Tonight, Thursday night, May 24, 2012, we count forty-eight days, which is   six weeks and six days of the Omer.
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    	OMER MEDITATION
  A Spiritual Guide to the Counting of the Omer
  Forty-Nine Steps to Personal Refinement
  			     			Examine the bonding   			aspect of your sovereignty. Healthy independence should not prevent   			you from bonding with another person. On the contrary:   			self-confidence allows you to respect and trust another's   			sovereignty and ultimately bond with him. And that bond will   			strengthen your own sovereignty, rather than sacrifice it.
  			
  			Does my sovereignty prevent me from bonding? Could that be because   			of deeper insecurities that I am unaware of? Do I recognize the fact   			that a fear of bonding reflects on lack of self-confidence in my own   			sovereignty? Do I talk to the one with whom I bond and discuss my   			fears that bonding will compromise my boundaries?
  			
  			Exercise for the day: Actualize your sovereignty by   			intensifying your bond with a close one.