Tell me if this happens to you: you are trying your best, acting with the best intentions, and yet you still get slapped in the face [metaphorically speaking.]

Am I alone on this one? Didn't think so. The first thing you need to understand is, if this mechanism is not in your life, then you're not on the path. If you don't feel like the Light is picking on you for no reason, and you don't say, "give me more," you stay the same.

The Zohar [foundational text of Kabbalah] calls these slaps "locks" because they seal the gates connecting us to the Creator. When we overcome these locks, they turn to become openings, and the darkness becomes Light, the bitter becomes sweet. Not only do they become openings, they connect us to true wisdom.

Think about this today as life slaps you around. Remember, ask for more and you will eventually get more of what you're really after

 
Yesterday I wrote about the challenges we face in life, which the Zohar refers to as 'locks.' The Zohar also says that the key is always next to the lock. You don't have to go searching.

What is the key? Stretching our desire.

The root of our confusion in life - and the reason we feel stuck - is we want so little. We get cautious and cozy in our bubbles. Status quo. Don't rock the boat. Hedging my bets.

Today, go wild! Do something you normally wouldn't do. When you start moving and shaking things up, that's when things start happening.

I'm not sure I'm meant to be here. How many times have you felt that one? Stuck. How do we get unstuck?

Choose your reactions to things. Life pushes us to the brink at times but we are always in control of our minds. Hopefully.

Many of us see life as only a survival game [moreso nowadays.] No matter how stuck we feel in a job or relationship or whatever, let's ask why is it here? Embrace it as your moment to learn something, no matter how painful or neglible.

It's part of a much larger correction process your soul is gratefully undergoing. The worst thing we can do is not decide to be here, while we are here. It interrupts the work.

Sitting on the fence gives you splinters. Get off today.

Plenty of times I don't know the right direction to head in, and I just choose one and go forth with certainty. I've learned from the Zohar that sometimes not knowing is a good place to be. It's in the doing, the risk taking, that clarity comes.

Today, don't wait for 100% clarity to act. Go with your gut and let the Light's voice guide you the rest of the way.

We want to life to be easy - no battles, no demons, no doubts.

We're in the wrong life if that's what we want. Hope I didn't burst your bubble. But as you probably figured out by now, the work never stops. Life is about constant change and growth - ups and downs, pushing and pulling.

And ultimately, transformations! Remember what the kabbalists teach us:

CHAOS CAN ALWAYS BE TURNED INTO BLESSINGS.

Besides, life is boring without the challenges. You've seen those emergency room scenes in the movies, or perhaps first hand. The doctors furiously working to save a guy's life and then, that dreaded sound: beeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Flat line. Game over. Death, the final frontier.

With that in mind, appreciate your obstacles today. Learn to see them for what they are: opportunities to elevate your mind, body and soul.

We just spent two months saying I'm sorry, please forgive me. Going forward, how do we avoid getting into the same situations that required us asking forgiveness in the first place.

Evaluate our motivations. When we want something, we have to ask, why do I want it

Today, think a second [day, month, year...] past having what you want. OK, you have the new apt, job, husband, money, drug, applause, mistress - whatever it is you're thinking will fulfill you. Now what? Will that make you happy?

Also, think of all the times in your life you wanted something, got it, and still didn't find satisfaction [or it made you feel even worse afterwards.]

Think twice before you act. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Too many times we get a great idea or impulse but we don’t act. We ‘think it over.’ And before we know it, it’s too late.

Miracles need to happen in the space that’s not comfortable and is risk-taking. The second you know what you need to do, that is when the action needs to happen.

Leave thinking alone for the next 24 hours. Act…and act fast!

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