Testimonials

"Chuck's enthusiasm and love of his subject were wonderful.  It was utterly amazing to behold what came forth from the synergy of the group."

  "Awesome, exciting approach."  

"Delightful, powerful teacher.  Chuck has a good combination of clarity, wisdom, teaching skills, and humor.  Very useful explanations, outlines, and examples.  Yesss! -- would absolutely recommend this workshop."

  "Life changing!" 

    "Excellent workshop.  Superb instructor.  Excellent handouts."

  “I have had many courses that involved the concept of emotional intelligence, but none had the kind of effect on me this one has   Having Chuck as a professor turned out to be such a blessing. I find myself struggling for adequate words to even begin to express my gratitude.  . . . I truly do appreciate his concern and support immensely”

   "Unbounded enthusiasm and wonderful spontaneity.  Inspirational and profound." 

 "Very passionate.  Very impressive depth of knowledge.  Very compassionate person. A superior teacher in every way."

   "An incredible course.  He was excited, which made us excited.  An incredible teacher.  Charles rocked my world"

  "Loved it.  One of  the best courses I've taken anywhere" 

 “Chuck Burack is the quintessential example of what a great facilitator should be. One of my classmates thanked him for ‘holding ground’ for us, and to my mind that said it all. This was a course outside a course in every respect, and I could not have appreciated that aspect more. There was guidance, space, and support, exactly when or where it was needed, and latitude with the rest, allowing the inner self-expression to emerge authentically”

  "Thank you, Charles, for your inspiration, your lovingkindness, your erudition, your respect, and your humility" 

 "A practical, soulful, dialogical and informative workshop.  Charles made so much happen for each individual and for the concept of work."

  "I was inspired to found a new school." 

 "We were truly blessed by Charles's presence, generosity, passion, and extraordinary brilliance."

  "A passionate, breath-taking encyclopedia of knowledge."

"I am so grateful I finally discovered my work vision!" 

  “I appreciate you so much and am grateful to have had you as my mentor over these last 2 years. Thank you” 

 “You’ve been responsive and very supportive. Your comments have complemented, stretched, and challenged my thoughts – all at the same time! We’ve been in this for almost a year. I appreciate and value your feedback.”

"You've been the most gracious, supportive, and profoundly impactful professor/mentor/spiritual guide that I've ever had. That is my absolute truth. I hope to continue to be your student because this journey has been indescribable (in a positive way) for not only myself but those around me. "

   “You have always inspired me and have helped me to be a creative person and to not give up as a student. I have always admired you and your work, and the way you motivate and teach us. “

   "Chuck is exceptionally gifted at helping fearful adults realize that they can write, move beyond their blocks, and enjoy the process." 

"You're the best professor and advisor ever. Thank you for all that you do to support me and my family."

"Thank you for all your kindness, support, and awesomeness."

"Dr. Burack's public talk on Jewish Mysticism at our organization, Cultural Integration Fellowship, was met with great enthusiasm by our audience.  We regularly record our talks for sale, but it is rare that we get a demand for tapes as we had with Dr. Burack's talk.  He is a gifted and sensitive speaker who can communicate with both the academic and non-academic audience.  We highly recommend him as a speaker." 

--Dr. James Ryan, Vice President, Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco, Professor of Asian and Comparative Studies, California Institute of Integral Studies. 

 "Chuck has a wonderful personality and great sense of humor.  He is also very capable, knowledgeable and flexible.  Most importantly, he has a lot of integrity and others respect him tremendously.  They sense a person who really cares about them and who is intellectually honest and rigorous.  When Chuck spoke on Jewish mysticism at my church, he presented a very vibrant talk that wedded the head and the heart.  He is brilliant intellectually and yet is able to delineate the concepts in such a way that people are able to absorb them, understand them and appreciate without diminishing his intellectual ability.  Chuck has strong feelings and communicates them well.  Through his talk and meditation, he helped people intellectually understand and emotionally experience some key Jewish mystical concepts and rituals.   People entered the experience in ways that were intellectually honest and emotionally satisfying, and a strong sense of empathy and community emerged.  People at my church, who are normally very critical of speakers, were ecstatic and really demanded his return.  In this area, he has extraordinary ability and is a real blessing."

--Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake, Pastor, Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, San Francisco, Co-Director, Doctor of Ministry Program, UCS 

 "What I find so incredibly impressive about Chuck's interfaith teaching is that he not only worked with me in a very open and generous manner but participated with me in a unique way that allowed synthesis to become clearer for the students.  He is excellent at articulating the essence of the religious beliefs and brings great clarity to the essential teachings.  His teaching methodology encourages the students to participate actively in the process.  His approach is generous and open and invites genuine dialogue.  He is aware of where students are at and stays at the level they are grappling with.  He doesn't run ahead of students like a fast racing horse but stays close to them.  This is a compassionate and new way of teaching.  He finds a way to bring students up in proximity to the information being presented.  So he is actually asking students to come into higher presence, which is a very spiritual aspect of his teaching.  When students come into a relational presence with him, they achieve a higher learning curve.  As a speaker, Chuck has great communication skills.  He is often entertaining, tells great stories, links his stories with the subject matter (that is well researched), and gives great religious references.  When he speaks, he comes through as a genuinely entertaining, honest, sincere seeker.  He brings people to the capacity that they too can do it.  He is an every man's person.  He makes his knowledge accessible and approachable.  For an inspirational teacher, this is essential.  Everything Chuck teaches he researches exquisitely well.  His opinions are based on well-researched documentation.  He is a scholar in the Judaic lineage and has a deep understanding of Hebrew.  He has a profound ability to bring academic research into synthesis with his own ideas and to relate information from this perspective.  His perspective is based on his study of the world's traditions.  He creates conceptual maps on the blackboard that help students correlate materials.  He also gives language skill information about Hebrew that inspires students to go into language study.  His meditations, rituals and prayers are very inspired.  They come from insights born from his practice and deeper inner awareness.  No matter what your belief system is, one can benefit from entering those states with him and be guided by them.   Chuck has high integrity.  He walks his talk.  He is always trying to improve himself and his relationship with his fellow beings.  When he teaches ethics, it is clear that he is ethical.  When he teaches spiritual practices, it is clear he does them.  This is a quality that religious institutions would be wise to honor.  He is never misguided in his understanding of ethical and spiritual principles.  He always tries to help another achieve a higher goal of happiness in their life.  He does it at his level of skill, which is with high academic integrity, high ethical integrity and a deep love of humanity.  Chuck is a real mensch. 

--Rev. Dr. Ana Perez-Chisti, Murshida, Sufi Universal Fraternal Institute 

 "The students have rave reviews of your session on interfaith approaches to spiritual direction.  I think they were especially grateful to hear of your work with people in an interfaith context and your reflections on the postmodern situation.  Hearing of your experience of Judaism also enriched us a lot.  Blessings on your ministry of spiritual direction. 

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