I've been around Jews my whole life. I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood on Long Island, New York. My best friend in school was Jewish, and her family invited me to Passover Seders and Rosh Hashanah dinners to celebrate with them.
Even a Rabbi from my neighborhood, had a part in the movie "Rocky 3."
It was when my father died years later, that I had a spiritual turning point in my life. The Sufi Master, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee would say, "one day, you will wake up and say, there is more to life than this. And the mystery of the soul...begins."
That day is when my father died, I didn't have a belief that this unknown thing called the soul goes to heaven, nor did I have the belief that we just die, and that is it.
But I never thought of converting to Judaism until my first trip to Egypt, a few years after my father died. On my journey through the sands of time, I inwardly connected to something bigger than my ego. That inward something is my eternal essence, better known as the soul. As I journeyed through the eternal sands of time, I felt an intense energy all around me.
The timeless desert also connected me with the legendary, most revered leader in Judaism, Moses. Moses and God are the two dominate figures in the Torah.
A few weeks later, I went to my local synagogue and inquired about converting. The Conservative Rabbi asked me some questions. I do remember him saying, Judaism is not going to save you. But I was not looking to be saved. I was looking for a connection outwardly that would bring me closer to my soul, and the energy all around me.
That connection would be Judaism, Moses, and God.
