From The Desk of Rabbi Shlomo Rizel Parshas Bo

Pearls of Life

The Pearls of Life bring Rebbe Nachman who describes in the Sichot HaRan 47, the self-composure one must aspire to attain true spiritual cognizance: “One must find the time to contemplate everything he is doing in this world, and because he does not compose his thoughts, he lacks true spiritual cognizance. Therefore, he does not understand the folly of this world. But, if he’d clarify the truth, he’d realize the folly and vanities of this world. When we do a daily self-evaluation and properly implement the commandments of the Torah our character traits would improve and we would rid ourselves of the obsession that bodily lusts consume so much of our time and mind with! Rebbe Nachman explains that the main obstacle that keeps the world distant from Hashem is a lack of YISHUV HADAAT. Once one achieves self-composure they will merit a complete clarification of the truth. A person who works on the traits of for example being 100% honest in their business dealings or never getting angry must clarify in their mind until it is above any doubt that they feel with a deep conviction that NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING justifies dishonesty or getting angry! Despite all the admonitions in the Torah about dishonesty, including the fact that the world was destroyed by the flood still many people remain dishonest! AND WHY? Because of true Yishuv Hadaat, Emuna and Bitachon. To summarize 99% Emuna is 100% No EMUNA. Adapted from “In Forest Fields” by Rabbi Shalom Arush.