Ten Minutes of Meaning (Part 222): Be His Chariot - Mesillas Yesharim

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instrument for Hashem to manifest himself in this world to give hem a for hasem to exist to be accessible and relatable to be revealed to be able to repair and redeem H's world that's what our Rabbi said someone who leave who reaches a level of righteousness means they've turned their life into a they are the Chariot they are the conduit through which Hashem has seen this world every time at work you conduct yourselves we conduct ourselves with der with kindness with honesty with integrity and someone says wow it's amazing you're a religious Jew that's what it means to be devoted to God I want more of that I want to be connected to that wow what a kesem we are the merova when people see the way that we eat and that we drink and that we walk and that we talk and that we carry ourselves when they see our interpersonal relationships we see our modesty and our attitude they see our priorities and our values we become that marava that vehicle that charot forem so once upon a time hashem's presence the was in the mik where did you feel his intense presence in the in the Mish is a neighbor accessible available today no mik through us so it means the food that they eat is likened to carbon a sacrificial meat that's placed on the fire and whatever offering and whatever offerings were brought to the m must have unquestionably undergone a tremendous spiritual elevation since they were being sacrificed so it means that the way a sadic eats is categorically different than the way a gluttonous animal eats we're striving for something so much more it doesn't mean we can't enjoy food put us in this world and he gave us his delicious world and he said go s enjoy enjoy but we're enjoying not some hedonistic morally decadent morally corrupt way of eating we're eating in order to embibe Godliness Hashem to see his greatness to give oursel a life force and a continuity and an energy to continue to be on a mission and to serve him everything is about the mindset the attitude the context of what we bring to it and when we bring to it the right attitude and the right approach we're living a life of kadha life of Holiness a life of sanctity the enhancement that they received the result of this was so great that the entire category throughout the world was blessed according to so when a eats they transform the food they ate it's not some physical mundane secular profane entity of food but when the right mindset is brought to that food it's not ordinary food and this is the origin of the source of sh the idea that if a sadak has eaten go run to eat their leftovers you're em biing not food something that's been elevated it's a carbon they're aov so if somebody said to you we have some leftover corbon would you like some leave out theas of where you're eating it when you're eating it who slaughtered it why it was brought but we have some leftover carbon from mik would you like some who's turning thatb to become to Kad holy s Sanctified sacred food who's gonna turn that down so when aad not just the Reb like when gets up and there some food run run to eat the food on his plate when when it doesn't have to only be is writing the birth of is talking about if you could eat some leftover of a food of a drink that a sad consumed in a categorically different way than you're consuming food that was was offered on the that's holy that's sacred predates that's what the is describing because their interaction with the world is different than our interaction with the world so when we can benefit from The Leftovers of their interaction with the world it elevates us it lifts us and the truth is this isn't only something that's delegated or designated for sadik and for the righteous it's for all of us and it's this week's para and I love when the par and the other sh come together but the the were and every one of us in the singular we were to build the structure the edifice of the Mish and I will dwell in them in them as each and every one of of us we are a mobile we are a moving we are a vibrant we are a living Mish for Hashem The Way We Carry ourselves who we are how we present ourselves how we interact with others we are the expression and manifestation of sh in this world for them and that is our mission that is our purpose that is why we're we're here to be that Mera to be that Mera was once in Switzerland and he met a r this is obviously not in the it's in a footnote commentary's commentary and this individual ask if you could summarize what is the mission what is the goal what is the essence what is the purpose of a Jew answers you know what our mission our purpose our mandate every day we should evaluate whether we live the best day we could have were we an instrument a vehicle a chariot for godliness in this world if you Advanced hashem's brand Advanced hashem's Mission Advance bringing light into this world to dispel the darkness Advance the world coming closer to redeeming and repairing itself to look like the world that Hashem wants it to that's our mission that's our purpose that's our Essence all of Torah and mitzah are a platform to live a life of kadha a life of meaning a life of mindfulness and a life of modeling for others this is how we relate to time this is how we relate to food this is how we relate to intimacy this is how we relate to gender this is how we relate to materialism this is how we relate to Torah is enabling empowering and setting us up to be that merova that platform to show the world this is what Hashem expects this is how he designed this is how we tap into the most meaning this is what it's all about it's not about us it's not only about us and that should be our attitude and approach that should be how we try to trans form not always easy and none of us including me are ever always perfect but we should be evaluating are we diving in hedonistically to the world of materialism or are we elevating it I was corresponding yesterday with somebody who wrote an article about you know the Super Bowl is that our world do we belong there do we not and they made a lot of very good points and I agree with it and I love it I said you know where that article appeared the the advertisements before it and after it were for like a 50 ounce steak at this exclusive restaurant with gold flakes yeah advertisement afterwards were some watch that nobody can afford so all around us we're surrounded the once it's easy to take a shot at the once a year event and I agree with it it's not our world we shouldn't be consumed by it Define by it somebody doesn't watch Ever any other time doesn't need to because that's what's sweeping the culture now I got it but we have to zoom out the lens and look not just the one night of the year every day of the year are we trans what what's our are we transforming so that if we make a and we enjoy something are we enjoying it because it's transformed our shabas our y our interaction with that other Y and we do it over a and we're elevating or because we're trying to keep up with whatever the latest tequila single malt wine you know we have to elevate we are that merova the world is watching we're watching our children are watching our neighbors are watching and we're meant to be that merova so all the material physical things they're not categorically bad not saying to not indult we can enjoy them they're given to us to enjoy hasem says go enjoy but how we enjoy them the FRA the context the the framework the mindset with which we enjoy them are we that merova are we that instrument because rman said that's the of a the essence the purpose the mission the goal the measure through which we can evaluate what kind of day we had were we a the people who interacted with us at work in the supermarket at the gym in sh were we a do they feel closer more connected did we Elevate the brand or did we set it back we'll continue with living with amuna in 15 minutes it should be a good day of