SELECTED ESSAYS BY LEONARD PERLMUTTER (RAM LEV)
Which Function of My Mind Authored This Thought?
Look around. There is much in our world today that can trouble the human heart. Fear. Anger. Frustration. Sadness. Confusion. Division. Despair. We witness them in the news, in [...]
What Is Trying to Express Itself Through Me?
Most of us spend a great deal of time asking what we want from life. What do I want to accomplish? What do I want to possess? Where do [...]
What Am I Paying Attention To?
Last week we asked a simple question: What Am I Making Room For? We considered the possibility that creativity, clarity, and Inner Wisdom may not always require us to [...]
What Am I Making Room For?
Most of us know what it means to make room for something we value. When guests are coming to dinner, we make room at the table. When we purchase [...]
What Am I Strengthening?
Every choice leaves something behind. A thought is entertained. A word is spoken. An action is taken. A response is repeated. The moment passes. But something remains. We have [...]
What Am I Practicing?
Most of us think of practice as something we deliberately set aside time to do. A musician practices an instrument. An athlete practices a particular movement. A student practices [...]
What Am I Trusting?
Have you ever looked back on a difficult period of your life, and realized that something within you had quietly changed? Not while the challenge was unfolding. Not while [...]
What am I Being Asked to Offer?
Every day presents us with opportunities to receive. A smile from a friend. A beautiful sunrise. A word of encouragement. A delicious meal. A new idea. Most of us [...]
How Is This Moment Inviting Me to Grow?
Every moment of our lives places us in a relationship. Sometimes that relationship is with another person. At other times it is with our own thoughts, our memories, our [...]
How Do You Know What You Know?
Every day we make countless decisions. Some are small. Others, quietly shape the course of our lives. But before asking, “What should I think or not think? What should [...]
Whose Voice is Guiding Your Life?
In the midst of conflict, confusion, anger and fear, What Guides your life? How do you decide? Whose voice do you trust? Have you ever [...]
The First Question Worth Asking
"Relationships change. Careers change. Children grow up. Parents grow old. Economies change. Political movements rise and fall. Social habits change. Nations change. The weather changes. Health changes. Thoughts change. [...]