Phil PowisChief Wisdom Keeper @ Sacred Business Flow

I’m not here to recruit anyone #substack #shorts

13 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker reflects on two decades of studying the Torah, emphasizing that they do not view it as a religious recruitment tool or a strict doctrine to be imposed on others. Instead, they describe the Torah as a vast wisdom tradition that seeks to integrate spirit and matter, heaven and earth. The speaker mentions the existence of commandments for Jews and the seven Noahide Commandments—universal ethical rules for non‑Jews such as prohibitions against stealing and killing. They stress that the true purpose of this study is to embody this integrated wisdom in everyday life, whether one works as a healer, artist, police officer, or any other vocation. The overall tone is contemplative and inclusive, positioning the Torah as a source of universal ethical insight rather than a proselytizing agenda.

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I don't have any religious trip to put on anybody, but I do have this like learning. I mean, I feel like I don't know any Torah at all, but I've been learning for 20 years, but it's so vast, right? And I have teachers that are so beyond. Um, and I, but I don't understand it. I don't look at Torah as necessarily a religious doctrine that someone needs to follow. There are, um, what we call rules or commandments and, and things that Jews are supposed to do, and there's 7 mitzvot for people who are non-Jews that are common sense things that we all know about, like not stealing and not killing and et cetera, et cetera, the Noahide Commandments. But mainly the way I experience is that's a wisdom tradition. And it's a wisdom tradition about integrating spirit and matter, heaven and earth, and about learning to embody that integration in our lives. And express that in whatever it is that we're doing in this world, whether it be healing work or painting or being a police officer, you know, whatever it is.