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The Inner Game of Tennis
I recently read "The Inner Game of Tennis" by Timothy Gallway and was thoroughly blown away. I heard about this book years ago - it's...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Nov 20, 20244 min read
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Finding Your North Star
The Carthusian monks have an old saying: "While the world turns, the cross stands still." As the election results settle in, there are...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Nov 8, 20242 min read
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Love is not a clever way to win over our enemies
Healing cannot be one-sided or carry a political agenda. Healing is not about one gentler or more loving ideology winning over...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Oct 18, 20243 min read
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Is it Healing or Co-Dependence?
Daniel Lev Shkolnik I heard a quote this week attributed to spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle. It went something like this: "If you need...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Sep 21, 20242 min read
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The #1 Obstacle I See With My Clients: Authenticity
Daniel Lev Shkolnik Probably the #1 obstacle I see in the way of clients living out their authentic life purpose is the fear of being...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Aug 31, 20242 min read
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Love's Curious Absence in Modern Psychology
Daniel Lev Shkolnik Next week I'm starting the second year of my masters degree in counseling at Loyola and after years of exploring...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Aug 17, 20242 min read
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Why didn't Jesus appear to Buddhists? Or Vishnu to the Aztecs?
Daniel Lev Shkolnik Why didn't Jesus appear to Buddhists? Or Vishnu to the Aztecs? If there really were a single divine reality, wouldn't...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Aug 17, 20242 min read
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Escaping the Trap of Meaninglessness
Meaninglessness appears on both the philosophical and spiritual path, and—if we get stuck there—it can be devastating. How we confront...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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Should We Pursue Awakening?
Some teachers say yes, and others say no. — I believe there's wisdom in both answers. Speaking personally, I found it useful to strive...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Jan 30, 20242 min read
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The 3 Steps of Manifestation
What happens when we try to manifest our dreams? We usually start with a big rush of inspiration. ... Then we wake up the next day and...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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Follow Joy
What happens after spiritual awakening? How do we live our life? In this video I talk about how to align our life with our True Self, and...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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Two Fundamentals of Spirituality
Consciousness and energy are two fundamental domains of spirituality. Mastering the domain of consciousness is the quest for...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Jul 7, 20231 min read
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The Presence of "God"
Be awake. Be alert. Or you'll miss it. Eckhart Tolle says: Be like a cat watching a mouse-hole. Be like a servant waiting for the master...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Apr 4, 20233 min read
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What is spiritual energy?
Understanding how to sense your energy and move it may be one of the most practical and most important psychospiritual tools that you can...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Apr 1, 20238 min read
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Fast is Slow. Slow is Fast.
Almost every Friday during college I attended Shabbat dinner at the campus Hillel. And every Friday night Rabbi James Ponet would climb...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Mar 8, 20236 min read
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Love's True Power
TRANSCRIPT: How do you wield power with love? How do you wield strength with love? Or how does love itself become strength? This, I feel,...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Mar 3, 20233 min read
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Wedding Bells
Last week I proposed to my partner Helen on a rickety old navigation tower at a place in New Orleans called the End of the World. There...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Mar 3, 20232 min read
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Spiritual Perfectionism – And what to do about it
I've noticed something recently that I call "spiritual perfectionism" and I'd love to hear what others think. My initial thoughts on this...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Feb 3, 20233 min read
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Everything is a door to enlightenment
Imagine that all the objects around you—that painting, that plant, that bowl—are little doors with handles. And if you were to turn the...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Jan 17, 20234 min read
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Stable Awakening
Over the last five months, I have been going through a powerful and at times very difficult transformation. This summer, I went through...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Dec 31, 20223 min read
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