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Tanya By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz - Chapter 1 - A Journey into your Animal Soul
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Tanya By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz - Chapter 1 - A Journey into your Animal Soul A TANYA CLASS BY RABBI YITZCHOK MINKOWICZ Live Tanya Class at Chabad Thursday Evening at P.M. A Project of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida 5620 Winkler Road Fort Myers, FL 33919 239-433-7708 www.Chabadswf.org [email protected]
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so we're gonna start this week with the
first chapter in Tanya and the opening
part of Tanya the author begins to say
that when we're born so they from heaven
they give us an oath and they make us
make an oath and the oath is that we are
going to be atomic
and we're not going to be a Russia
so it's a double oath one is what you
are gonna be namely at Sadiq and B
you're not gonna be a Russia and we'll
soon see why they're both important so
it's not enough just to be it's a vague
but it's also important to know that we
don't want you to be a Russia Russia is
a wicked man Russia wicked person but
then they tell you even out so case we
got the perspective you're gonna be
atomic and you're not gonna be a Russia
so you got your marching orders right
we're Siddiqui and we're not rushing
right it's clear you can't get more
clear than that but then they say even
now if the whole world comes to you that
means anyone tells you hey you're a
topic in your eyes used to be like a
Russia and that is confusing oh because
I'm one hand you tell me I should be
outside like neither of us I got myself
organized I got myself straightened out
I got myself focused I'm gonna be a
topic I'm not gonna be a Russia so I
know where Who I am who I'm supposed to
be and there's no greater gift than
having clarity but then if someone says
to me oh hi nice Sabich know your eyes
you're like a russia I mean now what's
the problem with that what's the problem
first problem the altro says that if you
think you're exotic how you gonna feel
great empowered right we're doing
wonderful the attitude you know success
bring success but what happens if
Godspeed you to think of Marussia
see I'm sorry oMG write down what does
that mean practically
what energy joy now since that's gonna
kill the joy break the joy downgrade the
joy we know as a given as a given just
like you have hands and your feet in
your body some huh joy is a given in
other words in order to serve God in
order to be a functioning human being in
this world according to Tanja and
mysticism joy is not negotiable
a person has to always be happy that's
one of the foundations of mysticism and
that's one of the reasons actually most
people are attracted to Judaism and
specifically mysticism is understand
some joy because who doesn't wanna be
happy but but not only happy happiness
from within not caused from an external
substance and there's many out there so
could you imagine if you had a internal
infusion of happiness we're having to
come on to anything external so that
isn't that is a given in mysticism
so this ideal to think that you are
Russia will downgrade and compromise the
idea of being with someone and that's
not negotiable so on the other hand you
can say well maybe I'll it won't bother
me did I think of him set myself like a
Russia welcome maybe you won't bother me
welcome so what does it mean it's not
gonna bother you the fact is the fact
that he's supposed to be exotic he's
supposed to be a righteous person he's
supposed to be Itard think you supposed
to be a righteous person and here you're
thinking of yourself that you're not
righteous you're Russia
and you're saying it doesn't bother me
what does that mean because they also
ask the question so you're gonna be
callous you're not gonna be sensitive to
the fact that you're the way you feel
what will happen then is you're gonna
train yourself not going not to be in
touch with your feelings and not to feel
your feelings and that's not a good
thing because we're human beings we're
live people and you have to feel how
you're feeling good bad or indifferent
to know how to deal with yourself so
based on these strong issues of what
what does it mean I've mostly italic I
supposed to think that I'm a Raja
on the other hand that might affect my
joy or it's gonna make me numb we need
to have a good comprehension of what
does it really mean when we say to be
italic and in your mind you think that
maybe you're a Russia so the Altima
comes along and it creates a
revolutionary breakthrough in the
definition of what exotic means what a
Russian means and what I've been
learning is and this is the foundation
of the big part of mysticism of
describing what it's either gosh may
need and the purpose is to really to get
to know who we really are
I know there was like this
the alter egos now into a journey an
in-depth journey to analyze the terms by
explaining as follows every single thing
that exists in the world whether it's a
human being I think a place there's
something which is called and he ruled
and I'll translate exome what is the
essence of the thing so for example
taking human being he choose the Hebrew
term what's the human being called we
just had at the beginning of Genesis
I don't Adam that is the essence of
unity he's not dumb he's a person
everyone is an atom of human being take
for example a thing a table what's the
essence of a table to table so the
essence of a table the table doesn't
change functions as a table whether it
has legs or it has you know other
columns supporting it it's something you
put things on but that sort of table is
cheer anything for that for that matter
there's the essence of it then there's
the way you describe something
attributes of a person or a thing so for
example you have a human being and you
can describe the person he's told he's
short he's smart he's funny and so on
and so forth the table it's this size
this shape this color it's a description
of the table and then there's something
which is called
in Hebrew it's called a shame Hamas al
which means a borrowed name a borrowed
name well means a borrow the name a
borrowed name means that it's nothing
essence of the thing it's not a real
description but it's borrowed from
somewhere else that means it has a
certain attribute of something else so
let's see something else this is what
something else is let's see this human
being is really this that's not his
essence it's not really how you would
describe him but he has a certain aspect
like another thing or another place or
another idea and you're giving him a
borrowed name but it's not really the
person in other words let's see for
example you get dressed up in the
costume of a clown are you in essence a
clown is that your attribute you put on
the clown costume people are gonna call
you a clown doesn't mean you're really a
clown you might be might not be but the
point of our custom is it creates a
borrowed name you're acting right now
funny it doesn't mean that's who your
essence is and it doesn't mean that's
your really a funny person
so the algebra explains like this that
when you describe the term Sadiq
righteous
Russia wicked or Beynon II intermediate
what are you referring to the essence of
the human being his behavior or like a
borrowed name okay
okay everything is possible we're moving
targets we're not angels angels you can
put them in this is who he is we're
moving targets so if we would be one
thing the whole time you don't we would
be an angel but we're not angels we said
where you of a human beings are moving
targets okay but the question is what's
moving is our essence moving is our
description moving or is the borrowed
name moving okay so comes along the
outer V and he says like this there's
different places that describes the
different types of young people so for
example the something which is called
Holika Holika is what jewish law just
like you have secular law your second
day of Jewish law now
what is we're going to talk her locker
Jewish law for that matter paralyze the
secular law someone goes ahead a human
being and behaves in a certain way which
is not appropriate whatever the case may
be you can think of anything you want in
your imagination and as witnesses to
testify the person behaved
inappropriately whatever the behavior
was and you brought to court and the
witnesses testify and let's even say the
verdict is yeah the person that a
terrible thing and they give them let's
say a fine whether you give them a
punishment whatever the retribution is
or the punishment is now is that the
person no maybe by there maybe yes maybe
not but chances are it's fine not the
person now is it the behavior the person
maybe yes maybe not but it doesn't mean
that's his real behavior that's his real
attribute it's a borrowed name because
he did this sin because he did this
crime so the punishment is X and
therefore he's labeled whatever the
label they give him a convict right
convicted is he is he a person that's a
convict by nature is his essence a
convict no is this behavior one that
goes around all day is convicted no it's
a borrowed name that's used for a
scenario for an experience that took
place so in other words and let's say
they'll give him a definition a bad
person are we describing his essence no
or not necessarily are we describing his
attributes no and not necessarily are we
describing him so to speak for what
happened for that experience yes but
doesn't help it doesn't tell us who the
person is it doesn't tell us anything
about the behavior of the person so
Jewish law secular law deals what
specifically with experiences that
happen in a set time in a set place but
again the key point is that has no
validity year to the truth of the
essence of who the person is or his real
behavior could you describe them as a
whole day walking around doing these
type of things though it happened so you
see that a point out Jewish law and
secular law the description of what
happened is limited to the borrowed name
for that moment or for that experience
so therefore when we use a term over
there sadiq well we use a term Russia
we use it during Beynon II there we
don't know we have no idea of how much
the person really is or not for a
description of the person following that
one act you're late being a tonic act a
Russia act a bein in the act and a lot
of people unfortunately because they're
limited to the view of halal kind they
use that name to label the person people
get labelled and scarred for life with a
wrong title which is not really them and
obviously this book is not about
describing a human being based on an
external circumstance in a isolated case
we're trying to figure out who are we as
human beings so in other words so we're
saying the word Sadiq and we're saying
the word Russia or we're saying the word
being to me we're looking in two areas
well how locker doesn't touch at all
that is the essence of the human being
on a soul level and behavior those are
the two areas that we deal with essence
soul level behavior not experience leave
that to Jewish law secular law let them
deal with that we're dealing with two
issues and that is namely the essence
and the consistent behavior of the
unique
so comes along the outer Bernice's like
this so what does it mean the essence of
the human being being named namely being
at sound across or abandoning or the
behavior being one called a Sadiq Russia
or Abinadi okay
so in order to explain this algebra
starts off by saying as follows that
each and every one of us have two souls
two souls now what's interesting is
let's talk about the two souls the two
souls in general you have the godly soul
and you have the animal soul nefesh
allocate nefesh a Bahamut another name
would be never subdue sure or clipper
holiness or the opposite of holiness or
the shell of holiness the soul itself
which ii are going to in depth today but
the soul itself we need know the class
for that is five levels to the soul
nefesh Rakesh Sharma fine you know five
levels but again we'll have a separate
class to go into the take a journey into
there may be several classes to take a
journey into the soul world but every
single human being has two souls two
souls now what does it mean
two souls soul basically is the source
of energy that fuels your whole
spiritual psyche it's it's fuels
a turn that you're probably more
familiar with the Yeats are told which
is the good side that we have and the
ate Sahara the evil side that we have
now role here we'll get to in a minute
okay okay
in other words like this
knowing this
we each function from an internal way on
three levels intellect which is
comprised of three spheroids emotions
which is complies mainly of 3-sphere
wrote and then the functional emotions
which is another four so that package of
emotions of seven
generally speaking we first in the Yeats
are told we refer to the ambassador of
emotions and the eighths are around the
basket of emotions knows from the age of
twelve Sardinia to our side or we hear
the optimist says that we're referring
to not only the emotions but even the
intellect that means that the godly soul
has full set of intellect and emotions
that it fuels and the animal soul has a
full set of intellect and emotions are
the fuels and that's why it's fair play
because it's fear it's a it's a balanced
war between the godly soul and the
animal soul and they say workers it's a
real war now that's all in the intellect
and the emotions just fueled by the soul
and then you have which we'll get back
to and going to in dev telling you have
where it plays out in other words it
knows where plays out the playing field
where is it play out it plays out in the
world of thought speech and action ok so
now like this so the answer explained as
follows that each and every one of us
have a godly soul which means our
intellect our emotions are all fired up
to what Gazi it wants god it's connected
to god it's whole mission of life is to
cleave to god it Cleaves to God
intellectually by studying and
meditating and prayer it's the--it's
Cleese to God emotionally by having a
love and a passion for God in a very
very strong way and that's all it's like
you know mono not stereo mono just one
connection God God God
almost like an axe is an expression
that's used he's drunk with infatuated
with God intoxicated with God
that's the godly soul the animal saw on
the other hand is intoxicated with work
with Self Self Self Self anything
intellectually Talib I feed myself I
don't take care of myself kind of myself
what's in it for me and so on and so
forth
emotionally what makes me feel good what
am I gonna have from it how am I gonna
feel better because of it - power -
powerful forces and their opposites
what is it about God and what is about
me - opposite forces now when you have
these two powerful forces that are
basically in the background we'll go
further and we'll come back where does
it ultimately play out it plays out very
simple it plays out in the world of
action speech and thought in other words
like this you can have two people
arguing how to build a building or how
to paint a wall what color right -
people argue one says white the one says
black now at the end of the day is the
wall can only have one color and theory
you can have a mix but the reality is
the choice is it's white or black that's
the it's going to be one color white or
black right and one person animal II
wants white and the other one hat one's
black so as long as the wall is still
clean and eat you can put on one color
so you can argue even take tomorrow and
something you'll do that and we'll give
it never gets painted but the reality is
at some point the walls to get painted
and one person has to win now what does
that mean practically it means very
simple we have where those just like the
wall has to be painted as to be painted
a certain color we have a thought our
thoughts and our speech and our action
is like the wall there could only be one
thought you're only in one speech and
Holy One action
now there's war what the thoughts are
gonna be is it gonna be godly it's gonna
be animalistic selfish sailing with
speech and sitting with action now the
altar which says very clear that when it
comes to thought speech and action so if
we're dealing with the Russia it's not a
questioner we know what they are and we
don't forget into it he does whatever he
wants he thinks what he wants he says
what he wants he does what he wants
there's no filter there's no control or
loose cannon now the reality is we don't
deal with that because it is what it is
we all know where the Russia is and we
don't want to spend really too much time
dealing with it because that's not sort
of speak our mission in life and that's
not who we are
waste of time exactly so in other words
the Russia basically the war gets
painted whatever he wants today for it
is not to talk about that sadek on the
other hand what colors will get painted
very simple whatever God wants there's
no struggle whatever God wants
so therefore what sits in his thought
whatever God wants what sits in his
speech whatever God wants what comes out
whatever God wants what does he do
whatever God wants now here comes the
BAE Nene and that's the tanya is written
about the Boehner knee because again the
Russia we don't deal with it it is what
it is until he wakes up he's gonna do
whatever he wants the tonic it's almost
like an angel he just does whatever God
wants the Boehner Nia what's the Boehner
knee the Bailey knee is one that
internally there's a fiery struggle
which we're going to go back to in a
minute then analyze and talk about I
want you to see where it plays out and
then we'll understand with where the
struggle is the Boehner Nia in thought
at the end of the day
he will think exactly what what God
wants he will speak what God wants he
will do what God wants no question asked
not easy to get there but but and this
is what this is where this is what we're
gonna learn this whole book of Tonya but
- but in order for him to get here it's
a war fire and brimstone the struggle
why why because as we said before and
now we're gonna go back to what we said
before that the person has two souls
because he has two active souls the
godly soul in the animal soul each one
have full control of a set of brains and
instead of a set of emotions so the
godly soul has control of a set of
brains has all the logic and all the
reason why he's served God and God
exclusively but in the other hand the
animal soul has a full set of logic and
has every reason every logic why should
do it at what feels good for himself how
you gonna get hate on a piece out of
this before we get to the end we're
talking about the struggle the war let's
look at the war right let's first
understand what's get into the war the
godly soul has full control of the
emotions and means it wants to do
whatever God wants it loves God it's a
law of God but in the real way in a
passionate way on the other hand the
animals soul it loves taking care of
itself it's like it's like mesmerizer
itself well do anything to feel good
anything to feel good has a step inside
doesn't cure now but here's the
difference
but either rushed as we said there's no
struggle the animal souls in control in
control the SAVAK the godly souls in
control but not only the godly saw in
control here's the key point
by the sadiq the animal soul he killed
him it doesn't exist so there is no
struggle see by the Russia there's no
struggle because he totally is not is
desensitizes godly soul because as
you've seen you desensitize you out in
your godly soul that God is all sleeping
half dead and the Russia that's whether
he wants whatever he wants there's no
there's no guilt there's no shame
there's no conflict just wherever he
wants we think with its avec he killed
his animal Souls he has no problem he's
going you know he's cruising on the
highway 65 miles per hour with no no
issues no bumps in the road and he's
peaceful the bane of the year is
struggling with this godly Solon's
animal soul and it's a real war it's a
real fight now what's what's the real
issue here the issue is that the Boehner
knee has an urge a strong urge based on
the animal soul to express itself let me
think for a minute about this but the
vainly doesn't allow it
who knows he the buck stops here yeah
how you want to fight me no problem but
we're gonna be always
neck to neck you'll never enter into my
thought I'm not gonna harp on it in
other words let's use a simple analogy
something happens in your life something
struggle takes place you're challenged
when your faith lies whether that's he
someone gets the god forbid let's he's
sick whatever maybe so the godly soul
says Oh God has a reason he's trying to
elevate me through this he's trying to
you know pull out for my insides the
animal soul says huh you believe in this
God forget about it and he tries to
knock you down so it's and the other one
argues no but the reality is it could
only it's only an argument an urge an
urge but not where it starts going into
the mind you actually start thinking
that you don't ever start thinking
negative stuff in other words
practically speaking practically
speaking there is no difference you know
it sounded conveniently in thought
speech and action in thought speech and
action there's no difference where is
the difference where is a difference on
a soul level
it means there's an active animal soul
there that's fighting with the godly
soul he can reach higher places because
he's fluxes he's working his muscle nut
absolutely yes in a certain yes a nicer
prospective okay so in other words
that's where the real struggle is the
real struggle is are we gonna allow it
to penetrate the thought speech and
action obviously it doesn't allow it but
it's a constant battle it's more alert
he's more alive
he's more awake there's a fight there's
an excitement now yes it's choose
correct
so here the author explains so who is
really the essence of the human being
the essence of the human being so the
author explains like this the essence of
the human being there's a clear
distinction between a sadiq AB a nanny
and a Russia at Sadiq the essence of
that human being is what what's the
essence godly the essence of a Russia is
what animal self how do you want to
describe it's clear what's the essence
of a bein mean life that's a good term
life the struggle the essence of the
beanie is the struggle the minute he
kills the animal soul he's not abating
anymore because atomic the minute he
gives in
he becomes a Russia but the point so so
then he gets it changed as time but the
definition of a baneling is the one his
life is the struggle that is a
definition of vainly dan is the absent
Ronald mainly is life and the struggle
correct life and the struggle now so
it's clear the essence is very very
clear as long as you're struggling
you're alive and you're the veining of
Chania and that's really life because
with life you can actually grow now
what is the description of its addict
very simple description of exotic is he
basically lives a godly life what is the
description of mainly same description
he also has a godly life in inaction
Raika the description is really had the
person behaves like a god when you
describe it sounding you describe a need
there is no difference because you not
describing the essence the description
right there is a description and there
are so you're describing someone that
lives basically a selfish life now so we
know what the description is and we know
what the essence is but now we're going
to take a journey into into the soul of
the Boehner name which in the soul the
bane leaders two parts there's the godly
soul and there's the animal soul now why
is it important to know the the
description because you have to know
what you dealing with you got to know
what the war is all about and then by
knowing the war not that you're gonna
get rid of your animal soul even though
it's a great you know gold to have but
it's not necessarily realistic one for
most people it's you'll know at least
how to deal with it and handle out
smarter than how to keep it ain't as
much as possible so about the godly soul
that we start studying in depth in the
second chapter time yeah and that will
be next week or next class about the
animal soul that we're going to talk
about today and that's the doubt that it
talks about in this chapter the second
half the second half of the chapter
about the animal soul what it is what
absolutely no one thinks your killer
yeah it's part of the part of life we
said it's part of life absolutely
absolutely yes yes if it doesn't kill
you makes it stronger that's the that's
the terminology okay okay so let's talk
about the animal soul we ever know what
it is so in order to understand what it
is
the author explains like this
everything that God made in this world
is made up of four elements H fire Ruach
wind my in water and up for Earth those
are the four elements everything is made
up of that you know and God made many
great took the four elements that's he
made he made the physical part and also
the spiritual part but what is the
spiritual part of these four elements so
again we're not dealing with now the
godly soul remember godly soul next week
we're talking that the animal soul this
week so let's remember we're talking
about we're getting--we're government
you will be taking a journey a spiritual
journey we're putting on our masks right
we're taking a dive I'm going in to see
what our animal soul looks like what
does it look like why you gotta know
Yetta me yeah we gotta know the enemy
you know the enemy you know how to deal
with it so the so we're gonna take a
dive into the animal soul you ever do
this before taking an exploration into
the animal soul so what do we say it's
made up of four parts part number one is
what physically fire the fire is fire
what is firing resemble spiritually so
if you look at fire well that was fire
it burns and wants to go higher changes
change but what it wants to go higher
right he the fire probably wants to go
higher and the more fire were saying the
more fire keeps annoying now keep some
consumer creates it so according to
Kabbalah what's fiery resemble again
let's say focus animal soul not godly
soul that's all next week what is the
animal souls fire two things one is
anger and arrogance so when you get
angry
never happens anywhere around here but
we're talking in theory if someone got
angry right
and you want to know where it's coming
from so you could because then you can
deal with it it's coming from the fire
physical spiritual fire of the animals
soul and second we'll talk about both of
them and deal with the package when a
person get what's a second component
that comes from fire arrogance when
you're acting arrogant that is coming
from where we'll talk about that fire
comes from where the component of I mean
arrogance comes from if I'm from fire so
you have two powerful animalistic traits
which is anger and arrogance come from
fire let's take one at a time you're
gonna talk to say one thing at a time
first thing is what arrogance what is
arrogance was arrogance arrogance by
definition is you better than other
people correct arrogance ISM yes correct
so why does I do it fire because fire
what's fire it's going up arrogance is
great let's see that's see you are who
you are that's who you are right
whatever you are it's irrelevant what
arrogance is really convincing yourself
or telling yourself or telling other
people that you're more than who you are
so it's not real it's not the truth it's
like you know for example we have you
know never seen comments and matza right
what's in common tomato bread and matzah
bread and matches mates in the same
ingredients the difference is that bread
Rises and monsters flat it is what it is
it's flour water you see flour water
here you see this whole blown-up thing
taking crushed down you have the same
thing as matzah squeeze up the air
squeeze out you know you'll have matzah
it's a process but the point is you take
all the extras out all the fluff you'll
have matzah so what is really arrogance
Aaron's is creating a fire on yourself
which doesn't really exist
why don't when you create this fire out
of yourself
and people don't agree with you you get
angry you get angry
and how could he be so stupid exactly
anger come from hurt hurt that what that
you think that you're more than anything
you know hurt is anger repressed what
are you waiting from hurt you hurt why
your why your what do you hold on so do
you believe God runs the world so if God
runs the world whatever the person said
to you is supposed to hear it
I'm not saying giving a justification of
other people to say things but if you
heard something that rubbed you the
wrong way you were supposed to hear it
so accept the fact accept a fact that
God runs the world God runs the world
and exactly exactly so in other words
let's go back so anger and arrogance
come from what part of the I am solar
fire
now once you know that once you know
that then you know how to get some water
no I can put out the fire
I'm talking to hold it holy water holy
water holding water to put out the
negative fire
correct you want holy water to put out
the fire or you put out fire with fire
with the pool or you want to keep with
and where the point is you want to keep
the fire of the animals soul down no
let's keep it simple when you're
arrogant and you're angry no it's coming
from the negative side no it's coming
from the fire the negative side and the
worst thing a person could do is be
arrogant and angry my friend pointed
Kabbalah mysticism someone that's angry
it's as if you worship idols so you want
to be a heart absolutely your own Idol
but stone Idol ion you created okay so
in other words so if you want to take
you want to know who you are you want
you want to lower it you gonna lure it
if you want to know who you are when
you're angry and when you're arrogant
know what's coming from the fire okay
and this way don't think is from the
godly soul godly soul doesn't get angry
by definition godly Souls not arrogant
godly Souls the antithesis of being
angry arrogant because I would never get
angry think of f God runs the world
what's it again angry for and God wants
the world why not being arrogant what I
think I'm better than someone else or
better than supposed to be peace correct
okay
the next aspect of the animal soul is
something which is called having intense
pleasure comes from the accident of
water
who knows why but between you take water
what happens it creates grows and things
grow and you're able to have pleasure
from it now huh Healing true but the
point is like this from the godly soul
where's get olds pleasure from from God
the animal soul wants to get pleasure
from physical things and things that
will feed him and make him more
enjoyable everything comes from God but
if it's about self it's no good so no no
in other words like this no no in other
words like this another was like this
let's say for example you want to your
your you're hungry right now
you want to eat right why do you want to
eat because obviously point about
sometimes there's a spark of holiness in
that food that you need to elevate so
another so therefore simply going to
elevate something you go to elevate a
spark you make a blessing first the
purpose of a blessing is calm down it's
not about you going to enjoy that
whatever you're gonna be eating its
remember you're on a mission to elevate
it so you when you eat something there
could be two ways you're going to eat
something one way is okay you know what
time you know three times a day whatever
it is I elevate the physical world
I make a blessing first benefit that's
why for example it's a holiday of kosher
that's what we sold the meat and to take
out the all the path the energy there so
you shouldn't be totally consumed in the
physical taste of it
but more in the purpose of elevation so
when you're eating you can eating to
elevate and if you're eating to elevate
so you just elevate what your instructor
to if you're eating cause it tastes good
when do you stop never why should you
stop if the whole reason why you're
eating so to taste went was because it
tastes good so why should you stop you
should and people that's why people
don't stop
however view eating us to elevate we
don't elevate through the whole day
there's certain times of a that we meant
to elevate to did we make a blessing
beforehand we elevated and then we're
done we make a blessing we close that
whole experience and those eating is a
spiritual experience now eating is
supposed to be a spiritual experience
if you it's kosher food and you make the
blessing beforehand and you have proper
meditation beforehand and you make the
blessing afterwards that's called a holy
spiritual experience in relation to food
that feels the spirit but what happens
if you're eating because oh there's
something that really tastes good and
you don't check of its culture and
you'll make a blessing before or after
even if you do make the blessing but
it's all about the taste how it tastes
and how it looks
guess what happens now exactly
so in other words I'm not saying that
when you eat you shouldn't enjoy the
food that's not my point what I'm saying
is that if the whole reason you're doing
it is it starts and ends with the
enjoyment that's not for the holy site
if it starts in the end with the
elevation how much do you enjoy - great
absolutely we're not saying you
shouldn't enjoy the food that you eat
you shouldn't enjoy a holy experience
but in fact it's more enjoyable if it's
a holy experience and it's just a
physical experience because you're
having a holy dimension to it correct
okay so that is where water creates
these pleasures that are unsafe evil
because what happens is if you're just
going after pleasure you can ever really
satiate pleasure because there's no end
to it more and more and more and winding
you're never gonna be satisfied first if
it's a spiritual experience man what are
we saying the grace after meals I ate
and I'm satisfied done experienced over
okay
then there's something which is called
the attribute of raw wind what does that
produce that produces this sitting
around and talking empty words or making
jokes I don't you know we're making fun
of people and so on and so forth
laughter right gossip right exactly all
that type of stuff comes from where it
winds what's wind when it's just hot
here now is that what's godly about that
nothing and I'm not saying whether it's
as bad don't get me wrong it's not a
terrible sin but it's not godly the
point over here is that there's a
difference between godly bad and the
opposite of godly now by definition of
it's the opposite of godly it's not
godly it doesn't show you mean it's bad
you're sitting around this idle chat
comes from the spirit of wind and
obviously it's not coming from the godly
soul the godly soul has to keep it
simple wants to pray once the study
wants doom its load once the create a
connection with God and other human
beings that are connected to God the
animal soul as we said it's all about me
arrogance anger pleasure sitting around
and talking even if it's about other
people what's the fourth element earth
what's earth very simple huh earth is
the component of spiritual run of Earth
is laziness and sadness laziness and
sadness in godliness is ocean it's
laziness there's a lack REE you're
running we're doing we're gonna do a
little slow we're gonna pray we're gonna
study we're gonna make the world a
better place there's energy right sittin
on the couch now with all the experience
if you're sitting on the couch and
studying it's in a godly experience but
sittin on the couch and it's flipping
channels
that's not godly that's a potato potato
a closed absolutes being sad it's also
not godly in godliness is happiness as
we said before in the class joy
godliness is joy and happiness
flip the channels Kanna be happy and see
you said it kind of be happy you know be
happy gotta be half channel your watch
okay
now so when we spoke about we took a
journey into the animal soul into the
animal soul we spoke about fire which is
basically arrogance and anger water
which is basically just seeking pleasure
pleasure wind which is basically gossip
talk to Chad nothing right and then
earth which is basically being laziness
and being sad those are four areas but
now we're gonna go even deeper it was a
fine line and that is as follows
there are certain things that we
naturally do there's three components to
the Jewish people which we naturally
have what is that in Hebrew it's called
by Seanan rock morning and going the
cassava which means we're shy we're
compassionate and we're charitable we do
acts of kindness now that is part of our
nature it's part of a DNA matter of fact
the way to test if someone's really
Jewish
see how he acts as he compassionate
people is he kind to people does he
practice charity is he humble right is
he shy then you know he's Jewish in in
his nature
now so the Altima comes with an idea and
he says like this when a Jew behaves so
to speak in a in these three areas which
you should because and that's what you
have but it's coming to some your nature
it's not something that you're fired
with and fire with that's also coming
from your animals soul what do you mean
to say something if the animal soul
again is not bad it's survival it's an
engine but if the only reason why you
like it all sigh right is because you
sigh
and your Compassion's because it's just
your nature and your kind because your
nature you haven't really worked on
yourself and you're not inspired because
hey you know it's God's world how can I
be well what right do I have to be
arrogant no sir I'm sorry this God's
world I'm only a guest here or I'm
compassionate because hey you know God's
people need help but I'm compassionate
so you see the fire is there and I want
to help God in God's world and make the
world a better place thanks coming from
a godly son but you're just doing it
naturally it's like almost like you're a
robot in other words it's not bad but
it's not great it's neutral so in other
words the animal soul to get a clear
picture is not a bad thing it's a
survival thing but on the other hand on
the other hand correct on the other hand
if we just allow the animal soul to rule
us we're gonna be stagnant we need a
fire of the godly soul which we're gonna
talk about next we can take a journey
into the godly right now we talk at the
animals soul let's stay focus on the
animal soul for sure obvious but let's
look at the animals all this week okay
one second
now one more point which shelter makes
in this chapters as follows in the
prophet the classical he explains he
talks about strong winds clouds fire
which are very very fierce and it's
brought down in kabbalah those three
forces that he's referring to it's
something which is called shalash people
touch me out three impure shells which
referring to the other side of holiness
that means that they have and it knows
God gave the power to clipper or Sitra
Achra which is the other side of
holiness or the shell which is not the
with holiness itself extra line is not
the power what does that mean God needed
power God gave a power that means it's
it's so to speak it's entrapped in there
now let's go try to fight a hurricane
it's not easy to love you'll get killed
or a fierce fire right or earthquake
whatever may be right
so those when it comes to shallow
sleepers its Mayo something which is
extremely we know for sure more the Tori
tells don't need don't need a pig forget
about it you can make 20 blessings and
you can pour water on yourself and on
the pig you're never gonna be elevated
it's not happening because it's part of
the shallow sleep that's mailed and they
many things like that
anything that's in that world it's tied
down to the shallow scriptum as the
three empirically boat we cannot elevate
again that's not for the point here
however in your the profit your Haskell
he says that something Cleveland
something which is touching it referring
to there is a shell which is not from
the three you cannot elevate but it's
something which is from the three that
sort of speak neutral and here at the
key point it's it's not holy it's a clip
up its seat Rockets on the other side
but it's neutral what does it mean it's
neutral neutral means that you could you
can basically spice it up and I'll be
spiced up or you can leave it and I'll
be neutral in other words in other words
like this the animal soul is not bad the
animal soul is in a neutral state and if
you're able to fire it up guess what the
animal soul could be on fire for God to
and when that's on fire for God now you
really got something going so in other
words like this the fire from the animal
soul is it bad no it's neutral but if
you're arrogant and if you're angry that
means that you allow the fire to
penetrate unfortunately and take over in
a negative way but the goal is to
capture that fire and bring that fire
for a fire for God in firing for Judaism
that's fire that the animal soul has the
godly soul doesn't have the type of fire
it has its own fire but the goal is to
capture that fire and transform it into
holiness the water same thing also if
you're just pleasure of pleasure so
basically taking this this water this
pleasure thing but if you're taking the
pleasure for God and you're using that
energy to transform a beautiful
experience for God now you've
transformed it you took something which
is neutral and it's transfer for
holiness and the fainting what Ruach
right which is
which is wind which is power but use it
for something powerful for godly and the
same thing also would offer to use it
and transform it for godliness so in
other words like this the point without
service making is that the NEFAs of
Mohammed it's not bad it thinks about
self but it could be transformed it
could be it could be it could be two
things which we'll learn later in depth
it could be basically restrained and it
can also be transformed but in order to
restrain it in order to transform it yes
know what it is so the goal of today's
class was to identify at least the
second half of the class what the animal
soul is and therefore once you know what
the animal soul is now it's very easy
you know what you're going to either
restrain from allowing it to take over
and cause you to be angry and angry or
arrogant to just indulge in the
materialistic things or to just to talk
gossip or just to be lazy but more
importantly now you know what it is and
that goal is to take out the good in it
and bring it into the world of holiness
and now you've created so to speak of
profit which it sounded can't do because
atonic has no animal soul sound like
bottom line is he's wonderful godly but
he can't profit he doesn't he doesn't an
animal's soul to do business with we
have an animal soul to do business with
that means when you're doing business
you can lose money when you do business
and you can create a profit or you can
stay flight our goal is to create a
product take that animal soul and and
profit from it and take all that
powerful energy and bring it into the
world of God and godliness so that's
more or less the journey into the world
of the animal soul and this gives us
really now bringing back full circle a
glimpse of the life of the baby the life
of the bandoneon one hand has his
powerful godly soul that wants to
express itself in thought speech and
action and does but also has the
urghhh from the animal soul but never
actually actualize it and thought speech
and action but here comes the main thing
once you know what the animal souls
could we go in first is restraint it and
then most importantly transforming that
it should want God and godliness and now
you created a real profit