Seneca, a Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist of ancient Rome wrote in his 45th letter on ethics, “We embrace bad things rather than good; we choose one thing and then the opposite; our aims and intentions are all in conflict with one another.” Dr. Martin Luther King put it like this, “There is something of …
Tag: spirituality
My 7 Commandments
Man's Education Begins And the Lord God commanded man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat. But of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it, for on the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely die.Genesis 2:16-17 The Sages and great Torah teachers …
Take A Moment To Behold
Scotland’s Scenery, is one of the many Facebook pages I follow. It is a page about people all over Scotland sharing their photos from all over Scotland, many of them are captures of the amazing landscapes of the country. Like many others, I was doing my morning Facebook scroll, when a post from this page …
The Recipe
This following was inspired by a conversation I had with a fellow coworker. I work in the parts department of a Toyota dealership, my particular job is in shipping at our parts warehouse. We wholesale Toyota and Lexus parts locally, throughout the south and internet sales nationwide. The orders we receive from auto body and …
I Thought I Was A God Chaser
In the mid 1990's I experienced a spiritual tragedy. Being born and raised in the south USA, like most families, we were members of one of the myriads of Christian denominations, actually I was the fourth generation of my family in this particular denomination. Until that fateful day, the day when my wife and I …
First Step
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" Chinese Proverb My last blog ‘QC’, https://emunatrek.com/2021/01/31/qc/ introduced the topic of mussar. “Mussar is typically defined as ethical teachings. That is, the field of mussar is devoted to character and behavioral improvement.” Rabbi Ephraim D. Becker, Ph.D. This series will be more of a …
A Brief Encounter
It happened late on a Saturday afternoon, I walked into a mighty rushing river of silence and beauty. The silence was so large, so vast, it overpowered my body and soul. Technically, I cannot find any words within my English language to properly describe the experience of that much silence; how do you describe something …
Hidden Dangers
“He who is commanded and does stands higher than he who is not commanded and does.” Avoda Zara 3a There is a hidden danger within the Noahide movement that concerns me so much that the subject is on my radar all the time. Just last night as I pondered aspects of it, another danger came …
Noahide Frustration
Time has come for me to step up and write on the subject of Noahide frustration. That being said, there are several issues that cause a non-Jew seeking the God of Israel to become frustrated in his or her journey. This blog, will be dealing with one of the issues of Noahide frustration, it frustrates …
My God, The King Pt. 5
Ashrei - Praiseworthy Psalm 145 Many of my readers know that I spent 6 + years studying and preparing for Orthodox Jewish Conversion. During that time, this particular psalm became my favorite for many reasons. It is the inspiration of the ‘Blessing before meals’ that I recite in thanking the Creator for His provision of …
Emuna Trek 