Struggle, Challenge & Adversity

Don’t get caught on a single-minded track just because it’s always worked for you. Be Like Jacob, and think outside the box.

Indeed, in any one individual there can nestle both a resister and an affirmer, at the same time. At one point the resister is dominant; at another, the affirmer.

The struggle between Jacob and the "angel of Esau", which "raised dust up to the Supernal Throne", is the cosmic struggle between the spirituality of Israel and the materiality of Edom (Rome). The struggle is conducted on two planes -- "with the divine an...