Aligning Thought and Soul: The Ultimate Playbook for Self-Control | Orchos Tzaddikim

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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.

[music] You are in the game of life whether you like it or not. The game of life is exactly like any other game. There's a time limit to the game. Football, you got 90 minutes. There's rules to the game. There's things you're allowed to do. There's things you're not allowed to do. There's a purpose to the game. And there's something you have to achieve >> in the game. >> You're in the game. >> I'm in the game. Yes, >> you are in the game whether you like it >> you are in the game whether you like it or not. >> 100%. >> But you got a choice. You can be a spectator. Are you a spectator in your life or are you a vibrant participant? >> How about a manager? >> How about a player manager? >> You want to be the player manager of your life? Most people are just watching their life and it's going past and things happen and they're a victim to the things that happening in their life and they're like, "It's not fair. Why me? Why did that have to happen? You're me? Why did that have to happen? You're spectator. You're watching your life." And by the way, your life's not great. It's a It's a tragedy. You're losing. You're losing big time. So, stop being a spectator in your life and start being a vibrant participant in your life. Start being the manager. Now, how do you play the game of life? Very very simple. The game of life works on two levels. The actual essential level of the game of life is revealing your spiritual essence in this world through your thought,

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1. 0:06[music] You are in the game of life whether you like it or not. The game…
2. 2:39your soul. Your soul is perfect and pure, full of love and joy. And [snorts] the…
3. 5:44self-actualization. Would you like to know the actual purpose of life? Self-trcendence. Self-trcendence. It's getting beyond…
4. 8:47result. Once you know what the result will give you, then then the work the pro…
5. 11:53character, trades, and spirituality. What percentage of 18 to 25 year old Americans or Australian or…
6. 14:57love them back. It causes physical craving and lust and greed and desire. Arrogance does because…
7. 17:32life. Now, it's not your fault, by the way, because you've been struggling to build a…
8. 20:37Torah and you're doing mitzvah with intention. If if you have all of those, then you…
9. 23:43>> and the resources they have, >> the results that they have, I guess like like…
10. 26:44So, like the one guy is actually higher >> physically higher but not spiritually higher. >>…

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