The great kabbalists of the past thousands of years kept this wisdom with the foresight that one day it would serve as a catalyst for personal and global change. My hope is these words awaken your heart to improve, to elevate, to be better today than you were yesterday - so we may all come closer to a world with no more pain, no more suffering, and even as the Bible and the Zohar promise, no more death.

Strengthening Our Blessings

Posted: November 19th, 2008 | Author: MICHAEL | Filed under: Our Blessings | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

For most of us there is a disparity between the blessings we have and the joy we receive from those blessings. The question is, what causes this disparity?

The Zohar (foundational text of Kabbalah) reminds us this problem has been around for a long time. It surfaced in one of the earliest biblical stories, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. At that time, according to the Bible, Adam and Eve were able to eat from any of the trees of the Garden except for one, known kabbalistically as The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

It is written that the snake (representing the dark side of our nature), approached Eve and began planting seeds of doubt in her mind, “So you can’t eat from any of the trees?”

“No, no, no,” responded Eve. “We can eat from all the trees except this one.”

The snake continued to badger her until her lack became her only focus.

Kabbalah teaches that this process is one many of us go through – although we have many blessings in our lives, we seem to focus on the one or two areas in which we believe we are lacking. When we start to focus away from the blessings we have, it’s as if a veil is drawn, blocking out the blessings and Light we can draw from what we already possess.

This week, we first have to understand this reality. There is a constant voice or force that’s going to try to get us to focus away from all the blessings we have and to focus us only on the areas we are lacking. This voice is coming from the dark side of our nature.

Second, we have to understand that it is our responsibility to fight this tendency. This means telling ourselves, “I am going to forget about that one area of lack, and I am going to focus even more strongly on, and reawaken even more appreciation for, the blessings I already have.”

Spiritually, this consciousness awakens more Light, blessings, and fulfillment to flow from all areas of our lives.

You can attain this consciousness by refocusing on the blessings you do have. Doing so allows them to shine and fulfill you in newer and greater ways. The underlying idea is that the blessings you already have in your life can give you so much more fulfillment than they currently give because you will appreciate and focus on them that much more.