכרת כבר אלפי שנים ונעשה בה...
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