Despair

[historyteach]

B"H

Despair
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Despair is the ultimate form of self-worship --the perception that you
have the capacity to truly mess up, to take the world's destiny out of
its Creator's hands and sabotage His plans.

Know that the world is in a constant state of elevation, rocketing
upwards towards its ultimate wholeness at every moment. Every quivering of
every leaf, every subtle breeze, every slightest motion of any particle
of our universe is another move in that same direction. Even those
events that seem to thrust downward are in truth only a part of the ascent
--like the poise of an athlete before he leaps, the contraction of a
spring before its energy is released.

There is not a thing you could do halt that dynamic even for a moment.
True, you must take responsibility for your deeds and work hard, very
hard, to clean up your own mess. But when all the dust settles, you are
exactly in the space where you were meant to be: One step closer.


How well I know this - intellectually and spiritually.
How difficult it is to know this emotionally!
Shalom!

[Roxann]

TY Teach.

[Tapery]

Originally Posted by historyteach

B"H

Despair
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...Even those
events that seem to thrust downward are in truth only a part of the ascent
--like the poise of an athlete before he leaps, the contraction of a
spring before its energy is released.

Teach,

This is a beautiful way to see this. I am going to put this in my inspiration notebook. Thank you.

Marsha

[historyteach]

Judaism teaches that there are opposing inclinations within every human being -- both a good inclination (the "Yetzer Tov"), and a bad inclination (the "Yetzer Hara"). God created the bad inclination in order to challenge us to rise above it. The bad inclination is the source of all our unproductive worry which debilitates our ability to recognize God's presence and to appreciate all the good in life.

On Purim, we learn that even at a time when we're powerless to act, God continues to protect us and shield us. We drink to life -- "L'chaim" -- with the knowledge that all our troubles are temporary. We capture the joy that just as God redeemed us from previous exiles, so too He will do so again. Because God is always here, running the world for our benefit.

For information about the Jewish holiday of Purim, see
http://www.aish.com/purimbasics/puri...s_of_Purim.asp
L'Chaim!

[indigo]

What a good conception(sp?) teach. thank you

indigo

[Tapery]

Originally Posted by historyteach

On Purim, we learn that even at a time when we're powerless to act, God continues to protect us and shield us. We drink to life -- "L'chaim" -- with the knowledge that all our troubles are temporary. We capture the joy that just as God redeemed us from previous exiles, so too He will do so again. Because God is always here, running the world for our benefit.

Thank you Teach. I have read the book of Esther several times but never quite got this out of it. It makes sense though and I like that temporary part. Thank you for the link. Enjoy Purim!

Marsha