Shavuah Tov! Wishing everyone a blessed and successful week.
In Rabbi Noach Weinberg’s book, “48 Ways to Wisdom,” he talks about understanding the heart, inCh 4.
He begins by asking;”did you ever get on a train going somewhere, only to discover that you are headed in the wrong direction?”
Many times we think our lives are set, and then something triggers us to reconsider plunging us in a rollercoaster in which we don’t feel we have control anymore. It can be a mid life crisis, a divorce, the death of someone we love, the loss of a job, etc.
Understanding the heart, means comprehending your inner drives, thoughts, and feelings.
Knowing yourself is the essence of life. If you don’t know what motivates you and why you do what you do, then is as if you are living in auto pilot out of habit.
Inside each of us is a roiling volcano of conflicting drives and thoughts. Our lofty soul yearns to connect to its infinite Source, while our lowly body yearns to go back to its source, back into the earth wanting to escape all pain,effort and responsibility.
To win the inner battle you have to find your inner volcano, the point in which this conflict between the body and the soul becomes clear to you. Once you can see the two sides between the desires of the body and making the right choice you will be able to choose and use your free will.
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