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Book Title Bringing Heaven Down to Earth
Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson
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70. Matching Worlds

Depression, anxiety and pessimism damage the channels of blessing from Above.

The Zohar explains that there is a lower world -- our world -- and there is a higher world. Our world is meant to continuously receive from that higher world, but always according to our personal state of mind.

If we are glowing with joy and vitality, then that world shines upon us in its full glory.

But if it we wallow in depression and anxiety, then we can only receive the metered trickle that squeezes through a constricted channel.

That is why King David said, “Serve G-d with joy!” Because your joy here draws upon you another joy from above.

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Posted: Aug 16, 2010
depression
I'm not a doctor or a therapist, Anonymous from NJ. And I agree. It is a battle. People don't know! I don't know about you, but it seemed like for years I was clinging onto the edge of earth by my fingernails. A therapist who did not tell me what to do but who listened a lot and asked me questions so I could hear myself helped me to look at how I was thinking and what I was doing. And I wasn't doing much beyond getting through the day. A suggestion to try some small thing that seemed insurmountable helped, with the caveat that I could walk out if I was too uncomfortable, I started to force myself to try something. Sometimes I was able to stick it out, even if it was just a lunch with one of my many friends that I had been avoiding. I took it as a little success. I didn't really succeed in my job the way I might have, if depression hadn't hung over me for so long. But I did make it through. Maybe I still have some issues. But I can thank G-d for the day. I even have joy.
Posted By georgianna

Posted: Aug 15, 2010
Enlightening!
This is simply enlightening. Many thanks to Rabbi Freeman!

Regards.
Posted By Shahid

Posted: Aug 15, 2010
depression
What happens when a person such as myself has clinical depression or is bi-polar.
I truly appricate all the blessings in my life, but clinical depression is a battle every day.
Posted By Anonymous, Ramsey, NJ

Posted: Aug 15, 2010
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
This, like just about everything else, is something we have to make a conscious effort to do. For some, it comes easily. For those suffering with clinical depression, as I did for many years, it seems impossible. I never doubted that G-d was there. I just thought my place in the universe was meant to be on a path of suffering.

The climb back out of what seemed like a hopeless darkness took hard work over time, thank G-d, with a good therapist. I had to make choices to see the blessings instead of focusing on the problems. It got easier with practice.

To those suffering with something more than pessimistic outlooks or the doldrums, I tell you, there is hope. G-d is faithful.
Posted By Ms. Georgianna Johnson



 


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