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Everything Is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism Paperback – October 13, 2009

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This exploration of the radical, yet ancient, idea that everything and everyone is God will transform how you understand your life and the nature of religion itself. While God is conventionally viewed as an entity separate from us, there are some Jews—Kabbalists, Hasidim, and their modern-day heirs—who assert that God is not separate from us at all. In this nondual view, everyone and everything manifests God. For centuries a closely guarded secret of Kabbalah, nondual Judaism is a radical reorientation of religious life that is increasingly influencing mainstream Judaism today.

Writer and scholar Jay Michaelson presents a wide-ranging and compelling explanation of nondual Judaism: what it is, its traditional and contemporary sources, its historical roots and philosophical significance, how it compares to nondual Buddhism and Hinduism, and how it is lived in practice. He explains what this mystical nondual view means in our daily ego-centered lives, for our communities, and for the future of Judaism.

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October 13, 2009
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5.94 x 0.77 x 9.01 inches
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1590306716
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978-1590306710
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“One of the most widely read Jewish writers of his generation…Michaelson's deeply contemplative, thoughtful book will open the doors of the heart and mind to the possibility that what we have come to take for the “self” is just a way to label the way things look from a certain angle.”—Spirituality & Health magazine

“[Michaelson] writes with clarity, passion, and a poetic sensibility.”—Jewish Week

“Jay Michaelson’s captivating post-secular musings present for the generation of the new Jewish culture a vision of expanded religious possibilities.”—Forward

“Stripping away the barnacles of outdated concepts, Jay Michaelson aligns the best nondual thinking in Judaism with the best nondual thinking in other profound systems. Everything Is God is a timely and necessary contribution.”—Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, coauthor of Jewish with Feeling

“Jay Michaelson has written a poetic, detailed, and radical book expressing a Jewish language of oneness: not the oneness of a bearded man in the sky but the Oneness of a universe not divided against itself. He gives the reader a gift of self-beyond-the-self, a gift that cannot be owned but is well worth having.”—Rabbi Jill Hammer, author of The Jewish Book of Days

“This is an awesome, highly recommended presentation of crucial mystical concepts.”—Rabbi David A. Cooper, author of God Is a Verb

“Fantastic—a book that offers a compelling theology for thinking Jews! Read this book, and buy a copy for your rabbi as well.”—Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness

“Michaelson patiently explains, again and again, truths that are beyond words. He shares this treasure generously and passionately.”—Rabbi Jacob Staub, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Spirituality, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

“If my mind were not already God’s unstretchable Mind, I’d say the book is a mind-stretcher. And if the book were not already God, beyond even delight, I’d say the book is a delight.”—Rabbi Arthur Waskow, author of Godwrestling: Round 2

“Compelling . . . jolts us from an ego-centered illusion of separateness. The author’s language of oneness is certain to resonate with a younger generation of spiritual seekers.”—Jewish Book World

About the Author

Jay Michaelson is a scholar and activist who has written extensively on spirituality, Judaism, sexuality, and law. He is the author of God in Your Body and the founding editor of the award-winning publication Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture. He is a columnist for The Forward, the Huffington Post, and Tikkun. He holds a JD from Yale University and is completing his PhD in Jewish thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Trumpeter; Original edition (October 13, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1590306716
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1590306710
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.94 x 0.77 x 9.01 inches

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Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is the author of ten books, a political columnist, an academic, and a meditation teacher. Dr. Michaelson is an affiliated assistant professor at Chicago Theological Seminary and a visiting fellow at the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion. He is a regular contributor to New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, and the Daily Beast. And he is an editor and teacher at Ten Percent Happier, a leading meditation startup. Dr. Michaelson holds a PhD in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a JD from Yale Law School, and nondenominational rabbinic ordination.

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El Govinda Sat

Anyone that tells you that love is something that the heart needs is wrong.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 24, 2022

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If you feel love it's because you provided love to the situation not the situation providing love to you.
The same goes for happiness.
We are One living as a fractal, we are complete as we are. We don't need to do anything to be complete. Love, like happiness, comes from the inside and is therefore, our essence. The purest act of Love is the spreading of the Truth of who we are as complete, infinite love, and infinite happiness which in turn can reduce suffering. I do not do this act to get praise, to get loved, or even to spread love. I do it because I already love Self. This book may be able to help you find your true self as non-dual self and not the small self but there are much better books out there to do so. I really tried with this book but it was causing suffering because it kept making me feel like I needed to do something in order to be complete.

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Eric Maroney

A New Type of Judaism

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2009

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Everything is God is a book with a great deal of heart. The reader can easily tell that Jay Michaelson is a very sincere thinker on Jewish matters and in the wider world of spirituality. With this in mind, it is easy to forgive the book some of its shortcomings. For one, the work is not overtly Jewish. Michaelson quotes Hindu and Buddhist sources far more than traditional Jewish ones. The reader gets the impression that Michaelson is more comfortable in that world. Second, the book is organized in a way that does not help the reader access this difficult subject matter. Michaelson should have thought more about the arrangement of his materials. With that said, this is a grounded and beautiful work. Michaelson presents a picture of God, spirituality, and Jewishness which appealing, productive and humane.

42 people found this helpful

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Moshe D. Kaufman

Deep!

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A very deep and beautifully moving testimony about the true nature of God. This isn’t the God of your Hebrew or Sunday school that’s for sure! This is basically how I have almost always understood God. Relying heavily on the mysticism of Kabbalah/Hasidism and the negative theology of Maimonides rabbi Michaelson translates this mystical notion of “God” into an understanding that we can all accept by the most rigorously logical point of view on the matter.

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Excellent

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 9, 2020

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This book was an excellent read and gave me a different perspective on things. I helped me through a terrible time in my life. It wasn't confusing and very detailed. Thank you for writing this book. Because it just so happen I stumbled upon it when I needed the most.

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georgehd

A very interesting approach

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 20, 2013

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I have not finished reading this book. The approach is radical and requires concentration and repeated readings, at least in my case. The book was suggested by my Rabbi after I mentioned another book, not yet published, on Shamanism - a book that I found most interesting. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is searching for God and who is not satisfied with the usual approaches provided by most organized religions.

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William Ross

An invaluable contribution

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 20, 2013

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Nonduality is a concept usually associated with Eastern contemplative traditions. Here Michaelson illuminates how Kabbalistic descriptions of reality embody the same impressions of unitive consciousness. His knowledge of diverse practices, genuine insights and lucid writing style make this a key addition to the study of "advaita" as we'll as Kabbala.
This is one of the best sources I've ever encountered from any tradition on the subject of ultimate reality, consciousness and the ground of being.

7 people found this helpful

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value seeker

Excellent book: very thought provoking and written in poetic style

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 6, 2013

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This book is dense, deep, and thoughtful. It confronts many of the challenges that intelligent, well educated people have with the belief in G-d. It is also highly personal and shares the authors personal struggles with faith and how he resolves them. Not an easy read, but worth the effort. Tell your Rabbi to read it too!

4 people found this helpful

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Patricia Measel

A true companion

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 18, 2014

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I love this book and keep it close by. While watching TV I pick it up during commercials just to remain reminded that God is Everything. Thank you so much.

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As a philosopher and wisdom teacher myself, I tend ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 24, 2017

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As a philosopher and wisdom teacher myself, I tend to read source texts rather than this kind of summary. However Jay's book is so well researched and well written that it is a goldmine for anyone who is curious about jewish approaches to mysticism, which can be a bit exotic and inaccessible and how they relate to Eastern forms of non-dual mysticism. A treasure trove that I dip into regularly.

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