Ten Minutes of Meaning (Part 105): Insatiable Appetite - Mesillas Yesharim

good morning Boer to and welcome back to our weekly 10 minutes of meaning the opportunity to learn msila the great work of the ramal helping us become the best version of ourselves and having the biggest impact in the world that we are meant to make each of us uniquely distinctly based on who we are I want to thank our generous sponsors this morning for the series of 10 minutes of Minh Lenny grinstein in memory of her beloved father Mr Aaron Tambour Aon Ben yit his n should have an Aliyah we have last been discussing missil on the paric of nikus the chapter of purging from ourselves those negative qualities the qualities that bring us down the qualities that corrupt us that distract us that prevent us from being the best version of ourselves and having the best relationships that we are meant to have and among them we learned about how to conquer eating how to conquer not using profanity how to conquer the feelings that we have towards others and the interpersonal relationships we share with them and in that context Ram has been teaching us about the negative impact the destructive impact of kinna of envy that envy and jealousy eat away at a person last we talked about anger anger is the worst of all the negative qualities anger is a pure emotion that is nothing redeeming about it whatsoever but just next to it just below it is Envy because Envy it corrodes us it eats out at us it makes us um consumed by what others have a sense of jealousy why do they have it and not me I wanted so badly not that I wanted in addition to them an Envy which motivates which inspires which makes us ambitious and aspirational that's not a negative Envy that's inspiring ourselves but the envy that says why do you have it I deserve it I want it instead of you that is the Envy which is negative and now contrasts our mere mortal human beings our attitude with that of the Angels the angels are different [Music] the angels in heaven what are angels angels of the manifestation of God here on Earth angels are When God says I have an act to carry out my will needs to be executed upon he creates Angels which are his ambassadors his emissaries and they are the will of God as expressed here on Earth to us and To The World At Large these angels which are the extension or manifestation of God they're all thrilled with their work with their mission each everyone knows why it's here and what it's meant to do no angel is jealous of the other Angel because they have absolute Clarity on their mission on their purpose on why they are here on what they're meant to do each of them knows the truth in its most pristine form and they Rejoice over the good that they possess they're happy with what they have and who they are meant to be in fact if you study the sitter Snippets with us we try every day most days six minute sitter snippet we began at mod the very beginning of the sitter and we're up to the bras of shma we have over 215 sitter Snippets that are available online or you can sign up for our WhatsApp group and most recently we were learning the sentence in the morning prayer we say preceding the recitation of the shma we're describing the angels and how the Angels praise and glorify God and we describe them as the angels all love one another and and they all have Clarity on their mission and they all are disciplined they know what they have to do what they're meant to do and they go do it they're not distracted they're not lazy they don't procrastinate they're not envious of someone else's Mission and that of course is a model for us we're meant to emulate the Kim if you really understand that I have a mission that who I am my my genetics my DNA my background my personality my skills my talents even my liabilities and my struggles they all form a unique me I am distinct and distinguished there's nobody like me in the world and therefore there's something I was placed here to do so we can all love one another because I'm not meant to do your mission and you're not meant to do mine we're not in competition with one another one success doesn't mean the other's failure it's not a win lose proposition it's a win-win we're each here to fulfill our Mission we each here to pursue our unique purpose and we are all we're all pure in our in our goal in our mission in the resolutions we must make to achieve them and K we have Clarity it's not clouded by any external motivation it's not clouded by anything else it's simply I'm here for something I need to do it and we know what a GI is a gibor is the one who conquers their Temptation their desire the gibor is the one who can stay focused who can get it done who knows what they need to do and they go do it and so here the r is comparing us to angels angels are a wonderful model for us to emulate and to not be jealous or envious of one another but to realize if we focus on who we are and why we're here and what we're meant to do then we can achieve it in a way that gives us the greatest fulfillment and the greatest satisfaction without needing to be envious of anyone else know that a companion the sister of envy you know what's similar to Envy desire and lust when you long when you desire when you want that food you shouldn't eat or to look at the thing you shouldn't gaze at or to act out in the way that you shouldn't be acting out at that that that desire that longing that want it wears a person's heart down until the day they die people who walk around Freud was not entirely wrong that component of man of humanity and whether it expresses it itself in Freud's expression of the ID in the area of sexuality or any other Temptation desire or lust that people have some shop some want the N latest car more money some are Workaholics some are addicted to exercise which of all the addictions is not the worst in the world but if it compromises time with family mental health then it's also negative there're all kinds of longing lust addictions things we are drawn to that we can't ever get enough of that we can't get out of our mind that clouds our judgment and consumes us says until the day we die our taught in the no one fulfills even half their desires before they die nobody dies and says you know I have everything I want most people say I had most now again I don't mean that nobody's capable of reflecting back on their life and say I led a pretty good life I was pretty happy I got done most of the things I want to get done I experience most of the pleasures I wanted to have but and that's a good thing we were designed to be ambitious we were designed to want to conquer the world if we were satisfied easily we'd sit on our couch when we just had the next meal secured and what kind of life would that be who would we be what would we discover and how do we innovate and what would we invent and create and how would we conquer the world that drive in us that once more and more and more in many ways is a good thing it's responsible for so much progress and advance in the world however it can also have very negative implications the essence of lust branches off in two ways for many people that insatiable appetite or desire within them is for one money money makes the world go round people want money they want more money with more money than more things they can have the more happiness they think they'll have even though they don't correlate in any study and in any research they're a lot of people with a whole lot of money who have a whole lot of unhappiness it doesn't mean that money can't a lot of problems doesn't mean money can't bring a lot of pleasure but money is not the secret the answer the key to happiness just look at a world of celebrities and athletes and billionaires who become addicted to drugs who have to numb themselves to how unhappy they are despite all they have so the First lost of Temptation that so many are driven by that is an insatiable appetite it's never satisfied is money and the second is the pursuit of honor of glory and the combine the two it's a lethal combination the people who have this insatiable need for honor and insatable need for money and the combination of the two can be lethal to one's judgment mental health well-being happiness the desire for money it imprisons a person in this world you're you're Unshackled why because all you do is think about the next way to make a buck all you do is think about work and more work and more Entre entrepreneurship and more ability to get more things one who loves money will never be satisfied with money now our Rabbi has interpreted that p a verse in cois to mean t having an insatable appetite is not a bad thing but what is the insatable appetite for is it an insatable appetite for goodness for kindness an insatable appetite for Torah for spirituality that will motivate and push you in a wonderful way so the fact that there is this insatiable appetite within us can be something worth embracing can be something that is wonderful the question is how do we Channel it and how do we direct it if it's for money or if you love money and you can never ever get enough money it's not going to go well in your life but if you love spirituality relationship with Hashem loving kindness your family and that's the insatiable appetite then that can yield a very satisfying and a very beautiful life it distracts a person from serving God how often is your mind wondering why you're supposed to be praying towards your next business deal towards money towards the thing that you want the thing that you're trying to have enough money to buy towards competing with your with your competitors so we have an inability to concentrate or be mindful or present with anything we're doing because we always want more and more and more a rabbi said the verse says it's not across the sea what does that mean for those who are constantly traveling who can never say G I have enough I have enough I'm ambitious I'm driven but there are other priorities and other values and I have to have balance in my life I have to have white life work balance for the people who can't find that balance and it's work work work things things things money money money all the time what have they given up in the process what have they forfeited what have they lost local not everybody who does business not everybody who accumulates and amasses more and more and more gets Wiser from it some in fact become more foolish some in fact lose out and so right next to anger is jealousy and the corollary of jealousy is lust and desire and with this parquet ra is encouraging us is a life of mindfulness if we're very self-aware if we're present in our thoughts what's healthy and unhealthy what we should allow in and what we can lock out how it expresses itself in this world then we can live very fulfilling satisfying lives and if we don't then these qualities they're going to corrode they're going to corrupt they're going to Cloud our judgment in ways that will compromise our very health and our very happiness wishing everyone a great day stay healthy stay happy stay holy 8:45 20 minutes we're back with living with amuna and tonight at 900m very excited to welcome Ben bman behind the Bea a very very famous and well-known U defense attorney gonna go behind the Bea with him very excited hope to see you there until then have a great day