Why Have We Lost Our Inner Peace - And How Do We Get It Back? (AI)

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

Good evening and blessings. Today, let's reflect on a verse written by the wisest of men, King Solomon. It touches on a question that troubles many people. Every person remembers that at the beginning of life when they were a child, not only was their joy different, but their inner honesty and morality were different, too. By nature, a child searches more for truth, more for justice. When a child is hurt because someone When a child is hurt because someone deceived him or took advantage of him, the pain feels much deeper than it does for an adult. And every person longs to return to that inner purity, that inner calm, that inner integrity. But the basic question is what truly is the natural state of a human being? Because on the other hand, we also see children who do not always behave properly. Sometimes they can even be cruel to their friends or hurt them. So what is the real condition we were born what is the real condition we were born with? And what can we do to reach that point of pure truth that brings inner peace, serenity, inner light and genuine happiness because all these things are connected. At first glance, the verses seem to contradict one another. One verse says, "God made man upright, but they sought many calculations." Meaning by nature, a person is born wise nature. upright, honest, meant to walk a nature. upright, honest, meant to walk a good and proper path with inner integrity. But another verse says, "A wild donkey of a man is born." Meaning when a person first comes into the world before education and guidance, he is like a wild creature. So what is the truth? What is our natural state? Is our true nature honesty, truth, joy, and inner light? Or are we born wild and only afterward shaped through education and direction?

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1. 0:00Good evening and blessings. Today, let's reflect on a verse written by the wisest of men,…
2. 5:05corrupted. What happened is what the Jewish sages of mysticism call kipo, external layers or coverings.…
3. 10:44says, "Walks in his uprightness." What does that mean? It means the uprightness already exists within…
4. 16:27complete. Like the phrase completed and fulfilled. Be wholehearted with Hashem your God means be complete…
5. 22:07How? Through deep reflection. A person tells himself, "If heaven truly intended for me to have…
6. 27:44know that a person is shaped by his actions. His heart and thoughts are drawn after…
7. 32:54she asked him directly, "Would you agree to become my husband? For him it was unimaginable.…
8. 38:31someone who cannot even stand the sight of blood. Now imagine a king forces this man…
9. 44:07how to recognize the good point inside a child and build him upward from there. This…
10. 49:45being himself. Be yourself. Every person has a different personality, different strengths, different struggles and a…

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