Preparation for the Healing Journey

July 28th, 2009, by David Seltzer

The Chafetz Chaim, a great Talmudic sage and one of the most prolific writers of the past century, wrote dozens of books geared to helping the Jewish people deal successfully with the spiritual issues of their troubled times. His books, written in a clear and interesting style, have been a source of inspiration to thousands of Jews the world over, and they remain so to this day.

Once a non-Jewish admirer of the Chafetz Chaim asked him, “Why don’t you use your tremendous talent to write novels? There’s no question that your works would be best-sellers, and you would make a fortune!”

In response, the Chafetz Chaim told him the following parable.

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The 72 Facets of Human Personality

July 1st, 2009, by Yael

The second level of the Healing Pathways model is the human personality. The human personality is varied and richly complex; it includes 72 individual traits (see Kuntres Shivim Kochot Ha’Adam LehaGra, by Rav Yaakov Mordechai Greenwald). These 72 traits fall within ten energetic categories:

1. Potential

2. Elemental

3. Temperaments

4. Centering

5. Developmental

6. Sensory

7. Emotional

8. Integrative

9. Focusing

10. Intellectual

These traits represent the various abilities and talents God has given man as the means through which to connect with and actualize his potential. They allow him to process stimuli from the environment to strengthen and enhance his essential self, and they enable him to project his individual perceptions out to the world, allowing him to influence his environment in positive ways and to achieve his unique purpose in life.

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Personal Perception

June 1st, 2009, by Yael

The third level of the Healing Pathways model is personal perception. The inner world of human dynamics is based on how we perceive ourselves and others in relationship to our environment and personality. Each individual is multidimensional; everyone has five distinct levels of perception that are all integrated together as an energetic whole. These five levels of perception are the physical level, the emotional level, the cognitive level, the spiritual level and the potential level, and they are reflected in the five levels that make up the Jewish soul, known as the nefesh, ruach, neshamah, chayah and yechidah.

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The Hologram Principle

May 17th, 2009, by David Seltzer

The fourth element of the Healing Pathways model is the hologram principle. This principle expresses the concept that every category of our environment, every facet of our personality and every aspect of our personal perception includes every other category, facet and aspect, and is integrated harmoniously with each one.

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Alignment – Creating Positive Change

April 28th, 2009, by David Seltzer

The fifth level of the Healing Pathways model, and the basis of all healing, is alignment. Our world operates on the principle of duality. States of duality, such as life versus death, peace versus war, wisdom versus foolishness, wealth versus poverty, and so on (Sefer Yetzirah Mishnah 2), add both interest and conflict to our existence. Duality exists in the context of process and time: there is a time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, a time to harvest… (Koheles 3:2). Moreover, there is relativity within duality: You can have a hard day or an absolutely terrible day, a pretty dress or a gorgeous dress; one can live life intensely or in an easygoing manner.

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