Weekly Consciousness Tune-Up

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Weekly Consciousness Tune-Up

September 12th - September 18th, 2004

 

 

This is it. We're heading into Rosh Hashanah this week. During

these powerful days, there is something you must keep in your

thoughts at all times: Ask for Everything.

 

The teachings of Kabbalah say that if we begin each year as a pauper

then we will conclude the year wealthy. If you understand this

metaphor, you can guarantee for yourself a great year ahead.

 

The thinking goes that on the first day of the year, you have

nothing; you are poor and destitute. You must come to the Light to

ask for everything back again.

 

The sages have taught us that on Rosh Hashanah we must ask for the

big things - money, love, health - and the little things as well. We

must ask with the understanding that on Rosh Hashanah we are starting

anew, therefore each and every detail of our life - even the tiniest

- has to be asked for once again. The explanation for this is

simple. If you do not ask, you cannot receive, and if you do not

build the vessel, it cannot be filled.

 

As I said last week, our natural tendency is to focus on what we

don't have. This tendency must be reversed on Rosh Hashanah. During

this window in time, force yourself if you have to and be genuinely

amazed and appreciative of what the Light has given you. Ideally,

simply meditating on all the complex parts and processes of your body

alone will trigger your appreciation.

 

As you go through all the " gifts " you have been given, ask the Light

to give them to you again for the following year.

 

Of course it is impossible to enumerate every detail of our life that

the Light has given us. When was the last time you appreciated your

tensor tympani muscle (it is attached to your eardrum and allows you

to hear.)

 

Nevertheless, when you come to Rosh Hashanah, come with the

consciousness that you come completely empty-handed, without a thing,

and you are asking from the Light not only for the big things, but

also for even the smallest detail.

 

This is the explanation of what Kabbalah means by " if the beginning

of the year is poor. " When a person feels poor on Rosh Hashanah, he

has the vessel to truly be filled with all of his desires.

 

With this great secret in your mind throughout Rosh Hashanah, the

year ahead will be one of plenty, one of spiritual and physical

abundance.