16/21: (Friday) Today marks 16 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. Yearning emerges for an angelic presence amidst apparent absence of the universe the more you confront suffering. Such contemplation of this absent presence is expressed here Benjamin Shevili’s recent collection, Poems to Yova … Read More

15/21: (Thursday) Today marks 15 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. Yearning emerges for a listening presence amidst apparent absence of the universe the more you meditate on this time and place of your life. Such contemplation of this absent presence is expressed here … Read More

14/21: (Wednesday) Today marks 14 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. Yearning for divine presence amidst apparent absence the more you meditate on this time and place of your life. Such contemplation of this absent presence is expressed here Benjamin Shevili’s recent collection, Poems … Read More

13/21: (Tuesday) Today marks 13 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. Yearning for divine presence amidst apparent absence the more you meditate on this time and place of your life. Such contemplation of this absent presence is expressed here Benjamin Shevili’s recent collection, Poems … Read More

12/21: (Monday) Today marks 12 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. Yearning for renewal grows stronger the deeper you travel through your personal desert–that place of being open and egoless. This journey deeper in search of your true self is expressed here Benjamin Shevili’s … Read More

11/21: (Sunday) Today marks 11 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. Yearning for redemption grows stronger the deeper you traverse into shadow’s kingdom. The deepest point of darkness that culminates these 21 days on the 9th of Av also marks the day that births … Read More

9 & 10/21: (Friday & Saturday) Today marks 9 & 10 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. Contemplate these two poetic fragments of Benjamin Shevili in correlation to the painting pilgrimage of Zvi Tolkovsky. Amidst the fiery protests on Kaplan Street and the chants … Read More

8/21: (Thursday) Today marks 8 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. It feels like there is a non-dual awareness of waiting reveals the lack of its separation from knowing what comes in this next poem from Shevili’s recent collection, Poems to Yova (2022): Sitting … Read More

7/21: (Wednesday) Today marks 7 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. How does the crack in every thing, every moment and every experience in your life point to a looming destruction known as hurban? It feels like there is a non-dual awareness of destruction’s … Read More

6/21: (Tuesday) Today marks 6 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of melancholia of this time. How does a “deeply ecumenical” mysticism relate to all sentient beings? Here is another example of how Shevili’s poetic language is a mystical texture that is not “magical” but “abstract” landing … Read More