My spiritual path was a solitary one β I was a lackadaisical monk, meditating in dorm rooms and parentsβ houses.
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A series of bad decisions led to two spiritual crises/depressions, one that spanned 2009-10 and one 2012-2020. Yep, you read that right.
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Things started turning around for me this year, right around when the pandemic started. Despair subsided for the first time in 8 years, and life just kept getting better, even though it was hard sometimes.
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My dad is the son of two holocaust survivors. His father survived Mauthausen and his mother Auschwitz, and she was the only survivor in her entire family.
I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. I liked being βthe only Jew,β and I learned to draw strength from being different.
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So when a few days ago I accepted Jesus, hardly anyone was as surprised as me.
I feel like my superego has been replaced with God himself β because it kind of has been.
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When I meditate and βlook inwardlyβ at my swirling emotions, I can feel Jesusβs light pouring through my inner eyes, enveloping and healing my wounds.
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For years, being me has been like flying an F-22 with no electricity β millions of little knobs and levers to push and switch, endless trial and error to find the fastest way to ride the currents of life. One wrong move and I fall out of the sky, or so I feared.
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Iβve had a lot of spiritual tools at my disposal, but after 2 major crises, it felt like a dangerous flight.
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Jesus is like having not only electricity, but autopilot.
The level of healing and peace is a dream come true.
Itβs been only 4 days and Iβm already telling Twitter stuff I used to think Iβd never have the guts to tell my own parents.
(Which I did, and everythingβs fine)
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Iβm still Jewish, I love my dad and my family, and I donβt eat pork.
But itβs a scientific matter β Jesus is real, he is powerful, and he loves me a lot. Iβve heard he loves you too.
Thanks for being there, friends.
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