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Philosopherdoc, Las Vegas, NV (2026)

02/13/2026

We must take time to reflect with our spouses and our kids. But must also take time to reflect, with ourselves. To shut out all of the noise and distractions. To get quiet. To ponder, to think, to wonder. What’s going right, and what’s going wrong. Plan now, to take that time, to ponder, to plan, to dream. Philosopherdoc.com

02/11/2026

The Covenant, Freud’s “Devouring Mother,” and the Danger of Unconditional Love as taught by Dennis Prager and Dr. Jordan Peterson. Last week I had the honor to meet Dennis Prager’s son David, pictured here. Dennis Praeger’s book, “The 9 Questions People Ask About Judaism,” profoundly changed the intellectual and spiritual course of my life. We pray for Mr. Prager and hope he makes a full recovery. In Exodus 19:5, The Almighty says, “If you will obey my voice indeed and keep all my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people.” A contractual, rather than standard-less relationship. Freud’s archetypal “Devouring Mother” has unlimited love, compassion, and generosity. To her 25 year old son still living at home she says, “I love you just the way you are. I think you’re perfect!” And! “Look at me! Look how much love I have.” But as Dr. Peterson observes this poor woman has no standards so it’s not clear it’s love that she has. She is Freud’s feared, life crushing, Devouring, Oedipal Mother, who showers love and compassion without preconditions, while simultaneously trying to intervene and remove or prevent every negative emotion. She must remove the possibility of failure, anxiety, dissapointment and pain from her child’s life, preventing short term pain, but preventing growth, maturity resilience, grit, and fortitude. She might even chastise her children when they fail to appreciate “all that I’ve done for you” and “all I have sacrificed for you!” Peterson reminds us that Sigmund Freud said that the greatest danger to the abiding spirit of mankind is the devouring element of blind compassion. A contractual relationship with standards, better in Exodus, between the Jewish People and The Almighty, and better for your relationships, than unconditional love.

01/28/2026

Orient Yourself Properly, Toward “Heaven,” Toward What is Good and Meaningful, Only Then Should You Attend to The Day. This was my condensed message for life, which I learned from Rabbi Yitz Wyne and Dr. Jordan Petersion, which I shared with my son on and the community, the day of his Bar Mitzvah. Always set your sights upward, towards Heaven (Shamayim) if you are inclined, or a higher calling, a destination, a “meta goal” which directs your life and what your daily activities and smaller goals are consistent with. Then! And only then, engage with the world, friends family, colleagues, always baring in mind what your life is truly about, what you are living for, and striving to become. Philosopherdoc.com

01/15/2026

Plant a Better Seed, Harvest a Better Crop. Ask a Better Question, and Get a Better Answer. Witness! You: “Why can’t I ever succeed.”Your brain: “Because you’re a loser!” How does that sound? A negative question yielding a truly negative answer. These are the seeds of poison that you plant in the fertile soil of your mind when you ask yourself negative disempowering questions. Your brain is, the most fertile soil. It will grow whatever seed, so to speak, is planted in it. Planting negative ideas and questions will yield negative answers, a negative attitude, and an unfulfilled life. It will rob you of the deep reservoirs of resources that run through your mind that would otherwise help you find solutions. and achieve the life you deserve. Philosopherdoc.com

01/12/2026

“Moses, Rocky, and the Importance of Knowing, “Who Am I?” “Nobody’s ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I’m still standin’, I’m gonna know for the first time in my life that I weren’t just another bum from the neighborhood”. Powerful words from Rocky, and a powerful lesson for us. How do you see yourself? As “just another bum from the neighborhood?” Are you worthy of success, an outstanding spouse, wealth, happiness? Who are you anyway? That’s complicated. Because you are more than your career, your past. How do you define yourself? Your identity? In this week’s portion of The Bible, Shemot (the first few chapters of Exodus), Moses asks The Almighty “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should take the children of Israel out of Egypt?" A probing question. Was he a Prince of Egypt? A Midianite shepherd? A Jew? Was he worthy, of such a task? To lead an enslaved nation out of bo***ge? Write down the phrase 20 times “I am . . .” and complete the sentences. The first few are simple. “I am a doctor.” “I am a father.” You get the point. The introspection will become progressively more enlightening, as you proceed with the exercise. Who are you? The answer will determine what you believe you are entitled to, and what you will achieve. Philosopherdoc.com

01/07/2026

“The Sun is Rising.” Franklin, Jacob’s Ladder, and America’s Precarious Inception. The chair in the distance, in The Assembly Room within Independence Hall, was General Washington’s. At the top, a sun is depicted, carved into the wood. Benjamin Franklin asked himself, during deliberation over the wording of the Declaration of Independence, and whether or not to fight England for the cause of Freedom, if the sun was rising, or setting, on America, and Freedom. He determined that the sun and the future of America, were in fact rising. In our own lives, we are either rising or setting. Climbing, and moving towards worthy goals, improving ourselves and the lives of others, or we are moving backwards, wasting our opportunities. And if you think you are simply standing still, neither growing nor regressing, you’re not. As everything progresses around you, if you stagnate, you are moving backwards. When fleeing his brother Esau (danger) to the House of Laban (more danger), Jacob had a vision. Behold! Angels ascending and descending a ladder. They were not still, as one does not remain still on a ladder for long. One is either ascending or descending the ladder. So too in life, we are not meant to stand still, clinging to one rung of a ladder. And the vision, the encounter with “The Divine,” occurs for Jacob when he is fleeing danger, about to encounter more. It is often in these periods of fear, uncertainty, confusion, we attain the most clarity, “a vision,” so to speak, insight, and solutions to the challenge. Philosopherdoc.com

01/02/2026

How does Hell sound to you? I don’t mean the Biblical Hell. But the equivalent while alive. That’s where you’ll be when that’s what your relationship has become. And that’s just the beginning. How about huge financial loss? Oh yes. With no end in sight? Correct. Your kids in therapy? Yes sir. You, now cynical about every member of the opposite s*x, for years? Maybe forever? How about parting with large amounts of money so that your wife, and her new boyfriend can raise your kids? That’s Hell, as Jordan Peterson would say. And that’s what can happen when you don’t take the time to address what must be addressed in your relationship, minimum, on a weekly basis. You want to sit on the couch every night watching television, not addressing what’s bothering you? Go right ahead. But don’t say you were not warned. You have to talk, and you have to listen, even if it’s painful. Because if you think listening is painful, wait until you end up in divorce court, in therapy, your kids in therapy. That’s pain. But it’s avoidable. The relationship needs both quality time and quantity of time to address what needs to be addressed to maintain it. In fact, put down your phone and schedule a date with your significant other, today. You can thank me later. Philosopherdoc.com

12/31/2025

The “Diamonds” All Around Us, Within Us, and The Importance of Forgiving Oneself. Your Past, Your Vision of Your Future, and Conwell’s
Life Changing “Acres of Diamonds.” This is my best attempt to recall my Yom Kippur message to the Young Israel Aish of Las Vegas Congregation this year. And I am most grateful to Rabbi Yitz Wyne for his guidance, friendship and the opportunity to speak to the community to which we owe so very much. We must all know, everyday, that we are literally standing on our “Acres of Diamonds,” as Russell Herman Connell would say. Our opportunities are all around us, but the tendency, is to believe that prosperity and happiness is to be found elsewhere. In a different city, a different job, with a different spouse. Not true. The key, to lifetime happiness perhaps, is to “see” the “diamonds,” around us, and within us, in terms of your uniqueness, and gifts. You recognize the opportunities. And! For your better future, you must cease beating yourself with your past, viewing yourself as a collection of mistakes and “failures,” which eliminates the possibility of a compelling future. For how you see your future, is more important, than what has happened, in your past. Philosopherdoc.com

12/29/2025

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,” wrote Yeats in The Second Coming. When the previously untended to snakes grow into dragons. An accurate description of what can happen in relationships when dialogue completely breaks down and ceases. Things fall apart and mere anarchy is loosed upon YOUR worlds. The story of Joseph in the Scriptures is an unfortunate example. We are told how his brothers hate him to the point that they could not say a kind word to him. This verse is more accurately translated to mean that they could not bring their grievances to him to even attempt to resolve the conflicts. For instance, “ Hey man, we know you’re the favored son from the favorite mother. And you’ve got that fancy coat to prove it. Maybe you could try not wearing that coat around us to rub it in our faces? And do you think you could keep those dreams that you have where we’re subservient to you, do you think maybe you could keep those to yourself? Thanks.” But no! The brothers can’t bring their grievances to Joseph and their anger grows to the point where they want to kill him. Ultimately they sell him into slavery and lie to their own father claiming Joseph is dead. For us, in our relationships with our spouse, children, friends, and colleagues, we must not be solely concerned that feelings might be hurt in the short run, especially when the danger of not expressing one’s feelings, opinions or concerns, could lead to much greater pain in the future. “Speech, is a path to peace,” said Rabbi Sacks. Nachmanides wrote that “those that hate tend to hide their hate.” Don’t let this be you. The pain and resentment builds until it’s too late. Philosopherdoc.com

09/05/2025

Anger Assuaged, Despite a Broken Air Conditioner, Due to Better Answers from Better Questions. A systemic approach to confront any challenge. “We can fix the 5 year old unit for $6,000 but we should really get you a new AC unit this week for $15,000.” “What!?” How can we systematically deal with adversity and challenges? We can start by asking better questions which inevitably yield better answers. “Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question,” E.E. Cummings would say. Indeed. Why does this always happen to me? Why does God hate me? When will it ever change? Why do I always screw up? Such questions yield disempowering negative answers. Change your questions, and you change your destiny. We can also alter the words we use to describe how we feel to soften our emotions, the intensity, even create laughter, and diffuse a conflict when we are “enraged,” “furious,” “livid.” Conversely, we can intensify the specific vocabulary we use to enhance our mood, especially if our mood is not where we would like it to be because of the effect it will have on our mind, causing us to anticipate a better future and better emotional state. And recall that very rarely are you without options. Seek alternative creative solutions. philosopherdoc.com

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