{"id":364,"date":"2020-01-12T21:49:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T21:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2020-11-09T20:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T20:30:17","slug":"equanimity-the-journey-begins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/mussar\/equanimity-the-journey-begins","title":{"rendered":"Equanimity – The Journey Begins 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Equanimity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Journey Begins<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bereishit (Genesis) 12.9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South<\/span><\/p>\n

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And journeyed \u2013 Abram \u2013 going \u2013 and traveling \u2013 to the South(Negev)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The South signifies warmth and kindness.\u00a0 Abram moved steadily toward the South, toward kindness.\u00a0 His love for HaShem intensified as he increased his acts of kindness.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is a series of steps, journeys that one must take to obtain Devekut.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Devarim (Deuteronomy) 4.4 But you who held fast to the L-rd your G-d are alive every one of you this day<\/span><\/p>\n

Devarim (Deuteronomy) 10.20 You shall fear the L-rd your G-d; Him shall you serve, and to Him shall you hold fast, and swear by His Name<\/span><\/p>\n

Devarim (Deuteronomy) 13.5 You shall walk after the L-rd your G-d, and fear Him, and keep His Commandments(Mitzotav), and obey\u00a0 His Voice, and you shall serve Him, and hold fast to Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Histavut is the ability to STOP and CONNECT with HaShem G-d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rabbi Abulafia said that one who has Histavut is one who has attained true passion and is not influenced by the blessings or curses of others.\u00a0 In other words Equanimity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tehilim (Psalm) 75.3 Surely at the set time which I appoint I will judge with<\/span> equity<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Tehilim (Psalm) 99.4 The might of the king who loves judgment! You establish equity<\/strong><\/span>, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob<\/span><\/p>\n

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Man’s \/ Woman’s soul is the L-rd’s lamp, which searches out all the innermost parts. Mishlei (Proverbs)20.27<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Equanimity is a state of mental or emotional stability or composure arising from a deep awareness and acceptance of the present moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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When the mind is settled one has free choice and the control over their spirit to take the time to focus their thoughts upon exercising their sovereignty over his \/ her animal spirit and to device strategies that activate or restrain his \/ her animal spirit for his \/ her personal benefit in this world and in the World to Come.\u00a0 Cheshbon ha Nefesh Rabbi Mendel of Santanov page109<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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For the Mitzvah<\/strong><\/span> is a candle, and the Torah<\/span> is a Light<\/span><\/strong>, and disciplining rebukes are the way of life Mishlei 6.23<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u05e0\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4<\/span> \u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05de\u05b7\u05ea<\/span> \u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05d7\u05b9\u05e4\u05b5\u05e9\u05c2 \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc \u05d7\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b8\u05d8\u05b6\u05df<\/span><\/p>\n

The lamp \u2013 of HaShem<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 the spirit<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 of a man \u2013 searching \u2013 all \u2013 the inner depths \u2013 of his \/ her heart<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nishmat \u2013 breath \u2013 Neshmah<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 this is what ties our soul to HaShem G-d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Man’s \/ Woman’s\u00a0 soul is HaShem\u2019s lamp, which searches out all the innermost parts Mishlei (Proverbs) 20.21<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The soul of man possesses a bright candle with which a person can plumb the depths of the world and gain knowledge of its secrets.\u00a0 The Torah illuminates a person\u2019s soul and allows him to see a clear path upon which to walk. Artscroll Mishlei Volume 2 page 411<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Kabbalistic and Chasidic terminology, man\u2019s forms of behavior, thought speech and deed, are called Garments of the Soul<\/em>, because it is through these Garments<\/em> that the soul is expressed.\u00a0 The goal of man\u2019s life lies in the perfection of his \/ her garments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Garments of the Divine Soul (Neshamah) are Mitzvot because just like garments are outside the body so are the Mitzvot.\u00a0 Mitzvot are expressions of HaShem\u2019s Will.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thought, speech and deed are within man\u2019s control.\u00a0 He \/ She can choose to Observe Mitzvot or not to.\u00a0 Mitzvot are there to help with the perfection of his \/ her garments, his \/ her Neshamah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tehilim (Psalm) 37.27 Depart from evil, and do good; and you shall abide for ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joshua sent spies to Jericho to delve into the minds, the souls of the people there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yehoshua (Joshuah) 2.1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men out of Shittim to spy secretly, saying, Go see the land and Jericho.<\/span><\/p>\n

So we, too, have to search out our souls to determine if we are entirely devoted to HaShem G-d.\u00a0 This is the only avenue of transformation.\u00a0 This is how the journey begins.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Blessings and Peace<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebbetzin Revi Belk<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Equanimity The Journey Begins   Bereishit (Genesis) 12.9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South \u00a0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05e1\u05b7\u05bc\u05e2 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05da\u05b0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b6\u05bc\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 And journeyed \u2013 Abram \u2013 going…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":618,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-mussar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions\/1182"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}