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Integrating non-dual awareness, devotional practices, psychology, embodiment, ancestral connection and cross-cultural peacebuilding, weaving Neo-hassidic and Jewish mysticism, Buddhism, musical prayer with trauma-informed mindfulness and rigrous meditation, the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers, IFS: Self-leadership & parts-work; Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Way of Council; Cross-cultural peace-building, psychedelic and entheogenic plant medicine experience.

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Essays & Teachings

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The Hope of Injustice
The Hope of Injustice

Rabbi Rami Avraham Efal gave the following talk before the Zen buddhist sangha of Beacon Zen Temple in Beacon, New York, in Adar I 5784 / March 2024. It was centered on the teachings in “Outline of Practice” from The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, translated by Red Pine. The talk touches on meditation and awareness practice in light of the Hamas massacre in Israel in 10/7/2023 and the destruction in Gaza by the Israeli army that followed. It opens and closes with niggunim, hassidic melodic practice.

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Nondual Readings in the Talmud March 5784 Series
Nondual Readings in the Talmud March 5784 Series

Over three evenings Rabbi Rami Avraham Efal met with practitioners to meditate, practice absorption using niggunim hassidic melodies, and dive into the wisdom of the Talmud, the 1500 year old tome of Jewish wisdom, through fresh nondual eyes. Reflecting on the story of Khuma Drops her Sleeve (Ketubot 65a:9) Gamliel and the Moons (Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2:8,) and Reb Yossei Praying in a Ruin (Berakhot 3a:12.)

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A Person of Tohu
A Person of Tohu

Identity Critical Mass and the Practice of Centerlessness

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Song Circle for Tu b'Av 5783 Evening of Love & Awareness, 8/1/2023 8pm ET (online)
Song Circle for Tu b'Av 5783 Evening of Love & Awareness, 8/1/2023 8pm ET (online)

Tuesday 8/1/2023 8pm-9:30pm ET. An evening dedicated to the song of love of lovers, and love of awareness itself.

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Shiviti: Eheye Asher Eheye
Shiviti: Eheye Asher Eheye

Jewish meditation aid sourced in a mathematic fractal, plant medicine meditation, and the Torah.

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Being Pentecost
Being Pentecost

Sermon recorded on Pentecost & Shavuot, on bearing witness, weaving Christian and Jewish prayer, sources and communities, at Allen Temple AME Church, Mt. Vernon, NY USA 5/28/2023

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A Hall of Great Vessels: Summary of November 2022 Mini-Retreat
A Hall of Great Vessels: Summary of November 2022 Mini-Retreat

Summary of a mini-retreat, dedicated to silent meditation, niggunim / hassidic contemplative melodies, art practice and council practice, guided by nondual teachings from the Rav Kook.

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Rain Falls Equally: Summary of Shemini Atzeret Meditation & Prayer Mini-Retreat (5783)
Rain Falls Equally: Summary of Shemini Atzeret Meditation & Prayer Mini-Retreat (5783)

Report from a mini-retreat of silent meditation, dveykus music and council practice for the Hebrew holiday, integrating personal, collective, ancestral and ecological significance, closing this season of the Hebrew holidays.

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Guiding Letters for The Days of Awe 5783
Guiding Letters for The Days of Awe 5783

Weaving Jewish devotional liturgy, yearning, non-dual awareness, and ancestral reconnection during the ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur 5783/2022

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Ki Hai: Khuma Drops Her Sleeve, A Hebrew Koan
Ki Hai: Khuma Drops Her Sleeve, A Hebrew Koan

The Talmud court drama oft-referred to as controversy about modesty, here interpreted as a Kabbalistic map to restore the Celestial Broken Vessel - Awareness itself.

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Brit Milah As Covenant Of Mind
Brit Milah As Covenant Of Mind

Hebrew circumcision reimagined for contemplative practice, in which the newborn is the contemplative insight into the sense of self.

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