Show Notes

Mentioning a discourse I learned in Guatemala and a personal lesson from it
The tool of Meditation
Recap of previous 5 episodes
3 kinds of commandments - orientations towards mitzvahs
4 kingdoms - inanimate (mineral), vegetable, animal, and human
Yesod - foundation, fundamental
The 10 commandments were engraved on a stone
How to do a mitzvah like a mineral
The word for decree without a reason also means engraved
24:30 What’s the difference between engraved and writing?
Become the mitzvah, engraved in your heart
Doing mitzvot in the way like a mineral is a great unifier
What did the Baal Shemtov love about the simple Jew?
28:55 How to apply this into your daily life?
Doing something as you learn, not only doing it once you understand it
Unconditional love
Is something natural a virtue?
Don’t make conditions
No need to justify real love
Sincere it is what it is vs insincere it is what it is
41:44 There’s nothing more real than what doesn’t need justification
Difference between Married and not married
Concluding this series
45:30 Life is about intimacy with G-d
50:00 What do purpose of tools become?  At first they were helping you get where you need to be. After the fact, you have gotten them where they need to be. They started off as secular personal stuff, now you’ve turned them into support for mitzvahs. They’ve become part of your Godly life so you’ve elevated them. They need you more than you need them.
The essence of Shavuot
There’s nothing more comfortable and satisfying when you can just be yourself