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You may be amazed with what you’ve learned through transpersonal psychology and underwhelmed with what you have encountered in Judaism. Here are five golden nuggets from the world of Torah that transpersonal psychologists—and those they inspire—will benefit from knowing.

Five Clues That You Are Secular Spiritual  by Melina Ponak Have you ever tried to succinctly...

5 Things Transpersonal Psychologists Need to Know about JudaismYou may be amazed with what you’ve...

Here is a list of all of the best dictionaries, web resources, and apps that I discovered in rabbinical school and beyond. These tools will help you decode anything from TaNaKh [Hebrew Bible] to today’s Israeli news, and everything in between.

Judaism is overflowing with maps of spiritual transformation. One prominent example from Hasidic Mysticism is the path of descending for the sake of going higher [yerida l’tzorekh aliyah]. In this journey, you are called to face inner constrictions, difficulties, and suffering directly. Travelling towards your fears may seem counterintuitive compared to our culture’s standard approach of bypassing (i.e. avoiding pain and distracting ourselves from inner turmoil). However, an inner descent traversed with presence, curiosity, and self-compassion leads you to clarity, understanding, and positive transformation.

Our inner world is hidden to us, but it can be revealed. Our physical bodies deliver subconscious messages to us if we know how to ask in the right way and how to read the signs.