Wake the Day!

There is only one Actual Self, the Divine Self, the “I” that IS, and creates the Days, that we perceive as our world.

There are billions of conceptual “i’s” which are our ego’s, all are different because they encircle our knowledge/experience which we depend on for our safety and success and health etc. Actually the ego self brings us into conflicts with other egos, all of which are merely conceptual.

Language is all conceptual, except for when spoken out of Nothing by the Creator of All.

King David learned to surrender his ego completely to the Actuality of life in the Living Moment known as NOW, and released conceptions of past and future. There is no other “time” but NOW, look and you will see. Question: was it David who awakened the morning star, or the True Ruler of everything, to Whom he was totally dedicated. Reply

Thank you.
I need to write this down on numerous sticky notes & post them throughout my home. And, make a poster, frame it and make sure these words are the first thing I see when I wake up every day.
Life is very difficult for me since losing my soulmate of many years recently. Maybe this will help me move forward.
Thank you again.
Shalom.
Shelly Finn Reply

Hey. Maybe someone will read my comment and be reassured. It goes like this. I wake up into a horror of storming misery. Rashi said it best in his comment on the 10th word of the Torah: Tohu-'The word תֹהוּ is an expression of astonishment and desolation, that a person wonders and is astonished at the emptiness therein'. That's how I feel. I would say wtf but Chabad.org is a Torah site. Through some grace of God I stagger to my siddur, that magical 5 by 7 'thing' of order (the word siddur means order after all), and I feel all the Jews that ever were and ever will be take my hand and say, 'hey man, pull up a chair sit and we'll get see you through this mess' So I sit down and open the book to Modeh Ani and I tune into the sweetest music of the Universe, a signal that leads me home and soothes my soul. That's how I awaken the day in me. Reply

My cat seems to be more in tune with the rhythm of the nature In Fall, Winter and most of the Spring, both my cat and I wake up before the Sun rises. I say Modeh Ani and do Netilat Yadaim (washing of the hands). I believe that my cat believes that it means "food coming right up" . As it is written in the Torah, I feed my animals (Tzippi, the cat) before I eat.. And from there on I proceed with my daily prayers and activities.

The summer is a true challenge. Tzippi wakes up before the Sun, but 5 am is way too early for me. So my question is, should I follow my teachings (and Tzippy's hungry tummy) and get up before the sun, or keep sleeping till my usual wake up time, around 6 am? Reply

value I have read all your writings. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. Reply

dear brother i wake up every day to read your articles.

they bring fresh air to my heart and brains daily.

thanks.

Shalom Reply