Tikkunim (Corrections)
by Jesse Bogner
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Pub Date Feb 14 2018 | Archive Date Apr 13 2018
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Description
Traditional institutions no longer benefit the people they were established for.
Tikkunim (Corrections), by Jesse Bogner, is a book offering a fresh solution-based style of journalism, explaining the root cause of the downward spiritual trajectory of society.
We are living in an era of mutual discrimination and hatred, and this is no longer a sustainable path. Jesse explains how humanity can fix what appears broken by building a world of new values, by transitioning toward a path of mutual concern and love.
Jesse has gone through this challenging transition himself, and he is living proof of everything he is portraying. In 2013, he abandoned a life of self-indulgence in New York, moved to Israel and discovered how the most fulfilling aspect of life is to be genuinely concerned for others through the wisdom of Kabbalah.
Today there are many bestsellers by former white supremacists, Islamic extremists, and run of the mill addicts and egoists that have reformed and describe the great hatred they felt toward others. Through his writing Jesse is explaining how due to our escalating egoism, this potential for hate exists in everyone and this revealed hatred is actually the means of finding love.
Further proof of this unbridled hatred is most evident in the rise of anti-Semitism worldwide. There is a growing hatred toward the Jews, even in academic circles, and this always transpires before major shifts in our world.
Another subject Jesse covers is why he switched to being a Conservative on the day Trump became elected. He conveys how liberals are attempting to hang onto the old system of institutional powers and how this trend mirrors fascism, signaling the slow decay of free speech, innovation and acceptable thinking.
What is behind this entire process? It's not about helping the masses with truly beneficial reforms. The appearance of caring for others with faulty social programs has become a front for status quo neoliberal politics that only benefits those with power. For sixty years liberals have made steps of promising a better more egalitarian world we have not seen come to fruition. Civics and equal opportunity have fallen to the wayside. No one benefits. Our world is broken and the time has come to correct it.
Advance Praise
"Benny Rothman
I gained a better understanding of politics and my own spirituality
Format: Kindle Edition
This book really helped me to put things in perspective - not only the current geo-political situation but how politics and religion come to play in our everyday lives.
When I saw Jesse speak I related to what he said and wanted to learn more. We have a similar history and mental evolution. Reading Tikkunim helped me to evaluate where and how I got to where I am.
The spiritual connection of how I feel and what is going on around me is so strong and explained so well by all the examples used in this book."
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781983896132 |
| PRICE | $0.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
MC S, Reviewer
First… I must admit that the word “tikkunim” has fascinated me for more than ten years, even from the first moment when I heard it. For this reason, Jesse’s book appealed to me more than a book’s title can do.
Second… Right after I had started reading it, I understood that the book is mainly an indiscriminate radiography of American politic, spiced with global politics too.
Although I am not into politics (and, I love to think that I never will be)… the author’s words kept me reading on, due to a catchy compilation between the reality of our society, and the filters applied by the author’s mind, through his spiritual journey.
To say that it’s a very well researched, thought-provoking collection of articles and essays that put things in perspective, is less than I want to express.
In fact, it’s so much more… mainly because the author uses kabbalistic meanings and interpretations. Especially the final part where he approaches the deepness of the opposite forces, the end of suffering, pleasure-seeking and its alternative, opportunity to correct the world, Torah and angels, the world’s four phases, the absence of shame, social injustices, unconditional love, and much more.
The book is not only a collection of intelligently written articles and essays, but it’s also too profound to even try to dig into its surface with a review.
Tikkunim is powerful. So powerful that, it succeeded to determine a non-politic person like me, to read from the first page to the last, without even trying to skip any lines.
Tikkunim is about change, about reasons, about meanings, about chaos, about relationships, systems and the future. About our possible bright future, whose brightness depends on us… the Earth’s inhabitants.
Jesse Bogner not only succeeded to keep me busy, but I almost devoured Tikkunim. Nevertheless, he also made my heart beat faster, while my mind has revolted many times. Especially the third part named “Building a world of love out of the ashes.” Talking about genital mutilation and north Afrikaans, Jews, refugees and holocaust, victimhood and self-proclaimed victims, freedom of religion and much, much more… it was excessively strong for me.
Jesse Bogner’s Tikkunim is a call. A call to corrections, to connect with each other, to improve our world, to love each other above all our differences.
As for now, I’ll make my duty as a reviewer to conclude.
For you, who see that the world is broken, I recommend Tikkunim (Corrections).
For you, who want to help in repairing the world, I recommend Tikkunim (Corrections).
For you, who are already tired of the push and pull of the ego game, I recommend Tikkunim (Corrections).
For you, who want to end the cycle of suffering, I recommend Tikkunim (Corrections).
Finally, for you who want to widely open your eyes, towards the hidden part of our reality, I recommend Tikkunim(Corrections).
That being said, I’ll end my review with the author’s words.
"However, I am hopeful. The darkness only appears to reveal the light at the end of the tunnel."
Kerry P, Reviewer
Very interesting perspective on the current political situation. I am Jewish as well so I appreciate reading a political commentary from a Jewish-Israeli viewpoint. It is also interesting reading the NY Times articles on socialist at the same as reading this book. I would like to read more by this author.
