TBC - Day 17 - 'How can I make G-d happy' - Rabbi Alon Anava | Atzmut.org

[Music] [Applause] [Music] so so i'm sure you heard the famous uh verse from shiro shirim chapter six verse three anile dodi vedodili that's like the bumper sticker for this month and of course everybody throws at you this anil dodi li i'm from my beloved and my beloved is for me now just for a nile dolly video dele i have a few dozen lectures and not only me many great speakers they teach about the concept of vanilla dividing but i want to now touch something that i think is overlooked in many cases usually most people will drives them is their desire to fulfill their own needs that's normal human beings okay the kabbalistic term to that is only the desire for me to take and to receive now i need to i mean the if you need to simplify or to summarize the teachings of kabbalah into one sentence is by saying you have to transform your desire to receive to have a desire to give that's it by this you kind of summarize the concept of what is the teachings of kabbalah and of course it goes much more deeper but the term in hebrew la jafforce only cabel to take my desire my great desire to receive pleasures whatever it is and to transform it and now just to be a giver instead of becoming a receiver becoming a giver if you're able to master that you're really on the right path now when it comes to anil di vidi ling which it's what signifies the power of the month of elul because we mentioned already the month of elul is the month of slickhot and means forgiveness not because we say slickhot every day that's not why it's called the month of it's called the month of the whole because you can achieve the forgiveness very easily in this month so it also calls at the month of mercy the month of because the attribute of mercy shines so you can achieve a lot in the month of elul but what else is shining so to say in the month of the louvre or very low of very easy access is the concept of an illidari video delete what is really the concept behind it that dodi that i give over my desire to get the dodi lee and now the desire of hashem is shining upon me so what i need to start programming in my mind is this anilidodi me too my beloved is that i'm taking all my desire to receive what do i want to receive well i want money and i want a nice wife and i want pleasures every day three times a day i want pleasures i want good food and a comfortable bed and a beautiful wife and right that's most people i want i want i want the gozo calls it have have have is like a dog he barks but have means give me give me and and you can be very observant with a beautiful yamaka and you still want to get pleasures all day long you take this desire and you switch it over where can i give where can i give you when can i give you what can i give you but that's one level of looking at it the next level which is really the ultimate level where you want to reach what can i give the master of the universe where can i cause pleasure or what we call nacha you know pleasure but for the master of the universe not where can i give you that's very nice where can i give the master of the universe so the power of the month of elul is that i give over my desire i don't need money i don't need good food i don't need to pleasure myself here and there with whatever it is i want to give from what i have to the master of the universe now the action by default when i do that right away i have the right vessels to receive the abundance the shepherd that the master of the universe wants to give me so if the master of the universe wants to give me money fame whatever it is a beautiful wife healthy kids health prosperity success now she is going to give it to me whether he wants it or not but if hashem wants to give me something and i don't have the vessels to receive it it's not going to work i need to prepare vessels to receive the abundance from the world above how do i prepare these vessels is by humbling myself by saying i don't want to receive anything from myself i'm taking my son my desire to receive and i'm flipping it over to a motion of giving what can i give and then i'm adding on that the cherry on the top what can i do right now to cause unbelievable pleasure and happiness to the master of the universe now when you're able to do that by default you are creating vessels spiritual vessels to receive the chef of the abundance the blessing that hashem wants to give you so the power of this anil dom dividing it's not some fancy slogan or a bumper sticker or everybody puts it on their profile picture is action you take your desire your will your need for pleasure and being comfortable and happy and you flip it over well how can i do something for another person i'm taking telling you practically you have to apply that you have to apply how can i make another person's life better right now maybe i can give some charity maybe i can give some of my time maybe i can give you a ride maybe i can help you go to bittor me and get you whatever how can i do something for you right now times that three four times a day and then on top of that after you made this beautiful dish put a cherry on the top now hashem what can i do for you how can i remove myself and make space for the master of the universe how can i make hashem happy right now pray mean wake up at four in the morning okay i'll wake up at four in the morning sit for one hour and learn okay that makes you happy chef no problemos by that you're really applying an illegal divide but more than that you're preparing the right spiritual vessels to receive the abundance the shepherd and the blessing that hashem wants to give you [Music] you