Bitachon 245 - Having All Your Needs

You're listening to the 245th edition of the podcast and we are still studying. I think it's going to be the last round on this. Blessed is the man. The person who trusts in Hashem and by the way a in modern Hebrew at least means a real man who's a real man. A real person is somebody who trusts in Hashem and Hashem will be his trust. Let's study together. There's a lot to cover here. Let's see if we can do it all. The says, "Not only does he trust in in Hashem. This person is blessed. Also the result will be that Hashem will be his trust." It means to say like this. We've had this concept before, but it's of course worth reviewing. I can have a belief that Hashem is going to bring my salvation through a particular means, through natural means. It's important to understand and this could throw us off because we're used to hearing the words that you're not supposed to depend on a miracle. But despite that, the Mimm tells us, he teaches us that if you're trusting that Hashem is going to save you through a particular natural means. So that's just not the same as trusting in Hashem completely. What does this mean? Really, there is a there's a secondary trust that's going on. If you think you know how Hashem is going to save you and take care of you, so then you're like a little smarter than God, you know, I got to watch out for that. I got to watch out. I think that Hashem is going to save me in this particular natural way. That's not completely trusting in Hashem. So a person like that is not cursed because they do trust in Hashem. They just think they know how Hashem will bring the salvation in particular natural means. that's not called blessed. Also, when I'm trusting in Hashem, I need to not think about a particular means that Hashem will save me through. I need to completely trust in Hashem as far as the means go. So, there's trusting in Hashem that he's behind everything. There's also trusting in Hashem that he will bring me my salvation through whatever is the best means that he deems necessary. I know. So we're referring here when we say that's just like a general feeling. I I trust Hashem's going to help me. Means there's a deeper thing. I don't even think that I know how he's going to help me. I just trust in him that he's going to help me however he chooses. It might be miraculous. It might be natural. It's not it's not my business. That's a deeper level of that's the mal brings it from the safer quotes from we'll see more more than one of this quote from the wild goose. So it flies around in the wilderness and when it sees the Jewish people learning Torah, learning what we're learning together. So it says the following song. The voice is coming out from the wilderness. Move away. Leave space for those who are on the path of God. when it comes to finding food in the wilderness. So it says cursed is the one who trusts in a in in in a person. Cursed is the one who trusts in a person. Blessed is the one who trusts in hem will be his trust. So what is the concept here? Why is the wild goose saying this? Yakovar the wild goose makes sounds and it lives in the in the in the midbar in the in the wilderness or the desert. So it has a voice. It has a sound which parallels the concept of the sound which we spoke about in the para podcast. The kak the voice of Jacob that's what's calling out in its throat. That voice of Jacob is the kyra the voice of the study of Torah. The voice of of the study of words that inspire us in our relationship with Hashem and what Hashem expects of us. Right. So the wild goose has the voice and it also has the habitat. Where was the Torah given? It was given in the wilderness. The Jewish people were in the wilderness of Sai, the the Sinai desert and that's where they received the Tyra. And there how are they provided for? They ate the miraculous mana in the mid, right? They were the generation of knowledge. They received the Torah and there was an outflowing of blessings and and water of life. Hashem gives us in a land in a tired wilderness in a land of emptiness. That is where when we are empty when we are empty of our own thinking of how we think things should be how we think things are going to play out and we think when we empty that out and we just say Hashem whatever you want that's what I want [sighs] that's when you receive the that's when you receive the true teachings of what it means to have a relationship with Hashem and the angel who is in charge of this particular type of animal, the wild goose. It announces to the people of Islam and it hints to them something which is is counterintuitive and that is that when I learn Torah so that's where my prasa comes from right as I learn the Torah so I become more empty of my own will I become more interested in Hashem's will and as that happens the result is that my livelihood is provided for right that's what we experienced in the midbar the wilderness and we read about this. We're reading again about this, right? Paras, we're receiving the Torah where in the wilderness we have nothing and and as we have nothing, Hashem provides for us miraculously. That's what a real connection looks like with Hashem. And it's the Torah. It's the spiritual teachings. It's the guide book which gives the world its reality. The world stands because of those things, because of the Torah. So we access through the Torah, we access a real relationship with Hashem and we access the real power which comes from Hashem. We access it directly instead of through any regular natural means. We're hooked into a higher place. Here he brings from the moan of it's not clear which it's talking about here but it's in a particular it doubles the concept of fear of heaven because there are two ways of approaching and having a reason for why I trust in Hashem. Sometimes I trust in a human being. I see it didn't really work out well. the person who I trusted didn't come through didn't work out maybe something happened to him he couldn't provide for me what I what I asked so then I go and I say okay now I'm going to trust in Hashem because it's not working trusting in a human being so now there is a positive aspect to this of course because now I'm trusting in Hashem that's not the highest level there's a doubling of the word year of fear because there's a deeper level of fear of heaven of awe, reverence of heaven and that is a person who never thought that he could get what he needs from a human being. That's what our means that we're talking about here today. Blessed is the one who trusts in Hashem. Here's here's a trick, okay? I want to trust in Hashem. I want to believe that what's going to happen in the future, the the needs that I need met are going to happen through Hashem. I want to trust in him. It's going to be that way. And the way that I do it is I remember that in the past I trusted and I developed my from a young age. The the reason that I'm trusting in Hashem right now is because I have trusted in him in the past and it's worked. I'm adding in the word and it and it's worked. But the idea here is that I can have two motivations. One is I trust in Hashem because it didn't work out because I trusted when I trusted in people. But it could also be that I look back to all the times that I did trust and it did work out and I for that reason trust in Hashem that's on a higher level. He brings here from the There are two types of promises called maybe it means two types of people who trust in Hashem. One is he places his trust on Hashem that Hashem will save him for all of his difficulties. It says deeper. Okay, listen to this. I can decide in my mind to to look. We always are making up stories. We're always making up stories in our mind. Sometimes the stories are usually the stories are not true. But uh to the degree that we get the the stories correct, you know, that's our degree of joy and happiness living with reality versus creating stories around reality. But he says like this, I can I can have a true story in my mind that's not yet that hasn't yet happened. I decide in my mind I I'm already out of this problem. Hashem has already saved me. This is what it means when it says a second time, Hashem will be his trust. I'm reading this wrong. There's a second type of trust. I trust in Hashem that he's going to save me. There's means it's a deeper type of trust where I see where I imagine I'm already saved. I feel like I'm already saved. the the money has already arrived in my bank account. That's how I imagine it. The question is, how do you do this? How is it possible to imagine this in your mind? Here's the trick. Pik says that the righteous individual is like a a tree planted on water, which is the next puk zoo. That's a reference to the Tyra. This is a theme that's going on over here. If I'm constantly learning Tyra, the Tyra reminds me of the truth, right? I need the story to be the true story because my mind creates false realities. I need the real story. Whenever I learn the Tyra, I'm remembering the truth. And to the degree that I remember the truth, I live a happier life. your the is compared to the milk that a mother feeds its baby and it's something that I have access to all the time. I can be sustained at all times by attaching myself to we usually refer to Hashem as my father in heaven but we could also refer to him as my mother in heaven. Right? Hashem is neither male nor female but Hashem is like the divine mother who is constantly providing. All I need to do is reach out for the source of that milk which is the tyra. That's the connection. That's the sustenance. The more I learn, the more I see and the more I internalize that is saved by Hashem, a constant and eternal salvation. And those who trust in Hashem will not be embarrassed forever. So by doing that, by attaching myself and reminding myself of the true story, I get to live a life that plays out the truth instead of fighting with reality with all kinds of false stories in my mind. Now he brings beautiful idea. Any person who's straight in his mind, his eyes will see and his heart will understand. Hashem created in nature for every single creature that he created all the things that it needs. Hashem provides for the largest animal down to the smallest animal. Now, let's think about things. If Hashem provides for animals which are not the crowning pinnacle of the the creation, the human being which is everything. This is the this is the purpose of creation is us. So just like wherever the ant walks, it finds the food that's meant for it. The human being is also everything is prepared for you. It's it's all around you. You don't realize the the mana is falling from heaven. And if a person is missing what he needs, it's got to be because I'm not opening up my hand. I'm doing something wrong. We can look further. If we look at every single creation that Hashem created, the thing that it needs to provide for its sustenance is close by. Let's look at a plant. So, it can't move. It's stuck in its spot. So, how is it going to get what it needs? So, right where it's planted, right where the the the shrubbery is stuck in the ground, the ground has its sustenance. The the light comes to it. The rain comes to it. An animal which has the ability to move around so it can go somewhere to get that which it needs. The air is everywhere. Right? It needs water. That's the most basic need of any living creature. So it's something that you don't have to go very far to find water. It's the most found of all things. Right? There is no place that a person can really go to get what he needs. No animal except for the the compassion of Hashem. So if an animal and a plant have what they have what they need. So certainly the human being should trust in Hashem that his kindness will provide and he'll be protected and taken care of. I can I can be relaxed. I can be relaxed. Everything's going to happen. Everything I need is going to be taken care of. And I'm also obligated to trust in Hashem and not be different than all the other creatures of the world. Right? Think about it. Only a human being thinks that they can accomplish what they need to accomplish in order to get their needs met. Right? No animal thinks that animal has has its instincts. The plant has its inborn nature. It doesn't think that it doesn't ex you know experience itself as separate from Hashem. It just it just gets what it needs. There's no G and an animal and [snorts] there's no ego. Well, so so I got to I got to exist in that way almost like with that simplicity that we don't usually think of an animal as something which is a spiritual thing but in this respect the animal is spiritual. the the the plants, they're spiritual, so we can't separate ourselves from them. We have to experience reality with get out of the mind and and learn from the plants. Well, there's the armor of a per in this vein. They said in Per the wild gooseb because it lives in the wilderness and it's hard for it to find its its sustenance. So it says it speaks about trusting in Hashem because the animals instinctually know that they're they're Sustenance is provided for by Hashem. We can learn from the animals that the wild animals they still get all that they need. So certainly we can get we will get what we need. Now he brings what comes out of what we're speaking about is that by receiving the Torah and fulfilling the Torah the Jewish people merit the aspect of blessing specifically when the human being streng is strengthened strengthens himself in the aspect of the Certainly blessings come into his house. Says, "Blessed is the one who trusts in Hashem." So in the current times there's a lot of poverty. It's almost impossible. Obviously, this is a time which is much more difficult than our time, but we can all relate to this anyway. It's almost impossible to have in a natural way all that a person needs. All we should do, all we can do, all that we must do is to just trust in Hashem's name. Is there anything that Hashem can't do to save us? Nothing is beyond his reach. And by us trusting in Hashem will provide for us blessings from his holy abode. Last point, beautiful point from the altar of Kelm. The altar of Kelm explains the following based on our it's not saying, okay, it's kind of opposite of what we said before, but don't just trust in Hashem because Hashem trusted was was deemed trustworthy by you. Blessed is the one who trusts in Hashem. Just trusting in Hashem, just telling myself the true story that I can trust in Hashem. So a person feels a blessing. I feel when I think of the idea, the thought Hashem is with me. That fills my heart with a a sense of quiet with a sense of I'm ragu I'm calm. Hashem is with me. Hashem is helping me. I feel the blessing. I don't really need anything in that moment. All of a sudden, I'm just connected to Hashem. I don't even need the thing that I'm trusting in him that I'm going to get. I just feel connected and I feel blessed. Then what happens? Hashem will be his trust. This is an additional idea. So you feel calm. You feel like I have everything I need. even though I don't have yet what I need but I I just feel connected and I feel whole as I'm connected to Hashem but the result will be that whatever I want I'm going to get but it's not my my is not dependent on me getting what I want he says an amazing thing listen to this this is the essence of what it means to have I when I'm in a space of says the altar of I don't have any needs I don't have my the mind which says I need this in order to be happy this that whatever in order to be happy it's it's turned off the mind is shut down there's no jealousy there's no anger there's no hatred a person who has no bad inclinations which means to say the mind the ego which is asking for all these things in order to be satisfied and happy turn off that story just shut it down. That's what looks like. There's no one as happy as this person in the world. I have two ways of of so to speak feeling good. One is I get what I need. I get what I want. The other way is not having any wants, not having any needs, not believing that I need something to feel good. Just recognizing that I'm already fine. I'm already awesome. It says, "The moment I I get out of those thoughts, I get out of the I get out of my my ego. I get out of all the things that I think I need to I get out of all those stories. All of a sudden, what comes in is absolute good. The absolute presence of Hashem, the absolute feeling that I have everything that I need." Thank you so much for listening. We'll see you again next time.