Aug. 23, 2023

Igniting Spiritual Transformation: Exploring the Power of Small Actions with the Wisdom of the Holy Ramchal

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Season 5

What could seemingly mindless actions do for your spiritual heart? Could these actions – bending your knee, running to shul – ignite a spark in your soul, opening up a path to connect deeply with Hashem? Join us as we journey together, guided by the profound wisdom of the Holy Ramchal. We delve into his seminal work, Mesilas Yesharim, a trove of Kabbalah wisdom, as we explore the concept of Zerizus, or Alacrity, a vital step on the ladder to spiritual ascension. 

The second half of our exploration takes a counterintuitive turn, as the Ramchal proposes that heartless and mindless actions can create a spiritual shift within us. We contemplate that even the most straightforward actions can stimulate profound spiritual awakening and nurture a love for Hashem and his mitzvahs. As the discussion unfolds, we encourage you to act out the part, live it, and embrace even the smallest of actions – because they might be the key to connecting with Hashem on a deeper level. Don't miss out on this enlightening journey into the mystical wisdom of the Ramchal.

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What if I told you that a couple mindless and heartless actions may be able to jump-start your spiritual heart, to help you once and for all become David to Hashem and ultimately yes, ultimately even become a prophet?

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The Holy Ramchal, as he explains to us the framework of the ladder, of how it is possible for us to ascend the ladder to become prophets to bezocha, to ruach haqaidas.

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One of the steps is that of Zarezus of Alacrity, and the famous words explaining the safer of Ramchal from the great Miramashkiach has been echoed by others, since that Ramchal's work, masih As-Yashara, is actually deep and mystical wisdom.

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It's Kabbalah given over, bilavush Pashut given over, in just very plain and simple terms for us to understand.

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Well, look no further than this.

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As a prime example, the Ramchal says, in the chapter of Zarezus of Alacrity, that there's this concept of the chitzonias, moeres es hapnimios, the outsides of a person.

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A very dull and plain action can jump-start the innards, his soul, to help it start to feel a connection and a love of Hashem and his mitzvahs.

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And does it really make much sense for the movement of the joint in your ankle, the bending of the knee, the walking forth to do a mitzvah, a striding forth to a davening that that should all of a sudden pop open the cap on our hearts, that should circumcise this in a way that now we're going to connect with Hashem and this viadatta hayon v'ashivosa el vavacha, how can such a heartless mysa open up such a deep rooted hole inside of our hearts?

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This is the Kabbalah given over to us by Ramchal and therefore, although it may seem odd, we can conclude that one of the cheat codes of climbing this ladder to becoming a prophet and connecting with Hashem is just to kick it into gear and to act in a way that, although at the beginning it may seem heartless, I don't feel it.

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Why am I running to shul that running may just open up your heart, but that swaying back and forth and the saying of Tehillim, but the even pretending of the excitement around the upcoming days of Elul and our Shashana.

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You know we're talking about Emuna, ha'amantikya Damber, for you talk about Emuna, you play the part, you act the role, you live it and you start to run and, of course, at the beginning you won't feel any change.

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But you don't have to run out to the middle of the ocean to try to grab your heart.

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You can start at the shoreline, on the beach at the very shallow part of just a basic and mindless action, just rot's limits of Akala, run to shul, give it your all at the very basic level of mysa and at that cut and dry, hurried excitedness to serve Hashem.

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Ultimately, that will make a deep rooted impact inside of your soul.