{"title":"Rabbi David A. Cooper","description":"\u003cp\u003eRABBI DAVID A. COOPER was a rabbi, mystic, and author who studied mysticism for more than thirty years. His books include \u003cem\u003eThree Gates to Meditation Practice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Handbook of Jewish Meditation Practices\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSilence, Simplicity \u0026amp; Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooper was ordained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in 1993 and studied Kabbalah and Hasidism in the Old City of Jerusalem for over six years during the 1980s. He was initiated into Sufism by Pir Vilayat Khan, practiced Zen Buddhism with Roshi Bernie Glassman, and Tibetan Buddhism with Tsoknyi Rinpoche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Cooper and his wife Shoshana founded the Heart of Stillness Hermitage in Boulder, Colorado. His books draw on decades of immersion in Jewish, Sufi, Zen, and Tibetan contemplative traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi David A. Cooper’s books are published by Jewish Lights, SkyLight Paths, imprints of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-jewish-meditation-practices","title":"The Handbook of Jewish Meditation Practices: A Guide for Enriching the Sabbath and Other Days of Your Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo nourish your spiritual self you need \"rest\" from your hectic life. This book shows you how to do it. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Renew the soul and your perspective of daily life will completely change. It is simply a matter of taking time, slowing down, shifting mundane consciousness into realms of higher insight and giving yourself the gift of reflection and contemplation.”\u003cbr\u003e—from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile broad interest in Jewish meditation is a relatively new phenomenon, meditative practices have been deeply rooted in Judaism for thousands of years. Here, Rabbi David A. 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Cooper traces the path of the mystics and the practice of spiritual retreat in all the major faith traditions, sharing the common techniques and practices of the retreat experience for beginner and advanced meditators alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCooper shows the way to the self-discovery and discipline of the spiritual retreat experience and clearly instructs how to create an effective, self-guided spiritual retreat in your own home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilence, Simplicity \u0026amp; Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e teaches that not only is silence a great healer, but that inner spiritual retreat can provide life-changing insight into deeper spiritual truths\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1683362950\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781683362951\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Rabbi David A. 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Here is an invitation to begin an exploration of the treasure fields of your own mind…the most exciting and rewarding adventure you will ever take.\"\u003cbr\u003e—from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is an insider's look at a spectrum of mystical traditions—by someone who is remarkably fluent in the language of each. \u003cem\u003eThree Gates to Meditation Practice\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles more than fifteen years in the spiritual journey of \"post-denominational\" Rabbi David A. 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