[thereisone] Signs and Wonders
- From: Gutman Locks <locks.gutman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thereisone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 07:09:55 +0200
Signs and Wonders
If you are having troubles there is a good reason for it. Everything
comes for a reason. Nothing just falls out of the sky. Our actions cause
similar actions and they come back to us. Our job is to try to see why
these particular results are coming. Then we will be able to identify which
of our actions caused those troubles. This is their purpose. They do not
come as punishments. They come to guide us and to lead us onto the path we
really want to go.
Do not think that this is true only for our troubles. All of the
wonderful things that seem to fall into our laps for some unknown reason
also come as a result of our actions, or maybe even more importantly, our
inactions. It’s called *mida k’neged mida*. It means this portion across
from this portion. Whatever we do comes back to us.
Then how is this different from the fatalistic Eastern teaching of
karma? “It’s your karma man!” “No way around it.” “You are what you are!”
The difference is, whatever we do comes back to us unless we turn and
change our ways.
Man has freewill. We can change anytime we want and then our new way
will dictate what will come to us and not our old ways. It’s called
*teshuva* (repentance).
It used to be, some years ago, to be genuine *teshuva* it had to be
accompanied with sincere tears of regret and sorrow. Now this is not true.
In fact, the opposite is true. Now, we are so close to the final redemption
that the ground rules have changed. Now, genuine *teshuva* comes only with
joy. “Thank G-d! Thank G-d I turned and am going in the right direction
now. Baruch Hashem!”
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