We need Torah that speaks to now.  So we have to know what ‘now’ is.  This essay speaks about the necessity of not rejecting the world we live in, but instead using it as a means and motive to understand the Torah we were given.

The Mitzvot take on certain meanings at certain points in time in order to guide us toward an ultimate end, but they also shed those meanings in favor of other meanings.  This can also happen in our personal lives, where a certain passage, prayer or mitzvah can hold meaning for us but must at some [...]

Rav Kook’s anti-mussar is not a system of self-improvement but a system of orientation and navigation within a world where important things happen, where powerful people roam the world, either conscious or not of the power they have and therefore either furthering the project or hindering it.

After fighting with the angels of stasis, you have earned for yourself a little hut.  Small, but yours to do with as you please.  May I recommend making it place to actualize your new spiritual ideals?