We’re taught to live under the rules of religion, morality, government, and science. What we aren’t taught is that we have free will. In this episode, I begin with a stark claim: the existence of the Creator is the only absolute truth. Beyond that, every truth is open to question. Everything exists, everything has been created, and everything is known in advance. Yet we are still given the freedom to choose. That freedom is at the heart of this episode.
Our own mind, our own consciousness, is the greatest prison of all. It is the most powerful prison, yet it is within our control. Controlling our thoughts is at the heart of every religion. Hasidic teaching calls this “the battle for the small city.” Who is in charge of the conscious part of me? Who is at the helm? Who is running me: my soul, the needs of my physical body, or my animal soul?
People with inner strength live by rules, values, and boundaries. That’s the foundation, and they apply those rules to themselves first. They set limits on their own behavior and on what they will tolerate from the people around them. Those limits don’t need to be extreme, but they can’t be so loose that anything goes. Strong people know what they want and what behavior from others they are willing to tolerate. We teach people how to treat us through what we are willing, or unwilling, to tolerate. That is our own free choice.
You have to know what you want, and your mind needs a clear sense of it too. Our reality is a product of our consciousness. It is precisely the less realistic part of us, the part that dreams, that will bring results.
Book a consultation and guidance session (in Hebrew): jewish-motivation.gilimanwolner.co.il
Gili Man Wolner – Emotional Healer Jewish Motivation
