Contemplating Life's Challenges: Finding Meaning in Pain -Chovot Halevavot Cheshbon Hanefesh Gate 19

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dov Ber Weisman’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

number 27 out of 30 w we come far we're going through 30 things that you should consider probably not on a daily basis because it's a lot but one a day every month you can do February you'll have to double up but one day every month 30 things it is worth considering in your life now many many people don't consider anything they're just going through the motions I got to get up now and I got to go to work now and I got to have my relationships now and my health now and my programs now very few people just stop and take their head out of the sand and just be like w let's stop what what am I doing why am I doing it what do I believe in what Am I Living For What am I investing in are my actions Cong ruent and in line with my goals am I doing what I need to do in order to be who I want to be and by the way I said be who I want to be rather than get what I want to get cuz most people even if they are contemplating it how do I get what I want to get in fact for the majority of people most of their thought power is taken up on wanting things and then seeing how I can get them 80% of what you think about is what I want and how I can get it and then the rest the 20% is like what other people think of me maybe it's 50/50 actually 50% of your life chasing your desires 50% of your

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1. 0:03number 27 out of 30 w we come far we're going through 30 things that you…
2. 2:16contemplation is to contemplate higher things because what's going on in your mind that creates your…
3. 4:56you a while cuz first your mind would be crazy one do but then you'd SLE…
4. 7:31because attachment is also the key to True Enlightenment the whole of Judaism is only about…
5. 9:43pain because you are part of the bigger human soul you then receive pain people call…
6. 12:21that you know what you really deserve that you earned it or you deserve that you…
7. 14:58crazy there might be some holy people in there I re a big I like him…
8. 17:11not saying it's not fair it's not fair is that true by the way it's not…
9. 19:54like and they're like re are you okay this m this far he said my whole…
10. 22:36heart to the extent that you can accept your pain with a good open heart and…

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