Part 138: No Obstacles, Only Messages from Hashem

okay good morning and want to thank our sponsors for this morning and for the series for the whole year Dr zi and Bella Morgan who sponsored our munir in memory of Rabbi Dr Brian galet bar Ru should have a continued Aliyah through our learning and the many many many many positive impacts he's had in this world okay we're still learning this piece by Ravi Tamar Schwarz the author of the bill and he's been tracing the origins of from where we draw the strength of what is really all about and he talked about the notion that everything that exists in this world exists in three Realms and in three spaces we have three concepts three BOS we have the concept of I'm looking for where he writes this moving a little bit slower this morning things exist in the realm of place time and soul so for example mikdash Holiness sanctity sanctity in place is the mishkan or the Bas mikdash or today the sh sanctity in time is shabas shabas you enter the 25h hour period of chabas is like entering the mikdash and in the soul we have a layer a sacred layer that we enter within ourselves so this is true for every every aspect so first of all I started I said you know it's still purum my kids in are sending pictures it's like a time delay on pum it feels like but it's PM world cities are celebrating pum today P we're still drawing from the energy of P the energy of seeing Hashem and everything to be meala the millas Esther to realize that every time we say the word m it's really AEM to live our lives where on the surface it can look like a string of coincidences or chance or Randomness like the story of PM that doesn't have hashem's name in it and yet our job is to dig deeper is to peel away the layers our entire mission is to find to see hasem per may fall on the calendar for one day but the experience the joy of PM really is the entire year that's why rutner said that you don't say haval at the end of pum because you don't distinguish between puram and the next day puram carries you the entire year it doesn't end there is no havala I don't really understand that for because there's no haval at the end of KH either no on these minor no okay but there's no at the end of P because PM doesn't end you take the theme the essence you take PM with you throughout the entire year that's our mission our goal is to find and to reveal and to see Hashem everywhere and in everything and we continue to carry that charge with us we're in the top of page four top of page four in this booklet one of the between one of the um phrases that is core one of the root fundamental phrases when it comes to seeing our inner selves right R Schwarz has been developing this idea that you can approach the world and you can experience the world with your external self and your external self experiences the externality of the world in a way which is frazzled in a way which is chaotic in a way which seems that you're battling from the moment that you wake up and you discover you have no voice and you you feel like you're hit by a truck and you're not sure if you should cancel everything you had planned that day and you're battling just to open your eyes so you wake up in the morning and some people feel like that every day some people feel like that one day a year but you wake up and and you're battling from the moment you press go that's it everything's a battle everything externally it looks like the whole world is a struggle is a battle what's the latest on Corona virus what's the latest on Israel what's the latest on your kids coming on PESA what's the latest on your kids having school what's the latest on your health what's the latest on your life what's the latest on you're just battling you're battling to get through the day you're battling with the news you're battling with family you're battling with Finance you're battling in relationships you're battling with your eating habits you're B you're battling the whole world is a battle and it's unexpected unanticipated battles I don't know the the more I don't know how anyone could be arrogant in our time with all the progress and all the technological advance and all the tools and all the things that should breed arrogance but the fact that you wake up on a given day and the entire world is transformed in a way that two days ago you never would have dreamt in your whole life whoever heard of Corona virus Whoever thought the stock market would plumm it Whoever thought airline travel would be suspended Whoever thought everyone would quarantine who knew the word quarantine we haven't had a a leprosy colony in my lifetime who ever thought that you'd be dealing with these kinds of things again how could you be arrogant when any day you wake up and it's an entirely new world you're living in with geopolitical issues that are going on Camp pains one person looks like the shoeing the other person's imploding now that person is definitely going to be the candidate the other person's imploding you just there's no room for arrogance in this world any day you wake up you have no idea what world you're going to find so how could you not be humble how are you're not humbled by realizing that you think you're on top stock market's an alltime high never mind greatest loss in one day in the history of the stock market never mind like you just there's no room for arrogance it's all hasem now how do you reconcile that there are people who are suffering and struggling economies are plummeting there are people who lost their lives why would Hashem do that why did bad things happen to good people is that nature is it Hashem is it free will is it Hashem these are complicated difficult issues I'm not avoiding them we've touched on many of them but my point is you have to realize it's all Hashem the humility in you has to look in this world and say the changing world the rapidly unanticipated unpredictable insane world we live in what arrogant person you know what's amazing also even it used to be pundits spoke with some confidence but after the last election they realize that they're just paid to be Talking Heads they don't even know what they're talking about so even then they qualify it you know even they hedge their bet even the pundits who used to predict with enormous confidence know that tomorrow everything could be different there's nothing that's everything in our life is a variable there is no constant not our health not the economy not there's nothing in the world that's a constant everything is a variable so if you live in such a world how do you how could you be arrogant how could you think you have the answers or you've arrived or you're safe and secure or it can't affect you there's nobody on the planet like that there's nobody so you have to live with the humility and realize that there's a orchestrator and a choreographer there's somebody who's pulling the strings and who's in charge who's doing everything from above it's Theon Theon okay so one of the phrases one the core phrases have when they talk about this that's how we got into this of Schwarz differentiated he distinguished between the the external view of the world which is to be frazzled and nervous and anxious and worried insecure to be fearful because of everything I just described or the you have that inner world that says maybe I'm battling from the moment I wake up till the moment I fall asleep that's all on the outside on the inside God come cool and is hasem he runs the world I do what I have to do I do what needs to get done and beyond that I let go because there's a Hashem what will be with the stock market I'll find out who will be the candidates when I walk into the voting booth I'll know what will happen with the my kids school and my the flight and the thing and the thing and that we'll see who knows if you live with the inner world if you listen to your inner voice which is Hashem speaking to you there's inside every one of us we don't only speak to him when we DAV daving is that space that we carve to both speak to him and to listen to him speaking to us through us we have a moral compass we're a pin we have an inner voice that sometimes we have to trust we have to listen to that's how Hashem is communicating to us so if you listen to that inner voice and if you live with the perspective of that inner world what looks on the outside like a world falling apart is really being very carefully organized everything is by Design and therefore you're able to keep calm as we spoke about this past shabas the way we defeat amalik is keep calm and per on Keep Calm and Carry On 1939 the British released 2.5 million posters in anticipation of World War II telling the British public they spread them in cities throughout the UK they actually I never mentioned this on shabas they actually never got to H hang them because the bombing started so they didn't get to hang they were stuck with two and a half million posters but at least that became an icon which I saw a headline someone sent me a headline that the queen reinvoke that same concept today the queen is once again calling for people to keep Comm and carry on so she's like a thousand years old so she remembers it and uh I'm pretty confident she doesn't listen to the Amun air online so I'm not going to get a nasty email she looks good for a thousand she looks good she's not a thousand she's young and spry and uh it's all beautiful listen I feel terrible for her grand going off the it's got to be very painful for her it's m very painful for her it's unbelievable yeah it's they're going off the D it's very painful for her we'll see I don't know if she'll said sh or today they don't say Shiva hope they'll come back I don't know how it works with royalty so anyway but keep Comming carry on keep calm and carry on if you live with your if you look at the world then you keep calm and carry on just there's nothing that frazzles you nothing nothing so in the beginning hasm created the world and it was expanding very consistent with the big bang if you read Dr Gerald Schroeder's book Genesis and the Big Bang You're not afraid to say the word Big Bang in a Sho because the notion of a big bang is not antithetical it doesn't contravene our idea of the origins of the universe but Dr schroer proves through the ran and others that in fact the six days of creation are very consistent with the big bang and its theory of how the world was created they're not in they're not in Conflict so we know the world was mis it was expanding created the world and it was expanding groaned he moans he CS at the world and he said the word die what does the word die mean enough enough that's itom so what was thiss what was this what does it mean he he he sighed at the world thank you very much what does it mean that he sighed at the world and he said die it's enough when we sigh when we moan when we CRA what we're saying is I'm exhausted I'm tired I'm finished I'm done thank you so what does it mean hasem was Hisar he was lazy he was tired he was done he drank too much on pum what does it mean that he told the world it's enough stop expanding die introduced us to a concept A critically important concept arguably one of the themes of P which we're already now preparing for next year K looked at his world it was expanding and it was growing and it was advancing and he said it's enough die enough and he introduced to the world the concept and the capacity for us to look and say die it's enough boundaries borders being satisfied with what you have realizing you can't do or go or experience anything you want life is not about whatever brings you pleasure whatever makes you happy there has to be the capacity for die for enough enough we'll move over it's now ER for rabbis and women is p so it's now a of P this is one of the themes when we singu D Dau what is Dau is our capacity for die slavery being enslaved being ins servitude is an insatiable appetite a craving for more for everything the inability to be satisfied with what you have always needing and wanting and pursuing more your happiness being defined by what you don't have now not what you have so if you say I need the next model of a of the cell phone I need the nicer car I need the bigger house I need more clothing I need I need I need I need so you're enslaved to whatever fashion industry or technology or your neighbor has you're enslaved you're never really free but the ability to sing Dau and the ability to look at the world and say die it's enough that ability to say die that's free Freedom that is Liberty that is emancipation so we sing just like Hashem said die we look at the world and we say die we have that capacity to say what I have is enough so to to is not thear it's not laziness it was the C of Hashem saying good shine it's enough die it's good it's good the way it is this is it this is it and that's what we sometimes have to live in this world and say die it's enough it's enough we live in this world everybody in life is sometimes struck by setbacks and challenges and failures that really nothing is opposing us it's the ability to say die things are the way they're supposed to be instead of looking and saying why have I run into a wall I'm trying to advance this project this initiative this effort and I've run into a wall I'm trying to marry this person or land this job I'm trying to go to this place or do this thing so if we listen to that inner voice just like Hashem said die it's enough when he finish creating the universe we also in our souls in our inner voice have that power to say die it's enough when you say it's enough you could become relaxed and calm you could let go you could let go it's an inner voice it's the inner solution it's the power of die it's the power of looking at those obstacles and challenges of that wall now here's the thing it's not easy to know and I'll give this to you as homework to think about it's not easy to know when is there a wall that was put in your in front of you and your job is to run over it or around it or even necessary when necessary to run through it that's how badly you have to want it it's how hungry you have to be for it it's how devoted you have to be towards it when do you have to run over or around or through that wall because you have to be tenacious and resilient and care and when do you look at that wall and say die die let out that CS let out that moan say G shine this is as far as I could take it andon the universe placed a wall in front of me here and it's meant for me to be a for therefore to say die this is it this is as far as I can go that's not an easy question and everybody has to listen to their inner voice to figure out when are you meant to try to run through it maybe you try to run around it or over it or under it or through it and when that doesn't work you say I tried die that's it I took it as far as I could that's a hard thing to know but we have to have that capacity we have to cultivate that ability to within ourselves know when we can look at the world and say die it's enough I've gone as far as I can I've tried as hard as I can and I'm not going to be stressed and I'm not going to be frazzled and I'm not going to beat myself up and I'm not going to Forfeit my happiness not only to say die externally but internally still crave and want and so on but the ability to both externally internally really mean it when I say die mean it when I say it's enough feel it and mean it and lean into it and embraced it you could look at those impediments and those obstacles in two ways you could look at it and say I deserve better this is not happening the way I want it's supposed to come easily I'm meant to be wealthy I'm meant to be married to this person I'm meant to have these types of children I'm meant to live this kind of life I'm meant to have this kind of appearance and it's not right it's not fair why are there all these obstacles why are all these things placed in my way why do I have to work so hard when it seems to come so easily to others why do I have to overcome all these things it's not fair to me it's not the way I want it it's not just it's not right or and there are many names to describe that sentiment you know what that sentiment isra gas that sentiment that attitude that says it's not fair to me it's not right to me but I want it it's like an impetuous child but I want it but I want it it's nice you want it it's not but it's not what what's right for you it's not what you deserve it's not what you need it's not what's good for you but we all know children can be ruthless and Relentless and beating you and muttering you when they want something so badly they literally will drive you insane and we're trying to say to them that's the voice of the the the G I live a little longer have a little more wisdom and know that what you want so badly and what you're fighting to go do or I have so badly is not good for you so either I can give in because I don't love you and I love my peace and quiet and you're stealing it from me or I can bear be so Vil I can bear this painful Relentless yeah moering because I love you so much I'm willing to suffer so we have that voice in our own lives we hit that wall of something we want and we want it badly and it seems that Hashem through his universe is saying no we're not now and yet we say but I want it so we mucher and mucher and mucher relentlessly and that is the Yahara that's the voice of the evil inclination it's the it's the other side it's the negative energy it's Godless it's an exile mentality however the inner voice the inner perspective the interview of the world can say the inner voice can say can look and say you know I've run into a wall not because someone doesn't love me I've run into a wall not because I'm being deprived or denied something I want and my happiness and something I deserve I'm running into that wall because that's what's meant for me that's what's best for me and therefore running into the wall should not create angst and anxiety and pain it should generate a sense of calm and peace to know I've gone as far as I can and this is not what's right for me sometimes speaks to us sometimes speaks to us through the walls that he places in front of us is living entering an attitude in life where you say on the Aron behind me I place Hashem before my eyes always always everything gar says you reach into your pocket for a nickel and you pull out a quarter it's not a coincidence you reach into your pocket for the quarter and you pulled out the quarter it's also not a coincidence everything that happens is design and for a reason and is orchestrated from above it's Hashem communicating to us and just like he has the capacity to look at a world and say die we too are expanding we're experiencing but sometimes there are boundaries there are limits and we should look at those limits and say Hashem is speaking to us because he's always with us everywhere and at all times the whole premise that we call these things obstacles the whole premise that we call them challenges the whole premise that we call these things blocking us is wrong it's a misnomer they're not obstacles and they're not blocking us they're providing us the boundaries they're guideposts they're helping us understand and interpret our life if you're looking with the if you're living life with the external perspective and the external voice then you see these things as obstacles blocking you but if you're living life with your internal voice then you see these very same things as signposts and guideposts they're not obstacles they're teaching us when to say die you're looking at this world it's illuminated with the light of hem everything before us everything happening to us ROV Zinger who was here a couple weeks ago has Corona virus so he doesn't have the symptoms he's feeling fine but he I don't think he had it when he was here he was here more than 14 days ago we're good why am I mentioning that it was it was in The Times of Israel was in the news he's one of the newer cases and he's quarantined I guarantee you that he's not looking having just met him for a short time and understanding the way he lives his world I guarantee he's not sitting back saying what was me and why is me and what will be and what am I meant to do with this and I want to go teach Torah and change the world and I'm being quarantined for 14 days I have to just be by myself he has that everywhere he looks at all times hashem's always with him so everything is interpreted through Hashem everything everything you see hear do it's all there's no obstacles there's no impediments and there's no opportunities and Lucky Chances and good break it's all Hashem it's all Hashem and therefore you know the same way the same way that if you had someone you trusted who said oh relax I know you think that this is bad but me explain to you why it's good it's going to work out you'd be like good I can let go now cuz I I don't to be worried I have somebody who I trust and if I stick to them and I listen to them they're telling me I have nothing worry about that's fantastic news and the same is true in my relationship withm says that clinging to Hashem is sticking with him like glou Hashem says Hashem says stick with me Hashem says stick with me and I got your back and you're good to go so when you live life when we live our lives with that that inner voice with that hasm is before me always there's everything everything that happens is meant to happen and if I got stuck in traffic it's cuz I wasn't meant to get there earlier and if this red light every red light is catching me it's because this is the schedule I was meant to get there now if you left late because you don't value your time or anyone else's and therefore you arrive late you can't be a flipping person at someone else's expense and say I'm really late and you were waiting but it's from Hashem hasem put the voice Hashem put this in my head that I didn't have to leave earlier on time to have enough respect for you that's wrong being punctual living Our Lives last year sh we spoke about the Seder is an exercise in learning to live with seder to be organized and punctual to care to be disciplined that is godlin so you can't just be lazy and God wanted my house to be clean the lack of cleanliness is not an impediment it's Hashem saying die it's enough it doesn't need to be cleaner no that that's wrong that's wrong we have to take our initiative this it's our power of free will we have this power of Free Will what am I saying all that we're learning Schwarz is suggesting is once we've exercised that free will we tried to clean our house but you know what you scrubbed it you cleaned it and you hit a wall it's as far as you can take it you did what you could you tried to be on time you left early you looked on ways you scheduled it but you know what there was unanticipated traffic the accident happened right in front of you you every red light the traffic signals broke down once you've done everything you can done we're not talking about at at instead of free will you do your free will but once you've done your free will you hit a wall don't see it as hitting a wall see it as hasem saying die it's enough it's enough you see in the external view of the world everything is fragmented and divided there are competing and opposing forces this conflict but if you're looking with the internal perspective everything traces back to Hashem if you're looking with an internal perspective sh all there is isem one unified existence everything is from Hashem so there is no such thing as an obstacle or a wall it's all coming from him nma we just finish this last paragraph before I'm finished [Music] when moshe's daughter here we go we're already back to PES moshe's daughter whose name was not Batya was B when his daughter bitya saw the floating basket of Moshe she extended her hand in order to draw it out of the water now the basket was at a distance from her that according to Nature she should not have been able to reach the basket [Music] however so when you're floating in the pool and you're reaching for the raft and it's at a distance that mosha was from the daughter of parro but you can't grab it because it's beyond the length of your arm would you say o the universe is so unfair to me I have such obstacles and difficulties and challenges and why is this wall put before me I can't reach it what would you say it's natural my arm is only this length it's that length plus therefore I can't reach it now what if you're trying to extend your arm and somebody's blocking you what would you feel it's like I'm trying to extend my arm I should be able to grab it it's within distance I can grab it but somebody's holding back my arm somebody's blocking me somebody's standing in between me and what I'm trying to hold on to it'll feel like somebody blocking so and so is blocking me and he's not allowing me to extend my hand so if your arm is too short you can't reach it you don't feel like the universe is against you you feel like it's beyond your grasp and it's only natural that you couldn't grab it what about if someone's blocking you you feel like why does this low life is far have to stand in front of me and block me I meant to grab it he's blocking me and it's not fair to me says R Schwarz no if you live life with and you live life listening to your inner voice there is nothing that can ever block you if it ever feels like something's blocking you it's because you're not meant to reach it you're not meant to grab it so therefore what does that mean you're trying to grab that thing because you really think you should have it someone's blocking you you exert and you express your free will you try and once you've tried but you're unsuccessful you turn around you walk away and you stay calm you're unfazed why because you don't there's no one blocking you you're not meant to have it imagine how calm and how happy and prosperous and healthy your life will be if every red light and every traffic jam and every person is blocking what you're trying to grab you say to yourself you know I was reaching for that last dress on sale I was trying to land that customer but my competitor got them why is the world against me I was trying to court that person and she fell in love he fell in love with someone else how come nothing Falls my way the answer is there's nothing ever that's blocking you so you could either live your life that there are things that are depriving you and denying you or you could live your life realizing these are all these are all agents and expressions of Hashem nothing could ever block or stop you or get in your way if you don't have it it's because it wasn't meant to be continue to express your use your free will try your hardest do what you can don't be lazy or fatalistic or passive and don't cop out because you say it wasn't meant to be take our initiative do everything the way we can try as hard as we we can but when we're done be willing to calmly carry on be willing to say it's not what's meant to be there's nothing blocking me they all messages from will pick up next week