Wisdom Biscuits and Religion-Outside-The-Box Feed

Convenience and Stress | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:23

Rabbi Brian discusses STRESS and how we have it still in this world filled with CONVENIENCES!

Budgetting for annoyances | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:24

Rabbi Brian talks about shifting perspective, time management, and how we need to expect to be annoyed as a way to not be annoyed.

A prose about modernity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:23

Rabbi Brian waxes about how we constantly seem to want to improve our world... and that this might not be such a good idea.

Attachment, Greed, and Henry Higgins | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:24

Rabbi Brian talks about an experience he had in which, in the span of ten minutes, he had a gamut of human emotions dealing with attachment.

At The Right Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:19

Rabbi Brian talks a little about Channukah, but really about the pre-modern sense of time.

Go and fail! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:23

Rabbi Brian encourages you to FAIL! (Really -- it's the best way to learn.)

Surrender | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:23

Rabbi Brian revisits the spiritual-religious topic of surrender.

Not Listening to the opinions of others | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:24

Rabbi Brian talks about two incidents in which he held the opinions of people outside of himself in higher regard than his better judgment.

Placebo- pleasing them | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:19

Rabbi Brian talks about placebo -- the latin word that means "I WILL PLEASE" and how pleasing others can be a problem.

To do list as your friend | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:19

Rabbi Brian tells you that your TO-DO LIST is your FRIEND. Really?!? That's crazy... or is it? (I'll tell you, it isn't.)

Pitting Cherries | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:24

Rabbi Brian tells about watching his daughter learn to take the pits out of cherries and how we all push ourselves to improve.

The Things You Do Well | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:19

Rabbi Brian talks about how we need to forgive others for not being as good as we are in the things we are excellent in.

True Religion (sans God) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:19

Rabbi Brian talks about how real religion has NOTHING to do with God, how we need to get that in our heads, and how to live a true religious life.

The Four Notions of God | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:24

Rabbi Brian talks about the four, basic notions that people have about God. (He does not advocate any one of them.)

Ignorant, Stupid, or Evil | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:19

Rabbi Brian discusses Kathryn Schultz's work on mistakes. How we tend to see people who disagree with us as ignorant, stupid, or evil.

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