Tanya By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Chapter 14 - "The Beinoni" - Everyone can be a "Beinoni"

starting tonight chapter 14 hebert's called periodontal of tanya and as we point out every single week that because it's tanya the foundational mysticism every chapter happens to be a strong foundation in Hasidic philosophy and this week dollar makes a revolutionary statement an empowering statement because we learned all about you know the topic righteous person Russia the Boehner knee and as we've been studying the last couple of weeks to lie to the boehner needs a pretty high level pretty high level but as high as level is high welcome come as high as the level is the author makes a statement in the opening of this week's chapter 14 / kadhal and he says that the day noni as the scribe before we define the definition of a knee every single person could be a beta me okay wow so what that is doing is two things first of all it's telling you the bar is not too high everyone can reach it but it's more important empowering you could be a banner knee it's not like it's not like we're asking you you know to climb the tallest the mountain in the world right is something which everyone could be on mainly so in other words but how can everyone be a Ben Oni so the author explains ignis because as we discussed before what is a Boehner e ab anally is somebody that in thought speech an action he does everything that he's supposed to and he doesn't do anything that he's not supposed to in other words like this let's start from the front from start from the actions we'll work our way up in action wise he does all the midst felt 248 positive its vote he does not transgress any of the 365 nega- Commandments now that's a pretty high level but the outlook let's first to find what it is and then we'll see why the all trevor says everybody could be and should be at least a veiny so every obey so you are saying is that in action we can fulfill every one of the 248 Commandments and think about them that means studying Torah always that means loving God that means being happy that means fulfilling you know kashrut Shabbat and so on all all Commandments yes it must be consistent and there is the a stick absolutely how about that good very good and in the negative the 360 are negative Clemens you don't just transgress any they say oh my gosh so how's that gonna work well so see how the other says how it's very simple in speech you thought you basically speak positively kindly sensitively compassionately etc zero anger zero criticism zero hatred full of faith and so on and so forth speeches first class your thought which you're thinking always all your thoughts are holy happy you're not thinking got rid of any sin because you think um continuously you know we're said the first thought of us in that's you know if it came like just came in it's okay like the pop-up sign it popped in but to dwell on it that's a problem but in thought you're a hundred percent complete and this the October says everyone can do that now it's a heart I mean if you think about it let's be honest to be able to fulfill all the commandments in thought speech and action all 613 commandments have a relationship with God constantly and consistently the other sounds very simple so he doesn't just put it out and keep you hanging he gives you very very practical and a certain way very simple literally not a hard way to do it a very very simple way to be able to be a beanie anything like this and by way of introduction the algebra says that there's something which is called which is the fire behind any relationship what's the fire behind any relationship the fire behind any relationship is a four letter words what's the four letter word love and by the in here it's also four letters ahava so it the fire behind any relationship now between husband and wife parent and child friends you know associates neighbors for sure obviously between us and God what's the fire between any relationship is love if the love is there the relationship rest interval the greater the love is the greater the love is the greater the relationship ends the greater you love somebody you can want to do what they were what they ask you to you going even knew more than they asked you to because the love is strong so the altiris says that in love he quantifies and again as many but for this conversation quantify three levels of love I'll tell you in Hebrew and I'll translate the levels one level is something which is called ahava missu terrace ave amines love miss sue terrace means that it's hidden what does that mean that means that it's almost like an only in Florida but makes me has gas ranges but I mean electric in New York everyone has gas right has gas work when you turn the gas on you know you guys there but there's a little pilot that's burning all your doings you opening the valve higher and the more gas comes in and therefore you ought to have you know a nice flame you can cook right but when you shut off the gas and you really shut it off no because in pilots the burning it does we even we'd still call shut off right your so called the turn off some days I don't know it yet turn off Fallon off pilots burning so another what does that mean because in order for you to light the fire next time if the pilots not burning you're not getting a fire so that's so that pilot is called analogy the Ahava mr. Terris that hidden loves that we each have forgot that love doesn't go away just like the pilot doesn't go out because the pilot goes out now you're really in trouble hey you can have gas smelling in the house you have to relight it and so on and so forth but the point is that love does not go away each and every one of us have something which is called a hidden love Oh God what does that mean practically it means two things number one it means obviously son of fiery love it's not it's not you know inflamed so that's fine but it means that it's something which should never go out and doesn't go out i think i need this just call the pintle you'd write that little pintle you'd or the you know the essence of the soul that's always there so that levels called what album mr. Terris will talk about the other two will come back and talk about each one what's the second level which is called other a love karish ph what's Karama means love here if a is like a big fire that's burning so once you put the pilot on once you put note the pilots always on once you ignite the flame all of a sudden while you have a nice fire and you can cook a pot of soup or a pot of pasta whatever you cook it right so what's abacus ph that's ready when the love that you have in our context for God is on fire likes where do you see that where would you see somebody's love is on fire passionate but where do you see that where does it play out think about it God when you're dominating when you pray so when you're praying when you're praying that fire went from a little pilot and that awakes in your Dominic right think about it when you dive in yet standing we're looking at a computer another robot you get excited about the opening that's cold you went from Alvin mr. terrorists into the Albuquerque VA's now what happens after davening shuts down you go back to albums and tears you go back to the oven al-bakr space no it's a real fire and definitely some people aren't if you notice people mean when they pray they chuckle maybe they hid shaking because it's hot so it's they're moving because it's not right Barmes after the Gotham they stopped they only then I become don't become dead but they come almost it on a spiritual level why because the Fighting Irish face went down he went back down mr. Harris that's the second level what's the third level the third level is called ahava beaten Logan loves of the lights kinda cut some pleasure now what's the what does that mean when you have a Bakr is Mahesh basically it's on fire because the heavy gas but then but that doesn't last that long why because you how much can you get counseling point but I've seen Albert a new game is it's not mr. such tiny it's not abacus rage but it dies thank you it's not an afterglow it's basically the love that's fueled the love that's fueled by a I don't use word intense concern intense but but a heavy not really some really heavy beats life but it's a light energy of pleasure in God so if you have this tremendous passionate pleasure with God you think about God you feel God and everything you're grateful you're grateful some garlic when you when you think about how grateful you are that ignites advocate on yoga because wow you know you're very appreciative you very grateful a car is at all right you recognize all the good things of God to get to you now that when you get to a level of Alberta no game that doesn't go down because if you're grateful it's like a mindset my seem hearts go up and down mindset is even keel so if you're able to basically really get that perspective and have that switch in your brain and realize oh my gosh sorry for them I'm everything I need God takes care of everything I need I have joy have happiness whatever you list in your bucket list of items to be grateful for that's peaceful surreal serene and that lasts you throughout your day that's something which is called Albert I know them and that's a very high level as you can tell ok so the optimist of like this someone that is on the level of Arabic I know given Wow he will consistently and constantly be in tremendous love love with God and because he's in love with God he will automatically do all the midst vote he will not transgress thought speech in action etc constantly someone that's a Baku eh very simple when the fire is going he's going the fire goes down he's down now so what's the album's of Harris let's get back to the point the authors say that any person at any moment could be constantly a Ben Oni which means thought speech and action how do you do that right when we all do that we know how to do it tomw a simple answer very simple you have a conversation with yourself your animals all say listen you know what the last thing I have left I'm not a puppet on yogam I don't have this summer you know that Malik sabe get where i'm like i love God every single second I'm not on fire right now because I'm not babbling right now I'm not praying right now I didn't pray in a while so the effective didn't last but I do have one thing I have left is what that little pilot and we called it I have a mr. Terris that hidden love that we have now what happens of God's will be the pilot goes out it's over how can you make it how can you cook anything there's no with the drawer from there's no fire to draw from so as as sometimes as disconnected as we are I don't usually cook is really never disconnect but sometimes as as we feel disconnect maybe we don't not really disconnect we feel disconnected we never want that pilot to go out that's why someone that could be non religious at all comes Yom Kippur once a year I'm going to show why what happened the whole year because it's Yom Kippur why because yom kippur zayday is my pilot honor my pilot off at four sure it's on so I'm going to shul well you tell it you know you tell the truth at zero connection to Judaism are you willing to accept Christianity absolutely not whoa you don't behave like a drew and the answer is no I'm not giving up my Judaism you know I'm willing to you know like I certainly be like gamblers a little bit you know willing to gamble this that the other thing but I'm not willing to you know to be homeless right I'm not willing to be without without its ol so that I'm with a parasite I want so therefore the algebra says you tell yourself very simple I do not want that pilot out ever there I never want the pilot out now what happens when you do not do a mitzvah or you do something counter to godliness in thought speech in action what are you doing at that moment well look in the big picture that moment you're putting out the pilot the pilot is that makes a statement I'm connected to God it might not be passionately about it I'm actually excited about God but I'm committed I have a connection with God I don't want to create I don't want to lose that disconnect shipping into the animals so in other words the simple messages I do not want to be disconnected and therefore my thoughts I know I'm not excited I'm intrude I I maybe I'm not sorry whatever maybe I'm not the imac you know I don't feel God maybe every moment of my day but one thing I do know for sure I don't be disconnected and because I don't want to be connected no I'm not I'm thought I'm going to think only positive things and good things and so on and so forth speech only good only appropriate things action only the right things never got Richard stress why because I won't be disconnected so the ottawa says so how can people do sin if it's so simple to say hey when you sing you disconnect that was very simple because they don't realize the getting disconnected the person realized that when he didn't do a mitzvah or he did the opportunity disconnected we never do it he just doesn't realize and that probably hates a hores ploy to make you think that you're not disconnected when a person was able to see with his eyes there by not doing a mitzvah you're disconnecting with God would you disconnect with God I tell you hey if you don't do this many disconnecting or God right or by doing this you'll have a better connection to God so show you're going to do it the problem is we don't we're missing that connection so in other words when a person wants to be of a nanny and a person could be a bandage very simple say to yourself I don't want to be disconnected and by god forbid not having my thoughts all for God or my speech my action this guy think I don't want to do it and this way the opposite is very simple you will always be able to be connected to God by thought speech acts therefore every single person could be what could be obeying me now that's great so that's the case everywhere is going to be mainly why can't every person be a topic it's the same philosophy why can't be personally atomic so here doctor says and it's an interesting thing he goes in this explaining we're gonna jump now from avila so terrace is what that keeps you at bay at least thought speech and action right so what's the difference between a Boehner Nina topic if you ready came so far thought speech and actually doing everything so what's the what's the disconnect between you reaching the baneling in the topic and hear that remains a very fine but an important distinction he says like this that a Saavik is somebody that what kind of love for God's you have he has at we call it a verb return again it's a love a pleasure he enjoys that love for God now the Bimini where's his connection with God thought speech in action which is basically what's thought speech in action what do we go over what we call thought speech and action in the world cup world in the world of Kabbalah garments garments so in the Bailey puts on a nice suit everyday might not have taking a shower when he puts on a nice suit and I certain a nice high right you might smell underneath they didn't take a shower for a week sewing and I suit my shirt and tie right thoughts beach in action I do all the Mets vote I do everything Watney take a shower here's what feel like he's dirty I'm talking spiritually who knows what does that mean the Bailey is emotionally not inspired but he knows he does want to be disconnected she emotionally the differences that Bailey is emotionally not inspired he only has a little pilot he doesn't have like the topic was where his heart is on fire for God or as hard has this tremendous love relationship with God pleasure his heart is dull but thought speech in action he's there one hundred percent at sabic on the other hand his heart is on fire besides the fact that thought speech and action he does exactly the vein early the difference is his heart is every single moment singing now and felling of the fact that he feels God and everything that he does and he sees God and he only wants a relationship with God the baining doesn't have that too because the Bing doesn't have that guess one that he's not a topic now comes along after everything I've ever says why can he develop that what can you develop that what can you develop that huh I born like I could sonic sonic so so it's oh so it's interesting it's interesting it's interesting um why can't I can't I can eat why can you bind that maybe they sell it like in publix you know I think somehow that would be nice right we don't buy but the optimist is very simple because in order to develop a verbal tiny noggin the highest level of love it requires two qualities two qualities one is you have to have a love for God but like not a love for God again that's from the from the hidden or love a fire a love that's really really an enjoyable love for God you literally enjoy spending time with God you really enjoy doing every single Mitzvah you really enjoy praying you really enjoy meditating knows if you're doing it and you don't enjoy it straight keep on doing it at least you're in the bay ninny zone I mean listen I drop we the bar we're stopping at bathing we're not going to rush the world so if you're doing it you're not enjoying it fine keep on doing it I'm okay with you it's not bad don't get me wrong but the problem is you're lacking the joy you're not because you're not enjoying it you're bein me right now so that sonic has two things one is he really really enjoys for example type a silence coming right matzoh so there's two reasons why you can eat matza why don't you can be a more simple drew it doesn't at all yet the announcer no problem i take them months i make the bus guy unit what was it tastes like monsters all it was no I topic is oh my gosh I am how having opportunity to have this loving relationship with God through this cracker right through the smarts of that meeting that tastes like I don't care what tastes like but I just know God want me to eat it and I love it I'm literally just like you're eating and eat animal you got seen guys really like a steak or sushi or I don't some ice cream or chocolate bar right and eating monster that has zero taste I mean zero I mean that you think has taste obviously you from a different world right so you think so you sit but the topic is oh my gosh you don't know this tastes like this is food from God because only reason I'm eating is why because it tastes good no immediate because God told me to and because God told me to eat this monster guess what it tastes delicious not delicious what you're thinking of like a sugary taste it's probably good for you but a delicious taste that's given me a relationship with God and take any Mitzvah take for example you get up every single day and if you're Marilyn see you put on tefillin let's say a woman every week you like the Chavez candles right you do week in week out thing and they have after what becomes like okay what's my cycle becomes a routine and you're like dude half a sleep you did it here except no no it's not like every time he does it oh my gosh I'm like one with God that looks like a relationship I'm through it just like you would be witnessed like you listen when you win the lottery right you're ecstatic every time atomic puts on Philly no kisses the mezuzah or each culture he is the same way as the first time you won the lottery why it's never attained never routine because he loves God not in the level of love he has pleasure he has tremendous Tynan from that now what happens when you have that tremendous tyne ugh and here think about this so it has we sell italic as two things one is he has a tremendous pleasure with God oh my gosh i'm eating a matzo second thing is and this will show how strong your pleasure for God is almost like a seesaw what happens if you walk into your house or let's say a synagogue on Passover and all this thing you give a look it's like a little piece of comets in the floor okay look someone left a piece of Halla on the floor so if you're Russia okay hey where's breakfast right okay but if you're a baby if you're a baneling ok it's comics all right right it's someplace I hit if you're if you're if you if you're a B&E okay so Thomas we gotta what's the technical lord we cover it up do we burn it i mean pending over there is i would put whatever this is a lot of kids right the sonic is repulsed by it he can literally and the stories of telling him that they would get sick so you have to see something which is forbidden if to realize what is it but he hasn't looking she's a power he's piece of how on the floor he sees something which God forbade for these eight days there's a week before a week later oh my gosh it's colorful sabes right but during these eight days what he sees is something which really shouldn't exist how does it exist that this is a going against God's will bahamas the fact that it's alive and in a Jewish home right the belongs to drew possibly that telling which bothers him so knows his pleasure for God is so great that anything which is not in line with God's will he despises us I need litter is that affect you like that then you're at Sonic thank you thank you thank you thank you okay so in other words the topic does two things are the topic one is he he loves everything God loves God loves it he loves it he enjoys it yes pleasure from it and be anything which God doesn't love or doesn't want he can't not hate as hatred it's like disgusting daily it's like the Scott for example in give you an example let's say um let's say oh you know you you're not so careful with cleanliness in your house right hey whatever it looks like the looks like right present company excluded right yes as always topsy-turvy not sound about full okay whatever the story is right and you invited to someone's house for dinner and you get your star brite shower you put a nice clothing and you come to the person's house the person's house a mess okay so what I came from massive guarding Tammis right nothing in the world what happens if you and your house is not a speck on the floor it's clean from top to bottom you spend hours personally you get enjoyment me having a clean house listen gobbling is coming as apparently go together etc and hit you invite the somas house and you take a shower and get dressed for a nice clothing and you come to the person's house and the place is dirty and it smells you're repulsed by it why not because your post about that person it's not about the other person just you to you cleanliness is so important and if you're in a place which is really really dirty and spell each bothers you a lot right it's a sailing with atomic because he loves gone yet pleasure when God is reality in God's respect that anything which is like disrespect to God it borrows the tonic now where does that all take place in what world in the head no in the heart literally is hard this filled with tremendous love for God and he can't send anything which is not godly to someone let's say for example makes fun of God and godliness and a religion and and a ritual it bothers him why because what do you mean want you respect God I mean right but there is something which the SAVAK basically has developed either born that way either born that way or developed in his heart now the reality is that's atomic a Beynon e knows this level of I've obtained yogam and Moyes / ah either you know you have a love and you pleasure in God and you despise evil you either have that in your heart you don't have it so it's isaac has it either he's born with it or he earned it well he got it a gift remote from God debating doesn't have it by definition the bane in his heart you know it didn't snap yet he's in love with god and he has tremendous pleasure for God he's basically a foot soldier pretty good one thought speech and actions pretty intense and it's pretty good that's great it's actually great it's not I mean something to laugh from I mean it's pretty pretty scoring pretty high because that's in his power to do in your heart it's not in your power you know it's for example if you're born with like with a high IQ and someone is born with a low IQ it's not it's not a competition one was more and better IQ ones weren't worse doesn't mean the one that has a lower like you can't work on himself okay so this is something that what it sounds like either was born with to the receipts it now could have been me be in that level no so therefore we don't demand the fan but here comes out when he says hold on a second we know when a person is born before persons born they come to me they say my dear soul you're leaving your mother's womb in your mother's womb right you were neshama the angel was teaching the Torah from morning to the night you had no distractions you didn't see any anything which is counter to godliness you like living like Anna bubble literally a bubble right and now you're going after this world oh my gosh you're in for a treat you're gonna see things which aren't necessarily holy ungodly and the fact is you you're not wearing blinders you see things you know the popups come in now so therefore we're concerned that you should be sick we want you to be successful so before the soul comes into the world the angel tells them my dear friend we're gonna make you make a swear an oath what's the oath that you're gonna make to heat sabic you're gonna be a righteous man but I'll to Iran you're not going to be wicked there so the altar asks a question hold on a second what did we just finish learning to be at sonic could you be at sonic just like this or you either born with it or it's a very high level so I can you tell a guy here making you up make a note that you're gonna be at sabic either you're gonna be a topic so gimme gimme make me that robot of a topic i'll be at sonic but don't tell me you're not gonna be that hard that's on fire for God that you wanted to be a topic you yourself out gonna decide doesn't work so what does it mean the algebra says that's just two things point number one is he says really we would like you to be a topic it was really we'd likely to be a topic but at least don't be a Russia walk is that you do it the power the second half of the old you have the power you have the power one hundred percent not to be a Russia what does that mean we know in two ways one is in Heroes Laden he brought translate sir mera and assay told every person has the power like the beta need to simmer I mean stay away from evil you hear gossip you can walk away you think you're doing a sin pop up came in i'm walking away you have the power to walk put aside the power to walk that keeps you away from evil you also the power to ask 80 to do good to do mitzvah to pray and to think etc all that good stuff but that keeps sooo not to be a Russia it keeps you in the bay ninny zone so batter goes back to question but still so what does it mean we're telling you good wishes a good which is why you teasing me but can't be at sonic it's gonna be depressing come back enough to get there so the author says that the reason we tell you to eat Annika the truth is in the sense the way you can snap to be atopic no you can't snatch me it's odd either a topic or not however even though your heart is not on fire doesn't have that level of tender game but nevertheless the author becomes low and he tells us there's something which is called her goal NASA tether important three words her goal NASA tab what does that mean that when a person behaves in a certain way and he continues to behave consistently in that way eventually overcome his nature that means like this let's say as we said before a bein in the thoughts featuring action he's doing great he's not a roster he's a baneling but he's not excited cuz the heart is on fire now what we say the topic was two parts one is to be moist for ah he hates evil he's disgusted with evil and he loves God right so the optimist says that the cause is a concert which is called her go nuts whatever a person can train him sell a person can train himself that when he sees something which is counter to godliness even though he's not really as hard as not saying hey this is terrible but you can change sup to say you know this is a terrible right do I really feel it no but I know it's terrible because we know the mitts vote we know the the positive and we don't negative so you can say this if this is not right you know here correct you know what you hear you you don't have it here so when you keep on saying after you here and somehow some of it flies down into your heart so as long as you continually and consistently say listen is wrong and this is great right that I have to god that gave me all these meds phones you trying to get yourself fired up so doctor says it's something which is called Kabbalah called hair girl master devil I think in modern psychology you know what is called positive affirmations that's what a cold they got it from tiny by the way absolutely you know it's all that money to waste on terror I could have got it right here and Tanya but Harold NASA destruct know the route is her go last ever you train yourself and eventually it will become nature eventually will become nature overcome as always you continually and consistently train yourself guess what eventually become nature legolas whatever so therefore the command of T topic is not that you should snap and feel it no you're not going to feel it but the command is train yourself to get excited in a positive way about godliness and tend to be to be disgusted from the evil that is one part of why we call them to each other the other thing Delta resistance another major Kabbalistic inside and that goes like this there's a term in Kabbalah it says ISA Russa delicato which means an awakening from below my ear air wakes up honest aroosa an awakening delaila from above what does that mean means doctor explains are very simple let's say a person his cards for life you know everyone given a set of cards his cards he's meant to be naquan daryl is mainly point dr. Robert everyone could be a baby it means this card you gonna come to be a pain what does that mean thought speech and action you can take full control over and there's no excuse from that because you could you can be in charge of you thought speech and action even if you don't believe it because it's only thoughts feature is only a suit you can wear a nice suit you can put on a uniform few down the mood you put it on but we're in your heart you won't give it a hard to feel God or to be disgusted by bad so the altima said it's something which is called this is total caca when a person says themself oh my gosh god I really want to be able to feel god I really want to be discussed with evil and you really beg God through prayer or through meditation and say God listen I need you to help me with this and you really sincere about it so we know that there's nothing that stops the way a prayer prayer has the power to draw down new light a new energy the social type that means when you pray when you yearn when you when you when you beseech God to help you all of a sudden guess what he throws you a nice beautiful gift so what does he tell you doctor says that he throws you down the from in the neshamah we know those five levels nefesh Rakesh Sharma hayashida right so nefesh is the the action Andrew as the speech and shamans the thought many different levels but the point is author says that we thought they'd throw down to this man Ernie to this human being that basically begged God to give him like the wind of exotic wind is Right Ruach he he gets draws down into his spiritual psyche the Ruach of atomic so now within him he what did he just received as a gift from above the roof the neshamah write the energy of a tonic so now even though he looked to begin with his cards only had he only had been me cards guess what they threw my cards a free card it's how the cards and now all the sudden because he really prayed for it he got it he got this extra card and now his heart is going to be singing and dancing for what Oh God to have this pleasure with God and everything and to be disgusted by something which is negative and then I'm about to have true joy treal droid with God could you imagine from the morning to the night and every because everything's in the morning tonight even by night when you're sleeping or anything you're doing is really godly if it's praying toe study much vote if you're working you're really working in God's world right what are you doing that's not really God so could you imagine if you can be you can develop your heart to be like a topic that literally feels the pleasure and the joy that God being with you from the morning to the night and then throughout the night as well how you gonna feel oh my gosh what wonderful beyond wonderful ecstatic except you can have that by what two ways hair go nuts whatever just you know be consistent about it train yourself to say it even though you don't feel it yet and pray to God God should give it you and God will give it to you so in other words this chapter atmos Lee I think a very very important chapter first of all it sets the tone is to recap that every single person could be a beanie sort speech in action how very simple say let's not wanna be disconnected by God forbid you know cutting the any of the thoughts feature natch I'm literally this can I think might I won't do that also it establishes a fact listen sonic is definitely a whole different level of a soul that ability doesn't have because that's really at the heart but by training ourselves and consistently wanting that loves a pleasure with God and to have trill joy for God and to be disgusted with eat with evil we're able to awaken a brand new energy to come down from heaven and we can all receive a beautiful gift the gift of what of a ruler of its adik and then what happens is it's literally a different set of eyes it makes literally different set of eyes and the point of those making is we can all achieve it and receive it so why don't we go for it starting on our Pesach right the holiday of freedom with the breakthrough whatever level where at what does freedom mean simply whatever level you're at because freedom for one freedom is not the same to each person conceptually told the same but freeing yourself when you're at but where I'm at Nerat that's what everyone is in a different level so we have to break through an honor Pesach have to break through some levels here experience real freedom allow ourselves to obviously be sure with that tuna me a question right thought speech and action level of inebriation we pray and we should try to bring within us the work of a topic and we should have real love and love that's based on draw a pleasure and joy for God and will experience real freedom