HESED: YESHIVAT HAVERIM – EXTENDED ANALYSIS OF KABBALAH – ON MAZAL (LUCK)
LOG 55: MAN LUCK- (MAN CHOICE OF ACTION) – 1% MAZAL (LUCK)
REVEALING GOODNESS THROUGH JOY
SPIRITUAL IMPRESSION: GOD CAN BE REVEALED ONLY THROUGH JOY – LAW OF ATTRACTION
JOY … IN ASCENTS OR DESCENTS – by Rav Michael Laitman
It is written in The Book of Zohar, “VaYechi” 116-117: “Divinity is present only in a whole place, and not in a deficient place or a flawed place or a place of sadness, but in a proper place—a place of joy.”
“Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with singing.” There is no service of the Creator unless out of joy.” …
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Only if we hate and cannot stand something do we grieve and suffer. Therefore, checking the correctness of our actions is very simple: is there joy in us?
Of course, this is not the only criterion, because you can commit a crime and viciously rejoice. Joy, however, is a necessary sign of proper spiritual work. If I am joyful, it means that I have already fulfilled one of the conditions for finding the right path.
Good deeds cause joy even when you do not expect it. If I have helped a created being to advance in correction, then there must be joy. As with the friction of two objects heat invariably arises, so is the correct action, correcting the creation, always accompanied by joy. This is a mandatory consequence.
Therefore, it is necessary to start the action of correction with joy, and then check whether it really contributed to correction by whether it caused joy. That is, joy should be both at the entrance and at the exit ….
…. A true professional is happy to come across the problems in his work. It gives him an opportunity to apply his professionalism, find a solution, create something new, and demonstrate his skill …
READ MORE: WITH JOY ; A DESCENT IS JOY (by Rav Michael Laitman)
CORPOREAL EXPRESSION: ALWAYS START WITH JOY AND ALL RESULTS WILL ALWAYS BE JOY
This is how and why the Law of Attraction dictates to start with joy and surely everything will result to joy. It´s not just getting ahead with a positive attitude for nothing, but as said above, even a problem is not a problem but a way to a great upcoming if only seen with a positive attitude.
Great Mazal (Luck)!