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Welcome to The Method
© by Shimona Tzukernik, the Kabbalah Coach, and Corporate Soul
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Action Arena
© by Shimona Tzukernik, the Kabbalah Coach, and Corporate Soul
Garments
Abilities
Essence
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Thought
Speech
Action
The advantage of the garments of the soul is infinitely higher than that of the soul.Tanya Ch. 4
Action Arena
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Thought
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Purpose Slow, long-term progressThe advantage of the garments of the soul is infinitely higher than that of the soul.
Tanya Ch. 4
Slow, Long-Term Progress
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If you want to observe the commandments perfectly, you must first sanctify yourself by perfecting your personality, (eliminating such bad traits as) pride, jealousy, hatred and anger. The more you perfect your personality, the higher the degree of perfection you will be able to have in your observance. It is impossible for one’s observance to be free of blemish as long as he is not perfect with regard to all his traits.
It is thus taught, “When one comes to purify himself, he is helped from on high.” * When a person wants to purify himself by perfecting his personality, he is helped so that he can observe the commandments perfectly.
Reb Elimelech of Lizensk, Noam Elimelech, Likuty Shoshana 109b
*Shabbat 104a, Yoma 38b
Action Arena
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Garments
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Thought
Speech
Action
Purpose
The advantage of the garments of the soul is infinitely higher than that of the soul.Tanya Ch. 4
Sticky/Split-SecondSelf
Why “Garment?”
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Just as one can put on a garment…
Why “Garment?”
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Why “Garment?”
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…so too can one remove a garment.
And the same applies to the garments of the soul. We can select them AT WILL, choosing at any moment what to think, say or do.
The Two Closets
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Thought
Speech
Action
Grasping any ideanot directed to G-d
Slander, gossip - anyspeech not directedto G-d Murder, robbery – any act not directedto G-d
Grasping Divine Wisdom
Prayer, a kind andsupportive word to a friendSaving a life, returning alost object, visiting the sick
The Garment AdvantageGarments = Free Will!
“The body is called a ‘small city’ (Kohelet/Eccliastes 9:14) Just as two Kings wage war over a city…so the two souls…wage war against each other over the body and all its limbs.” Tanya Chapter 9
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The battle is eternal“Man is so created from birth that each person may, with the will-power in his brain, restrain himself and control the drive of lust that is in his heart, preventing his heart’s desires from expressing themselves in action, word, or thought...” Tanya Ch 12
Takeaway
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Despite my internal struggle, I can always do the right thing.
Quantum Leap
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The garments are where we exercise free will. But why is the advantage of the garments of the soul infinitely higher than that of the soul itself?
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Quantum Leap
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Quantum Leap
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“For My thoughts are not your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8)
“No thought can apprehend Him at all.” (Introduction to Tikunei Zohar 17a)
“His greatness can never be fathomed.” (Psalm 145:3)
“Can you by searching find G-d?” (Job 11:7)
“Where you find the greatness of the Holy One Blessed be He, there you also find his humility.” (Megillah 31a)
Quantum Leap
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“Where you find the greatness of the Holy One Blessed be He, there you also find his humility.” (Megillah 31a)
Thought
Speech
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Takeaway
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Enlightenment does not begin to approach the Ein Sof, the One Without End.
The garments, as the quantum leap between us and our Source, facilitate the ultimate “religious” experience.
Seeking to be “G-dly” rather than “spiritual” aligns us with truth and purpose.
Exchange the pursuit of self-actualization and enlightenment for a Quantum Leap Life instead.
Action Above All
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The essential thing is not study but deed.Ethics of Our Fathers 1:17
Flame/Light
Combustion
Wick
Oil
Presence ofShechina
Energyexpended
Body
Commandmentor Object
Holy action transforms the matter of the world into Divinity. In this way, as spiritualtransformers, we contribute to perfecting the world.
Takeaway
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I don’t have to be perfect to perfect the world.
Spring Boards
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Our Essence and Garments, particularly physical Action, function like bookends.
GarmentsEssence
- or trampolines.
Where Change Begins
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Or you might think of them in Kabbalistic terms:
GarmentsEssence
Arousal from above Arousal from below
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