You Vs. Yourself – The Three Garments Of The Soul

The garments of each soul – thought, speech and action – are deeply integrated, but remain external components. A person’s intelligence or emotions cannot be disconnected or completely stopped, and cannot express themselves on their own. However, the garments of thought, speech and action are the tools, or vessels, which can convey the inner state of a person, and can be halted on demand. Each of the two souls has its own set of garments, and are drawn to activities which actualize that soul’s personality and desires.

You vs. Yourself – Daas, The Bridge From Mind To Heart.

When a person performs a proper meditation on the greatness of Hashem, he will be filled with a complete awe of G-d’s glory, and it humbles the person in a powerful way. Sometimes, after a meditation, one will erupt in a fiery love of G-d, a desire to break out of the constraints of one’s physical body and unite with G-d. In order for these effects to fully manifest within the person, he must fully apply his mental faculties to truly understand the greatness of G-d, and then contemplate on it, and identify with it.

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You Vs. Yourself – Meditations Of The Soul

Exercising our spirituality is essential to the development of our G-dly soul. The first task is to stimulate our souls G-dly intellect, by striving to learn and understand Hashem and meditating on his relationship to the world. When done properly this will surely stimulate a powerful emotion towards G-d.

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Yisro – Bachodesh Hashlishi

At any time when we study Torah with the awareness that the Torah is G-dly we then merit to have G-d speak the Torah through our mouths.

Beshalach – Vayomer Moshe Ichluhu Hayom

A Fascinating discourse about the manna. Of the subjects discussed are: The relationship of the manna to Shabbos. The difference of the spiritual effects of eating during the week and the eating of Shabbos. The difference of our Shabbos prayers and our weekday prayer. Our ability to connect in a very real way to that which is beyond time and space.

You Vs. Yourself – Getting To Know The Personality Of Our Souls

Each of our two souls has an inner experience and an outer, expressive garment. There are ten essential powers or traits of the soul, categorized as intelligence or emotions, which define a personality. Our souls are derived from G-d, therefore these powers of the soul reflect the ‘divine personality’ with which G-d chooses to confine himself when relating to the creation.

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Beshalach – Lehavin Inyan Lechem Mishne Class 2

An exploration of the spiritual dynamics of eating. How we can strengthen the powers of our souls when we  eat properly. We even bring an added dose of potent energy into all of the spiritual cosmos through proper intentions while eating. The manna that the Jews ate for forty years in the desert had even greater spiritual powers. Finally Shabbos is greater then the manna therefor it didn’t fall on Shabbos.

Beshalach – Lehavin Inyan Lechem Mishne Class 1

An exploration of the spiritual dynamics of eating. How we can strengthen the powers of our souls when we  eat properly. We even bring an added dose of potent energy into all of the spiritual cosmos through proper intentions while eating. The manna that the Jews ate for forty years in the desert had even greater spiritual powers. Finally Shabbos is greater then the manna therefor it didn’t fall on Shabbos.

You Vs. Yourself – “Souls” some higher some lower

As souls descend through the divine realms into our physical world, some retain their supreme spirituality, others acquire layers of physicality that conceal the soul’s true desires. Most of us, born with these ‘covered’ souls, harbor a strong ego, which drives and influences our actions. The Tzaddikim, our leaders, are born with pure souls and live in constant awareness of G-d. They are channels of the divine, and when the Jewish people connect with their Tzaddikim, they are connected and elevated to much higher levels.

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Vaera – Va’Yedaber Elokim El Moshe 5572

The backbreaking labor of the Jewish Nation in Egypt, served as a preparation to enable the Torah to be given to them. The Mitzvot that we perform post Sinai are infinitely higher then the Mitzvot preformed by our Patriarchs.   To achieve such heights, the generation of the exodus who were a reincarnation of the dispersed generation,  required a deep soul cleansing.   That is the content of G-d’s response to Moshe in the opening verses of this Torah portion.

You Vs. Yourself – A Piece Of G-d From Above

Our Neshama, the G-dly soul, is literally a piece of Hashem within each of us and we are all equally His children. As our souls develop and emerge from the spiritual worlds into the physical, our spiritual DNA begins to manifest into our different personalities.

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