V'Atah Tetzaveh—Part 3

Okay. And we want to make sure to thank all the people need to be thanked. Kohos publication society, Lahak Hanakus for the Mashulum the printer and of course Manaka Benchimon and his team for creating the visual look of the campaign and and the Zman Kleman uh artwork and his 30th yards is this coming of okay just a half a block away and shim maybe we'll do something for that and also don't forget that the uh soulwords campaign is still open charity with a d charity.comrst we are still trying to reach our goal so we can do more programs like this and I got to tell you this is behind the scenes Shmpton probably doesn't want me to mention his name, but I'm going to I saw some conversations happening in the basement of the Soulwards house, which I have no doubt over the coming year is going to benefit hundreds, thousands, perhaps tens of thousands or maybe even hundreds of thousands of people on this day of when Reb has his aliyah and all of also having our our aliyah if we tap into it. So, no doubt any discussions that were that were had today will bear fruit and benefit many people and uh I'm very excited about the things that are going to be coming very very soon. I don't know what they are precisely but I I know there's some good stuff coming. Okay, we are this is our third sitting. We just finished a minka here at Sward's house just a half a block away and after might have last night we learned the first five chapters of the mimer. And then after shakus this morning we learned uh vav through tess and now we're going to learn yud y alf and yud which will take us to the end of the mimer. Before we start yud let's just remember what we were speaking about where we left off. We're talking about a concept of uh two kinds of causes. Cosus means crushed. In the original context, it's olives getting crushed so that the oil comes out, which uh doesn't just give light. It's not just illumination, but it's the luminary. And we explain what that means is when the Jew is subjected to harrowing circumstances which trigger that button for midn the etsim the essence of the Jew is revealed and he pays any price is willing to pay any price to remain steadfast in his Yiddish kite. Uh but we talked about two two different types of causes. There's a classic type of causes which remember this mime is based on the mimer which was said in the real intense days leading up to his arrest. So there were real um life-threatening circumstances. So when the fab in this in the original mimer that is based on when the is speaking about he's speaking about a real situation that the are dealing with which is life and death but the rabbis says there's another type of kus lamar another type of crushing the olive that gets you in touch with your essence and it doesn't require being in a life and death situation it doesn't require being persecuted In fact, it could be in a situation where you experience spiritual and material bounty, freedom, affluence, everything's good. Like we said uh earlier today, sort of the contrast between the Russian experience, especially the communist Russian experience and the American experience or you might call that the Fredba's leadership and the Reb's leadership. But two models of causes and the Reb says what's the causes in our situation? It's being disturbed just because godliness is not revealed everywhere on every single square inch of this planet to every single person on this planet. And the fact that that is not the case is profoundly disturbing and helps us to reach in and uh to access our deepest self. Okay. So chapter 10. says Mr. The rebush we spoke about these two levels these two types of causes. The Reb says a real I mean it's counterintuitive that you know that second level of causes that we said also is cautious even though there's nothing particularly wrong with your life and it's a pretty comfortable gullis. Yeah. But it's also cautious. The says you want to know something. Not only is it also cautious, it's a higher level of causes. And the Reb is speaking to people. I mean, understand the is speaking to people who are in this situation as opposed, you know, this is 1981 as opposed to 1927. And the truth is not just 1981, it's uh 1992. And the truth is not just 1992, it's 2025. These dates I'm throwing around are not st numbers that I've said the mimemer in 81 distributed the mimemer in ' 92 but that is saying it now in 2025 and it has relevance right now and that is speaking to us who he expects that we are spiritually mature enough that we don't have to have any other issue in our life rearing us on and and and triggering us other than just the fact that why isn't godliness revealed to everyone everywhere and that not only does that also qualify as aus but it's actually a higher level of that's the so how do you explain that because that's a that's a bold statement how do you back that up okay because after all this is so the bold statements get explained We spoke about this before in the mimer that at the time of it was only the beginning of the Jewish people's acceptance of Tyra and in the time of Porum that's when they really accepted it. We contrasted those two times. What's the reason behind that? The reason that that the Jews accepted or began accepting atro when they said nas they were mimishma is because I mean the particular description is Hashem held the mountain over them like a barrel. We can discuss what that means according to the mad and according to aliso. But the point is whatever it is whatever it means it's agil mala. It's something that's happening to them. There's a overwhelming experience that's pushing them to have this response as opposed to what as opposed to nothing in particular is forcing you to respond this way. times of they didn't do it because there were spiritual revelations. They weren't. They weren't spiritual re revelations. They were doing it because that's just who they are. So obviously something that comes out of you only because something triggers it to come out of you is not as deep as something that comes out of you because it just comes out of you because that's just who you are. Nothing has nothing particular triggered it. [Music] We spoke about this earlier. There's two levels of the innate faith that the nama has. One level is it's a high level but it's not the highest level where the soul sees godliness and therefore believes but the says actually in a way it's a low level even though it's such a high level but it's a low level because it's the soul reacting to something. It sees godliness, therefore it believes says, you know, that's kind of like the Jews accepting toyra at the time of ma because of the spiritual revelations. In other words, they were responding to something. They were moved by this great revelation. And when you're responding to something, it's never as deep as when it's just a spontaneous expression of your own deepest self. And that's what the Reb is asserting that there is a from that's not a response to any outside condition. It's just the the most sincere natural expression, spontaneous expression of your truest self. [Music] So in the times of they were not moved by a revelation rather they were just expressing who they are. Another way of saying that is it's just the inherent connection that they have with Hashem because that's how they're built. Now the says a further even in the level of we've been using this term that is going to break that down into subcategories a lower level and a higher level even in the level of or that we've been speaking about. Okay. So now we got to explain what are the way the soul expresses itself. What you do or it doesn't even have to be totally external stuff. It doesn't have to be just what you do. It could even be how you feel, how you think. It could be internal stuff. The point is it's what you do either internally or externally. But it's what you do as opposed to that. That's is not what you do. It's who you are. Even if you're not doing it, it's still who you are. In fact, that's the wild thing. You could even do in a way that's completely antithetical to who you are and it doesn't change who you are. It's a betrayal of your true self, but it doesn't change your true self. So listen what the deb is saying that this type of snafish that comes as a response to something even though yeah it's the we said that we said it's but from the perspective of it's a foreign thing it's like well what's this new novel thing that's happening to me that I'm being excited all of a sudden I'm being inspired all of a sudden in other words. I mean, you can see where the dev is heading. It's external and therefore it's not as deep. It's not as authentic and it's not going to last. It's conditional. It's dependent. Now, the gives you an example. You want to hear an example of people whose was and yet it didn't stay that way. It was conditional. It was based on being under certain circumstances. Says here, here's an example. They were in a place where there were decrees against that was talking about the Soviet Union. Not not a secret. They literally put their lives at risk and they did so for years. It wasn't a one-time thing. They they were living a in a constant state of putting their lives at risk just to be Jews. Now that's not the remarkable part. The remarkable part is when they left the Soviet Union, they came to places where they could practice Yiddish in a relatively um in a comfortable way. You wouldn't recognize on them that they were living in a state of says in meaning not not so much meaning not like they became completely the opposite of how they were but they were not in that state of intensity that they were living in for years. It left them. And why did it leave them? Because it was conditional. Why was it conditional? because it was the product of an outside cause. Even though it triggered the etsum, which is your deepest self, but there was something outside of the deeper self triggering the deepest self as opposed to what? As opposed to the deepest self just spontaneously expressing itself for no reason in particular, which is what the deb is about to say is what it means that you're caused, no problems. And yet the fact that godliness is not revealed everywhere to everyone bothers you. That itself is just the spontaneous authentic expression of of the deepest yearnings of the soul. It's not a response to anything in particular. It's just a Jew expressing who he is. Okay. But let's let's learn inside. [Music] these people who we're talking about who were in a state of snafish for a prolonged period. What the is breaking down the mechanics fascinating of what actually was happening to them. It's almost like the the got bypassed. They were like living in a state of etsum but the never caught up to it. Never were aligned to it. Meaning to say it was like you know this do or die survival situation. You don't have time to think. You don't have time to feel. You just have to do. And then later on when they have time to think and they have time to feel their thinking and feeling isn't really aligned with that superdue situation they were in before. In other words, it brought out something super deep, but that never really had an effect on the external parts of their personality. And therefore, when they came out of that situation, you know, you wouldn't recognize, wow, that's a guy who risked his life 247 for for decades. No, he just looks like a guy. just looks like a normal guy, you know, casual, relaxed, talking during cottage like everybody. It's not saying that it never happens. I mean, good question. Why would the herus why wouldn't that even kick in? Maybe that's what the parenthesis mean. It's not it's not so recognized. In other words, what you would expect, you would expect that a guy that lived that degree of intensity now that he could do whatever he wants, he would maintain it. And it's surprising. Oh, but he's not maintaining that level of intensity. So the Reb says actually it shouldn't surprise you. And the reason is because that whole time it wasn't it was it was pure which is beautiful. And we're not discounting it. We're just saying there could be a parallel also in in anyone. Repeat the question you're asking is this is a uniquely Jewish phenomenon. I mean what what we're discussing here is a uniquely Jewish phenomenon. Obviously, could there be parallels in general human psychology? Yeah, usually there is some type of a parallel, but uh you know that's more of a mush than than anything else. No, we're discussing a a uniquely Jewish phenomenon. We're talking about, which is a uniquely Jewish concept, and we're talking about people who were in touch with that yea, but it didn't change them. And once they were removed from the situation they were in, you wouldn't recognize them as people who had lived in that to that degree of intensity. Okay? And what's the point here? The point is that that the Reb is talking to us about not just revealing the etsum, but getting the etsum to become the the barometer, so to speak, against which we calibrate all of our outer levels of expression. In other words, it's it's it's not enough that the etsum comes out and and the superjue moment happens or even if the superjue moment happens over and over and over again for decades. The point is that when there's nothing pushing you, when there's absolutely nothing external pushing you, are you a changed person? Do you think different? Do you feel different? Do you process reality differently? That's what it means that have been affected. Okay, brackets. Okay, now this is sort of a question. We said earlier in chapter 5 that the is the as well. Yeah, true. That makes a deal here. Yeah. Deep down even their essence is is the essence. But the seor the sear means the shape literally means the shape. But what do we mean by that? We mean, you know, when you express yourself, so you choose a word. When you choose this word, you don't choose that word or or or an action. When you go to this place, you know, you can't go to two places, you can't dance at two weddings, right? So you go to this place and not that place. So you do a mitzvah, you do this mitzvah, not that mitzvah. The tur means the way something comes out. And on the level, and it's a lower level. It's it's it's a it's a an outer expression even though the is a glim deep down also their essence is that essence of the Jew which is one with Hashem at all times that's in the that's in the essential state in the abstract state maybe even say before you do it in the potential state but once it's in actual practice it is what It is you you you did whatever you did and it has whatever it's on you know let's be honest you did it well or you didn't do it well or you did the right thing or you didn't do the right thing. So the point is there could be somebody who his his behaviors, his emotions, his thinking are not perfectly aligned with the deepest truth of his his essence which we said before is that recognition that the only reality is God. And he may not be living that way or he may not be completely living that way or he may not be living as deeply that way as he could. That's what we're talking about. that the might not align with the so all of that was talking about somebody whose was touched by some type of negative external circumstance that pushed him. Now in contrast the etim that comes out because of no reason at all. No nothing happened to you. My goodness what happened to you? Nothing nothing happened to me. However, the comes out for no particular reason other than the fact that you're just not satisfied with the fact that godliness isn't revealed everywhere. When that happens, then even the and even the seor of the become aligned with the Meaning when you get in touch with your innermost Jew because of a situation or a or a circumstance that doesn't change your personality but when you get in touch with that innermost you know that pintid for no particular reason at all that will change the way you behave that will change the way you feel the way that you think because it if it didn't come from outside of you then where is it coming from? It must be your truest self and if it's your truest self then it's going to then it's going to maintain a certain consistency as opposed to something that comes from outside of you when the circumstances change. No, then you won't necessarily behave consistently with it. So that's why the deb is saying that the the causes of being disgruntled just by the fact that we're in gulus without any particular gripe other than just the fact that godliness isn't revealed everywhere in the world. That actually is a deeper level of connecting to your truest self. even deeper than being persecuted and and and forced to rise to the occasion of and and and being benefic is is an even greater opportunity than what had in Russia during the worst times of persecution. Now that I was gonna say another this concept, the the two the two ideas and the are like two different things and together. Wow. Even in etsum there are levels. There's like really there's the that's it's it's you're you're able to categorize it. You're able to describe it which itself is a type of a limitation. What is its limitation? that it's unlimited, that it's above. In other words, it's very funny, but that's a limitation. The fact that it's so lofty that it is beyond that itself is a limitation. Meaning it's beyond but it's that's where it is. it's beyond as opposed to also in the so that that's one level of but then there's another level of the more calls it the essence of the Jew as it is an expression of the essence of God. Now the deepest DNA of the and its most external modes of expression are all one thing from the highest to the lowest. It's all one thing. Now another type of that comes out when you're forced into a do or die situation. That's but it's the that is loftier than whereas in contrast the the essence of the comes out for no particular reason at all that's the expression of the essence of the soul as it is one with the essence of God the real essence the real essence so yeah the etsim is triggered by a midnafish type persecution scenario. But the real etsim is triggered when it's not triggered because if it has to be triggered by something then there's some type of external cause and then it's not really just the thing itself but if there's no particular cause then it's just a spontaneous organic expression of the thing itself. So that's what the is saying that the fact that we can be disturbed just by the fact that godliness is not revealed everywhere to everyone that is an opportunity to get in touch with the deepest identity the deepest self of who you really really really are. And then when that happens, there can be no misalignment between who you are and what you do. Every level is going to be, you know, you know, integrity. We you use the word integrity to mean someone who's like truthful or honest. Integrity actually means integration. It means everything's aligned, one straight shot. So when the real etsum comes out like the who you are because that that's just who you are then every single level even the most external levels are going to fall in line and be consistent with that. There will be no misalignment and then furthermore as you could probably guess there will be no inconsistency. It'll be constant. And we're going to say this explicitly coming up in the mimer that when the real etsum comes out then it's then it then it doesn't fluctuate. It'll be it'll be constant. All right. But we'll get to that God willing. We said [Music] connects and through that yen bring him the oil meaning ends up benefiting brings some type of benefit to Moshe while there's there's rumbling in the peanut gallery I'm going to refill on my Diet Coke. Change the page. Change the page. Turn the page, sir. Yeah, of course. This is live. This is spontaneous. Yeah. Okay. All right. No problem. So we said that through Mosha serving in his role it actually ends up making Misha more Misha. We said Mosha's role is to get us in touch with our true self and make us more ourselves. And when he does that he becomes more of himself which is beautiful. everyone just being their truest authentic self which really if I had to give you a definition for escashas without using any of the Kool-Aid terminology I would say it is the state of being your truest self and I didn't even I didn't even mention the word or just the state of being your truest self why without trauma. Yes, exactly. Because the the etsum the m that comes out through trauma is is a very high level. Don't get me wrong, it's very but it's not the highest level. The highest level and become and when it's triggered by some outside siba, then it's not integrated. But when it is an expression of your deepest truest self, then it is integrated. And as we're about to say, it's also consistent. It's constant. It doesn't fluctuate, doesn't disappear on you. Okay. Very good. All right. See some people are following over here. You have to ask uh Mayor Adams about that. Okay. So, we said that this benefits [Music] give additional light to more than what he has. One of the explanations, what does this mean? When the Reb says, it mean it's a it's a like a signal to perk up your ears that we're going to get a little bit practical here. Means, you know, your service of Hashem, but it means homework. Isa that what Misha does is give us a connection to a level of amuna that is greater than what the soul has because it sees elocus and it's even greater than that which the soul has because that's just what it is. It is an entity that accepts godliness as the ultimate reality. So what Mosha is able to facilitate is even greater than that. There's another detail here. This that is the one who's connecting Eden to is something that's happening to the Eden collectively. It's not happening to individuals. In fact, if it were only for one individual and not another individual, then it wouldn't be what it is. I don't want to get too creative here, but you know the story about uh Noam Stillerman came to the Khana delivering groceries and uh she asked him, he was a teenager. She asked him, "Would you like to ask the question? So he said he didn't really have any question but he just you know tried to think of one. So he said sure yeah yeah what's the favorite prayer the next time he came to deliver groceries said I asked the says his favorite prayer is made ani which is you know there are many prayers you know you barely even think of it as a as as a prayer who who would say their favorite prayer is maidani maybe like a fouryear-old a 5-year-old like you didn't get past that point right um but if you look on the hayy of yvat which is the first day of nas it speaks about the purity of maidani that the reason that we say maidani before is not just because it doesn't have any names of hashem in it that's the simple in speaks about this at length if you're interested in it but very good good recall this is build athe beautifulworld.com. The fact that we can say before we even wash our hands is because maida ani is the purest expression of shama which is impervious to any impurity. It cannot become impure. So the idea that the innermost expression of the Jew comes out by definition that has to be equal for all Jews. If you say it's only for people who reach this level or that level then that's not the etsum. The etsum means that even somebody who god forbid is in a not very good healthy situation spiritually speaking someone who's not on a very high level to the contrary and yet that etsum is present by them just as much as it is by every single ye through Eden, the Eden after they receive this this meeting their true self that Mosha facilitates. What happens when they meet their true selves in the deepest way that even their most external behaviors become aligned with their deepest self. What you do is consistent with who you really are. This brings out a deeper level in the even than what it is on its own. That brings out what really is and that's why it's equal by everyone and that's why it's not a response to any particular situation. Okay. Brackets. Now another result of this when yed and get in touch with their deepest self this also and it's not surprising once you read it you won't maybe think of it on your own but after after the says it it's kind of obvious that will also create a condition of of Jewish unity makes sense because if that which is essential to every single Jew is being revealed even on the most external level then that which unites us becomes the most obvious fact of our existence that the unity of Jews that comes out when the is revealed it's like it's like it's not exact it's it's Like therefore it requires I mean this is basic Tanya right pediglamid base that level of which is the of pedagog of Tanya requires you to set aside the body and focus on the soul. If you look at the body you're going to see separation. There's going to be competition, competing for scarcity of resources, all that stuff. But if you forget about the body, you just look at the soul. Oh, now I'm at peace with you. Now we're friends. Now we're united. Okay, but you have to discount the body in order for it to kick in. That's the that's the base. But listen what the Reb says, a higher level of base. Yeah, I said it. But then the higher level of etsum, not the that comes out because of a reason, because of conditions, but the etsum that's there just because it's connected to the essence of God, which we already said. When that level of essence comes out, then every single level aligns itself to that essence, even the most external levels. So there's perfect in integration, perfect consistency. Then what happens? What kind of a comes out? [Music] Their unity is not by overlooking the body but includes the body. So the base of you have to make the goof tuffle and you make the and if you get too caught up in goof stuff you're going to ruin the actus because that's only a certain level of but when the comes out the way that it can come out in a situation like we're in right now where we can just be disturbed by the fact that we're in gullis when that comes out It permeates every single level. And now you can unite to a Jew on every single level. You don't have to avoid physicality. You can incorporate physicality. In other words, maybe I'll say it like this and I could be wrong. According to pedagogic bays, I don't want to look too much about what's different about us because it will uh it'll make it difficult to unite. So, I just try to look at what's the same about us. We're all Jews. We all have an ashama. Okay, leave it at that. Don't get caught up too much. This guy's rich. This guy's poor. This guy's smart. This guy's not so smart. This guy's strong. This guy's weak. like don't look at that stuff because that it'll divide us. But when the level of etsum it's etsum because it's atmos the deepest level comes out and then all of the levels of the person fall in line with that. Then of course you can focus on what's different about us. Because if we're going to put a team together, I need a guy who's good at this. I need a guy who's good at that. So, it's an aus that comes from diversity. Not where we have to overlook what's different about us even on a physical level, but no, we embrace what's different about us. Okay? We said this before. that the yeden by letting Mosha do for them what he does for them, he they actually reciprocally do something for him. They elevate him. Then you're going to have aid. Remember we as we asked that question why in the the why to why not like it says in the other. So why does it say we hinted to it already? I mean I said it already. that when the deepest level of the soul is revealed then it's even going to align the gloium with it and then it's not just on every level integrated but then it's also constant because it's not dependent on conditions to spur it on so then it's going to be constant that's I mean that's the answer you could have figured that out from what we learned already yeah this that the candle The candle here is that the soul is burning in a consistent way, non fluctuating. How does that happen? It happens because the essence is revealed and essence we know there's a concept that the that the anything that's an essence doesn't change. That's the definition of essence. That which is not changing. and it says that how do they reach this level of it's by adding something to that you didn't give something to so the says perhaps we can say that what does for the yidden from above to below. It has its high moments and low moments. What we're calling evening and day, meaning it's not the same at all times. Like we said earlier in the mimer, when does it really come out? in the nighttime situations where it's very difficult and therefore it pushes us and we have to respond to that. We have to rise to the challenge. But then what happens? Take that same guy and you put him in a biker situation. He chills out. There's a saying have about um says invis that uh will translate like an adal person goes to gynaden and a insolent person goes to ganim. So used to say a person who's like overly meek he can only stay from in that's where he can that's that's the only place he can hack it but a guy he could he could even survive in a gehenn so the point is that that level of etsim that we discussed before which is a high level but not not the highest level it really only works when you're in a do or die situation, high intensity situation or what was referring to as the trauma, the spiritual trauma. And then when the is lifted, you don't see you don't see the intensity anymore. But when you want a constant flame that should be expressing itself without fluctuation without ups and downs that is let's put it this way when Eden allows how the Reb to teach them that no matter how good life is, there's something deeply lacking until godliness is revealed everywhere. And when that happens, once you get that, then you've got it. And it doesn't it's not subject to fluctuation. doesn't go up and down because where it comes from is is from your deepest self. It's not a response to anything. It's not a response fetish is not a response to anything. Response to what? There's no trauma. There's no problem. There's no trigger. It's just the most authentic expression of self. And once the reb gets you in touch with that with your most authentic expression of self like I'm on a mission. Why? Why are you so driven? Why are you so intense? Is there a fire burning? Well, you know, no. I just because I this is who I am. this is what I have to do. This is what I was built for. Once you're in that mode, because it's not based on a reaction to anything, then it doesn't go away. And now we're connecting these two concepts. The concept of that the deeper level what we're calling the deeper level of that even in there's two levels a higher level lower level and higher level that that level of causes that's the that's what can access okay vehin Simple reading of the verse is that commands the Jews to bring him doesn't say oil but yeah to bring him something. Now on a deeper level we can understand what that means. This concept of Moshe connecting yen to Hashem is in a manner where Moshe gives them the ability to bring this additional new novelty to him. meaning it's facilitated, it's enabled, it's it has to be there has to be a catalyst. The same thing with which is whom that his The Reb is speaking about the fid is a in other words the Reb is describing the fra's new manner of leadership basically said in my 1927 the went to prison the left Russia and now the is in America and according to the fid is still in America and still running the show and still sending out and he's still and it's a whole new level it's a whole new style this that that the Reb is doing in revealing our amuna, the amuna in every single Jew that comes from his deepest nish and not as a response to any persecution. Where do we live? Said It's in a way that they should be able then to do it on their own. Makes sense, right? That if it's your deepest self, not a response to anything external to you. Well, now you can do it on your own. You become self-sufficient. What tag? You're it. Right. Right. So I started you. I catalyzed the whole thing. But now you got to run. You got to do it to an extent that it's so you that it doesn't it's not subject to fluctuation. It's constant even on the most external levels. So the Reb is describing a reality in which the that Mahna maybe under certain conditions was able to get Yidden to respond to persecution and be ready to die for Yiddishai. And that was in that era. But now what's the Dahna doing? He's getting Jews to be able to be mature, grown-up adult Jews who don't need anything outside of themselves to be who they are because why would you need something outside of yourself to be who you are? Why would you need something external to you to be you? It's a ne like I one of my favorite stories. I remember once said that when he was a bar mitzvah baker you ask when I go into this how should I conduct myself and in the classic you know Russian style you know little 13-year-old kid going has no clue what he's supposed to do so he asks what am I supposed to do yell says I'll take your spot I'll go instead of you he's like no I'm just asking what am I supposed to do and y's like yeah I'll take your spot So he he knows he's saying something wrong. He doesn't know what he's saying wrong. So says to him is this physical world is a false world. And usually when we say what we mean is things are not what they seem that you see the bria instead of seeing the but that's not from context it's clear it's not what y meant. He wasn't saying things are not what they seem. He was saying we are not what we seem even to ourselves. You'll see from context because he continued he said this whole world physical world is a world of falsehood and in the world of falsehood there's one amalis one four cubits of truth and in the four cubits of truth you're asking me to tell you how how you should behave that's why I say I'll go it instead of you meaning you're going to stand in front of the rabbi that's the one place where you are finally you. And now you want that to be an act also that I should tell you how you should how you should pull it off. Look inside yourself. Right. Look inside yourself. Look inside yourself. Yeah. We would have planned this ahead. We could have played that clip. Look inside yourself. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Elliot will ask you story in thine hearts. That's right. But so you could ask the question, if it was in me all along, then why do I need the deba to tell me? Okay. That's a classic question. There's the there's a famous story of it shul in Kraco. You know the story the shul in Krakco. The guy had a dream every night that he has a treasure under a bridge in Prague. He never He's never been to Prague. Finally, he gets obsessed with the idea. I I dream every night. I got to go to Prague. He goes to Prague. He sees the castle. Oh, this is what I dream every night. Oh, there's the bridge. I see it every night. And under the bridge, I when in my dream I dig and I find the treasure. I'm going to dig and find the treasure. And uh but there's a guard there. So, he's nervous to do it. So, he doesn't do it. And he spends days just sort of walking around hesitating. Finally, he's like, "I gotta just honesty is the best policy." So, he tells the guard, he's like, "Listen, this is crazy, but every night in my life, I have a dream and I see this spot and I dig under this bridge and I find my treasure and I just got to I had to follow my dream." And uh the guard laughs at him and says, "If everyone were as foolish as you, you know where I would be right now?" I have a dream every night of my life. I dream I'm in Krakco, city where I've never been, in the Jewish quarter where I would never step foot. And I'm in a house with a little dirt floor. And I push the oven aside and I dig and I find a treasure and I become rich. Realizes the guy's describing his house. He turns around, he goes home, pushes aside the oven, digs up the floor, finds his treasure. He had the treasure all all along. He was on it was he was living on top of the treasure his whole life. But he had to have it pointed out to him. There's a famous story of a soul geologist. College kids asked the Reb, "What's what's the point of a Reb?" Reb said Reb is a soul geologist. What's a geologist? Before you know what a soul geologist is, you have to know what a geologist is. Geologist. The Reb said there's natural resources in the earth, but it's not everywhere. And you got to know what to dig for and where to dig. So you hire the geologist. He knows the same thing. There are natural resources in every Jew. treasures, but you need the the soul geologist to tell you what to dig for and where to dig. So, it's your own truest self. The Reb is not turning you into anything. The Reb is reinstating your truest identity and that that should be revealed not just under certain conditions but at all times and not just on a certain level but at every level. Where does the deba himself get it from? Wow, that's a deep question. Yeah. Yeah. Famous story that the elder said were asking the not to go to the aisle so much it would be hard on his health. But said I also needed Aba therefore I have to go to the just a half a block away. Correct. Thank you. Okay. Let's break it down. You're saying we said yesterday. Yeah. He's asking like let's break it down like what's our part? What's the Deb's part? Like what what what are we doing actually here? How do we do this? Yeah. Practically speaking. Yeah. Last night we mentioned uh a letter in the igress to and uh he's begging for the Reb to save him and the Reb says I already took care of it and I sent you should meet the guy. Actually we said it this morning. who said it this morning. Um, but what does that mean? I mean, besides for being inspirational, but what does that mean? Apparently, what it means is that I have a certain concept of myself and it's wrong. It's wrong. Um, distorted, severely limited. And the Reba has another concept of me and that the Reb is able to get me to behave more like I really am. Now how does the Reb do that? Could be by learning this mimer. could by be by learning the letter to Mashia or it could be in other ways that that in spiritual ways that you know we don't really truly understand the said that have time for thinking about the and that that has an effect on so it doesn't even have to be something that you're conscious of it'll have an effect on you but the point is what is the Reb's role the Reb is to get you to be you to the the real you, the deepest truest you which is a which is capable of accomplishing anything. By the way, going back to the Maidani story, going back to the Maidani story, so I mentioned the story of Nim Stillerman about the Reb's favorite prayer. So he said later on he came back from he went to college. He came back and he went came into a fabangan. walked into the middle of the Fabangan and he heard the Reb saying, "What does Maidani mean?" Like this is the last thing you know that he he had heard and he walks right in and boombani we say what does mean? So the simple conventional meaning is Hashem, you are so reliable. Your your your faithfulness is great. Meaning you took my soul and you gave it back to me. My most precious asset and you didn't run away with it. You gave it back to me. You're so reliable. But on a deeper level, it means we say to Hashem, Hashem, you have so much faith. You have so much amuna. And what does that mean? Hashem has a muna. When we have a means we have a ine when when Hashem has a in whom does Hashem have a in us. And what's the proof that he has a in us? He gave you back your soul. So you wake up in the morning and you say I am I admit that Hashem you just gave me the biggest vote of confidence there is. So the point is that when the informs you of who you are, act like it. That's it. So you ask what's our role the thing is like this is it doesn't require an extra integration process because of the nature of it. It automatically will be expressed on every level. If you're talking about the traumainduced m then there has to be at a post integration process because it's not really you on the deepest level but when it's the dish style where your causes just because godliness isn't revealed everywhere meaning for no particular reason other than the nature of that does not require an extra or separate integration process because it is the essence of who you are and the essence means on every single level. So in other words, when the debit gets you to finally meet your true self, what will happen automatically is you will start to behave like your true self, which is frightening if you think about it for a moment, which because that implies there could be a situation where you're not behaving like your true self. So then what are you behaving like? who you if you're not you know the story Zusha said when I come to Mila I'm not afraid they're going to say why weren't you of why weren't you I'm afraid they're going to say why weren't you Zusha right so if you're not being your true self then who are you being and who's being the true you someone could be playing a role that is correct no lava I'm just saying like if you're not being you, who's being you? And if and even if even if they are, but that's not their role. So it's fake. So in other words, you are you. Your whole history, your whole life, your whole story, your talents, your weaknesses, your neurode divergence, the way you're wired, the things you see that other people don't see, things you don't see that everyone else sees. Right? And that's that's what's you. That's you. That's all the things that make you special and different. All the information on your driver's license, that's also part of comes that I am aa and introduces you to your truest self. And once that happens, you will no longer play a role. You will no longer be a faker. You will no even even a faker in a in a in a good way like trying to to be something good. And it's the most it's the most natural state of being. Which is funny because you know a lot of the I don't want to this we're learning a mimer and I want to wrap up and I'm not here to get on a soap box but like a lot of times people when they talk about avida it's like it's so demanding. It's so uncomfortable. Yeah. I'm going to the oil brings out anxiety. We heard somebody say that. Yeah. It's like, yeah, yeah, somebody said that going to the oil is the most natural place to be. And halavai, you should bring that with you after you leave the oil and continue being in that state afterwards in the days that follow. So, no one's twisting you into a pretzel. If or if anyone did, it's you. And I'm not blaming you because we like we learn how to be based on the way people react to us and we try to please everyone. Okay, we twist ourselves to a pretzel based on what we think we need to be. Comes to them and untwists the whole pretzel and says, "Will you just be you? Hashem made one of you. I need you to be you in order to bring Messiah. That's it. Why is this the last m I mean obviously it's speculative right? Yeah. I mean, and obviously you understand whatever I'm saying is bleak clal. Yeah. Um I mean it alludes to it earlier when we said that it becomes it's without fluctuation. Uh you're able to do it on your own. It's basically the is saying guys you don't need anything propping you up. If I've done my job now, it's you. Like, I show you who you are. Now, run with it. Now, do it. Express it. Let's finish. When Msiah comes, godliness will be revealed not just as something that's coming superimposed from above, but the lowest levels will see how they are also godly. 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