071 Tanya Shvat 30 ~ m088 Adar I, 15See in blog:
Questions for today:
Why don’t I feel close to the Creator? Perhaps my dreams can reveal more about me than I know
You've heard of the phrase, “It's not you it's me”. We're having issues in the relationship, but not because of anything you did, it's because of my issues.
Tanya today, is discussing a ‘self-induced intervention’, trying to chip away at the shell that blocks me from having a vulnerable and warm relationship with the Creator.
We spoke about how our chosen identity is the animal soul, which is inherently narcissistic and self-absorbed. We also spoke about how our temptations and the trivial things that crowd our minds create a separation between us and the Creator and render the Creator irrelevant in our minds.
Today, we're talking about dreams. We won’t analyze them kabbalistically, but we will think about what they say about us.
if all our dreams are about our personal conquest and about places we've seen, it does tell us a lot about ourselves inside. It shows us that we have a lot of work to do if we'd like to have a vulnerable and open relationship with the Creator.
Tanya book 1, ch 29, Pt 7
When you break a log, it can be engulfed in the warmth of a flame - and sometimes we need that treatment too...
What do our dreams say about how self-absorbed we are?
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=2/16/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npammwn9Wjs&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKIBRnjBvHe&index=72