Emunah vs. Bitachon: The Real Antidote to Anxiety

So let's talk about a amuna and anxiety. They're sort of opposites because I mean you got that that was the point that the more amuna the less anxiety but the truth is it's not 100% accurate. It was a title, you know, and titles you have to be short and sweet. And I think also the alliteration, amuna, anxiety, you know, that sounds good. But the really technically speaking, if we're talking about the antidote to anxiety or the opposite of anxiety, we're not so much speaking about as much as we're speaking about. And I want to explain the simple difference between the two, how they're different but also how they are related to each other because obviously they're very closely connected. There's a marshall from the the Ramban who wrote a contress on amuna and beten and he explains it very very simply. He says amuna and beten is like a tree and its fruits. Not all trees have fruits, but all fruits have to come from a tree. So what does this mean? Not all amuna leads to beten, but all beten comes from amuna. Let's break it down further. Amun is belief. I believe. But belief can remain intellectual. It can remain an idea. When we take that belief and we bring it down into our heart and that process is called you should know today and you should place it upon your heart. So there's two things. there's the knowing and there's the emotional integration. So when you bring it down from belief, from the abstract, from the the idea to the feeling and maybe even deeper than just being an emotion, it can even be a sensation, something physical, something sensorial, something in your body, literally a feeling of I can breathe. That's called. So it's like the trees and the fruits. A person can be a tree. He can have a muna. He can believe in Hashem. Hashem created the world. But he's not feeling it. And he's not living the way you would live if you really really felt that Hashem is the balabos and is directing every detail of our life. So he has the tree but he doesn't have the fruits. At the same time however although not all trees have fruits all fruits have to come from trees. So if you see someone who's got the fruits meaning somebody who has what calls the comes from he has that state of tranquility that state of serenity so that has to have originated in amuna the the is the it's the litmus test it's the it's the proof is in the pudding. But where did it come from? Originally, it came from amuna. So, we need both. We need both. So, we're going to talk about both of them tonight. We're going to talk about the amuna and we're going to talk about the So, what is the am? Yeah, we know there's there is a God. Hashem exists, but it's much more than that. It's understanding the personal Hashem. It's understanding that my life and every detail in it is communication from Hashem. It's understanding that everything that happens to me, even the painful moments, especially the painful moments, have purpose and are by by design. And I'm I would never be put through anything that wasn't necessary. And that ultimately there's a plan. And it's not just for the good of the greater picture, but it's for the good of each individual. This this is the amuna. Internalizing it so that we feel at peace with the details and the facts of our lives. That's the beta.