Tanya #18 Meditation requires Focus and Concentration - Emotional Fantasies - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

we're learning not Tanya we're on page today we're going to learn more of the text because yesterday we had a very long explanation about the outer that was saying here that the Seiko of the nephew Shirley kiss which you calls here nephecha masquelis when it's Miss blainen um this on the sixth line to the top when it contemplates and reflects and delves deeply into the greatness of Hashem and how does it come how does it seek doulas Hashem and he says three things by being was born and I'm a mother called element and yesterday those that didn't hear the sheer I think it would be worthwhile to hear it at length I explained quite a bit about that yesterday let's continue now line number seven the third word what happens when you do this his abundance no that means it gives birth I've been decided or and it awakens meet us the meter the quality of awesomeness of exaltation about God in your mind your mind is awesome your mind is is alarmed how awesome God is and in your thought when you have that neither that's noted and notice Avi it doesn't say that it's born it says first there needs to be this intellectual awareness this is awesome before you can really feel it in the heart that's why Dr Debbie says first the result being to fear ulis voices or to Revere all these places and to be embarrassed from the word busha mcdullah say his body from God's greatness that has no end it has no end what do we mean here available with his voice you know many times people interpret and explain as guilt and and when as soon as you go into that English word guilt it becomes a negative connotation the way I was taught by rabbiel and my other teachers is reverence reverence in other words I am embarrassed because there is reverence presence present remember the story I told you again I'm laying in my bed and uh someone uh uh in 749 across 770 this is when I was above her 20 21 22. and AAA artist is uh his name is Landau I remember is standing outside of the room we had a narrow the corridor facing the door and it's like an emergency door and he's saying Michelle Amita and I'm now in my bed trying to fall asleep and I I think to myself look how he is doing a husband on that fish thinking about his day thinking about Hashem thinking about all that and I'm I said Shimano yes but I didn't do What's called the afraid of klish Michelle Amita right and he and he was engaged in it and I was embarrassed why was I embarrassed like you know both Yeshiva students we both are involved in the rep in in the able State and the rappers and we all you know we're part of the same group and um and here he is on the right page and I'm just you know I did a quick one two three and I'm now in my bed trying to fall asleep that's called Boucher it's not guilt guilt is negative guilt it's not guilt it's push of what of reverence in other words this individual at that time was in a revered state and and and and I had this positive embarrassment which is a springboard to get me the next night to hopefully say Krishna with more kavana so using that as an example employs the word here and Tanya literally he left why doesn't he just say leader oh why doesn't just say these places so Lena we understand to have fear fear meaning respect God is so awesome God is so mighty but Liz by Chase is even more so that this intellectual thought this idea that you understand with your cup with your mother that Hashem it it makes you feel so embarrassed and insignificant and therefore not to give up but to say how lucky I am that I'm part of this system and how am I going to become better that's what the outlet says here without saying all these words then he says now he talks about Jonas said not just let it Beijing a mind exercise it also this is abundance this reflection in the mouth is leads not only to an intellectual awareness but also to an emotional awareness and that's what it says now it leads to the fear the tremble of God Believe by in the person's heart what happens when you have this feeling not only in the cup not only the head but also believer he says the altered the shoe of yes and and after and the result being the shoe yes your heart will be oh catch on fire like a flame of fire with intense love can you speak each like the love like the fire of of of of Colts the shaker beneficial cake that's four different words expressing the same thing but the Rebel's father I believe already has commentary and not that I'm not going into that shake them his desire and have faith in his desire and shukum is desire for never shall take up and a soul that desires say you know why does he need four we'll leave it for another time but just the idea being that this yes Hillary I'm wondering I don't remember the exact question but I've seen inspiring before that that the the medrish learns out the the proper uh sequence of emotions for years Hashem from the levels of Desire that um uh that uh the what's what it was his name again had for Dina uh uh uh right so I'm wondering if these are the terms that he's echoing I I have to see the mattress if you could send me a reference to the measure she'll send me a link I'll I'll check I I don't know oh you mean you mean in the in the Torah in the in the Torah yeah no no no it does it doesn't you it doesn't you in the tire it doesn't use all these four maybe it uses a a symbol three I remember of these exact three words I don't know I don't remember those uh fan I'm just yeah okay it it it's it's a nice a nice it measure state it sounds like a beautiful measures but if you have access to send it send it to us okay so anyway the point being the point being that vesuvi slav liebly the the result of this his abundance of this meditation and contemplation will be not only that it'll bring to intellectual awareness of God's awesomeness but it'll also impact the heart the heart will have now a fiery love for our ship and how does that come up from through these abundance if you don't have the his abundance you won't have this issue here you might have other issues in other words what I've just now added was this doesn't exclude the fact that someone could go right from Soul into heart yeah if someone feels their soul then shama it can give you this uh adrenaline boost right to the heart we have a heart palpitation of love for Hashem thus can sign that could be but that's an exception here we're talking about the the order of of the progressive order of how things work in a normal way his abundance reflection meditation contemplation impacts the Maya and then impacts the heart that's the that's the norm let's continue not the out that episode something astonishing the Doula says this desire of the heart will be to the greatness of the of God's Infinity this feeling that I'm talking about of heart palpitations of in that we're discussing here this is what I what we call Extinction cessation of the Soul clothanephis where the nephesh wants to and Yiddish we say the word velve ice game is kite to to dissolve completely into godliness now it's important to understand about also is telling us here and this is a very important place on Netflix is not what most people think it is and what most people you know even intellectually and even emotionally and even practically okay comes he says and again can you have can a person have Clay something that fish directly from the nashama from the nephesh yes but usually it doesn't work that way you're interested so we talk about place on their fish that like the famous word of the outer River I don't want this and I don't want this I just want you you you you place on their fish Avi this place on Netflix does does Dr Pepper says here comes from his bonanus when you miss brain it in my list and you and you might make die to it the impact of which can it can lead a person not only to an intellectual awareness but to an emotional awareness to the point where all you want is to be with Hashem and nothing else and that's cool place on Netflix and also my soul cease to be had coincidence that came as a result of kissify Yearning Desiring longing fix even it says someone actually came my soul thirst for you God victim in the third person I think the devil's father also has commentary here why doubted every users need three sukin what would be wrong with one but but for now uh the the three suken point to the idea of Simone I'm thirsty not some enough she really came you haven't eaten all day Abby at the end of the day you're hungry you're thirsty says I have the same first if I don't feel you Hashem I'm thirsty because my entire being is focused on you and only you and if I feel I'm missing you I'm thirsty continue but where does this thirst come from it comes from the element of fire shall beneficially kiss remember we learned at the end of chapter one everything's made of the four elements and this and there's fire so the altariba says Now The Godly Soul has also four elements and the element of Fire Within The Godly snow Soul results in what in thirst in spiritual thirst for God that is the element of age a fire within an official case of commercial activium and as the scientists those that have to be refers to like scientists so it's also in the capital that what what does it says that the foundation of fire who believe it's in the head in the in the heart in the heart they also say um the source for water and moisture that comes from the brain what is it saying that the idea of moisture upon the brain is the level penis of cold water it's cold passive it's it's water cold fire is in the heart shall beneficially kiss and this is what we call the Mayim Shepherd in that facilities so what do we have here we have the eight seven beneficial the fire which is the heart feeling for God and then we have also what vowel the Maya feeling for God the intellectual which is the which is the Mayim the water aspect the element says what about all other Midas referring to network and hoi inside all the other meters and pain and Fae you know they are the branches The Offspring of this or and this love the told the Sam and their offspring commission as it's explained elsewhere the after that doesn't explain here how that is but basically there is which is Ava Kura which is Europe and dash is going to talk about in a moment right because Victory endurance stamina I told you and I remind you of the Great Book the 10 keys to understanding by Rabbi Mathis Cantor which explains these things in an excellent wonderful way and it's something that you really should get hold of we used to have a few copies and then when we had the uh the sheer and the base in the in the show and I don't know maybe uh someone emotion knows or someone knows where they are but it's a very good book to buy it's not expensive I think a horse has it 10 keys to understanding from Rabbi matus Cantor he he explains the tense spheroes how they are in psychological terms and it's it's it's it's a very important work and I know him personally he's a very bright man and understands to see this well Nino so it's a it's a legitimate work that you could rely on now the antonym says let's go back to the third element of the mind which we didn't talk about until now which is really you need the icker ikrim it's the main thing of the three that again Loosely translated as knowledge but I like the translation of to concentrate to focus and I'll tell you why because what we're going to learn right now let's see comes based on the verse and Adam knew Eve what do you mean he knew her of course he knew her it means he lived with her physically he had relations with her and the title uses the word he knew her you know why dictator uses the word Yoda Russian is cashless it means he bowed bound himself he tied himself he he connected himself he is he connected himself to khaba to Eve yes Jamie what's the difference between a scotius and his covers we're gonna leave that for another time a good question uh but I I want to continue now I hope hopefully we'll get back to it okay so Lynnette the the this that look without the never says it doesn't section it's a process of the Mind Das is concentration of focus within the mind not within the heart every word here is exact and precise because he binds you he connects daity his mind with a question amits a strong cachet a strong knot and very tight and strong then down to the edge that's number one number two the yes he inserts his Mark shaft his mind by hezek with potency with strength in what because and this means he focuses and concentrates he concentrates on this thing concentration is not now listen to this you listen because you concentration is not understanding something better no that's BINA being us to understand help us to create what is that to concentrate to focus in other words he will in the mode of Das it's not about I understand but more of the is the item that I'm thinking about and learning about and I understand it better that's wrong that's not us concentration and focus it's like I was sitting on the couch yesterday and I'm saying to myself what am I doing now I wasn't learning and I wasn't on you know working and I was just sitting and thinking and I said oh this is a good time to concentrate on something that I was learning about and was thinking about to let it seep in and let it overtake me intellectually Das and that's it's it's heavy mind work focused mind work within Das and and maybe yes he will go ahead I remember once in a tape from uh Rabbi wine he was talking about the katsuka Reba and somebody asked them why do all these people come to you and his answer which I thought was just fascinating he says I sometimes have the capacity to concentrate my mind on a single problem for several hours at a time that's his ancestors yeah so I think that's a good illustration of what we're talking about right right right okay and doubt that episode means you have to insert it you have to proactively insert your mind in the process of concentration in what the Doula says not on pizza and butter and and you know Golf and whatever else and your kids it's all very good things but that's not what we're talking about developing an awesomeness for goggles Hashem and a feeling for God that you have to concentrate on God's Hashem foreign the next thing is there should be no hesach which means in English diversion of thought and mind and you know how hard this is so when Hill will you tell me a story of the consequent doing it for a few hours he was a serious person and a big Sadiq I'm sure he was my he wasn't masier and I I'll never forget this when I read it the first time Rebel Salman garari Israel he writes that the either the Frida care about the lab I forget which one told him that when you're at the aisle of of one of one of the Baba should obey him and I would say probably any Sadiq but that he's talking about one of their abeian you have to have the singing and if you and if you're masier he tells him go out now I don't want I I I I'm not giving a ruling people should do this okay because I don't think we're at that level today that if I lose and divert my attention standing at the oil and my cell phone rings or my kid nags me or I go into La La Land I should run out okay we're not there today but if individually a person feels that they're they're not emotionally ready to experience the the awesomeness of of standing you know with biasadic there is the singing I'm just I'm just sharing with you and that ruling that you shouldn't you should run out of the oil you go to the shipment and all that Runner or abnachman wherever you go hey I'm you know I thousands of people go to abnachmen and how many people are able to not be masir does I I'm just saying you know yeah yes you wanted to say something oh yeah when I was by the oil last time so I was with my kids and my wife and literally kids wouldn't want to leave they were in literally in the oil proper for four hours dominant and I was like I gotta get out of here already it was like four hours and it was my kids my kids are not so old and I I remember I remember what you're saying now to all of us I remember you wrote to me that we were in the oil all day like you know for hours it was still Shabbos you barely made it I got a ticket because I was running back to the five towns before shops I got a ticket okay let's go here avram in other words don't expect to have heart palpitations for God if you avert your attention it don't work that way you know okay the option and Doctor number says even if someone is creative he has coffee then nothing and he has been understanding in God's greatness if he won't connect his mind and insert his mashava because it with strength of US mother and diligence he will not have a true feeling of awe and love in his heart and boy do we have much of this fantasies wishful thinking oh I felt God this morning oh unbelievable that's what he says here so in other words Dr EP is very clear in a recipe in a guide for a proper meditation to develop an authentic real experience which is called I understand I'm moved by God I'm owed by God and I love God and it comes through that let's continue I want to finish volcano therefore it's not it's not peanut it's specifically that's the focus and concentration that we're talking about in God's greatness that sustains the emotions as they continue being emotions it is their vitality those emotions include kindness generosity and and and Justice and and Buddha Peters this also includes abav or Advantage branches and and all in its branches so basically if someone asks today I feel very generous today I feel very uh respectful and tomorrow I don't why because there's a breakdown in your Das as soon as you lose focus and concentration guess what takes over the eye the yes the behemoth magashmias so naturally you know life takes us where it takes us but when you're in this mode and down to that but doesn't mean that you know hey I you'll say I I don't have time to be Miss binding every day like this I don't have time this is a real mind work and who has the time and who has the emotional ability the point is that once you train yourself in this mode it can it can continue in a way that you will engage in Das in every issue of life you won't be quick to answer you'll be thoughtful you'll think about it and again and again and you'll mull it over and then you'll answer and and and respond and it's a very important work and the outdated says this is the way to get a a a a a true Abba sashem and here is Hashem that will sustaining Buddha so that you will be more generous and more voted when good is necessary that's a holy Buddha that's chapter three of Tanya have a great day everyone yes about a half an hour every day and I'm gonna stick there and close my eyes and for mentally I go through the holy person from from A to Z think about a half an hour every day and on the days that I could do it I close my eyes before darling and I go through it very quickly takes about five minutes to go through it quickly but on a good day I'm about a half an hour I'm able to do the meditations more than half an hour of my card group well listen a half an hour is a lot of time so uh all right I was gonna say you're an inspirational figure yeah if you could do it for half an hour it's color cupboard as we say Kevin have a great day we'll see everyone tomorrow bye bye bye