tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31424973.post115472827543599194..comments2023-11-02T12:33:54.215+02:00Comments on hopeful beirut: The YO-YO Effecthopeful beiruthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730596406369616489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31424973.post-1155186972348525212006-08-10T08:16:00.000+03:002006-08-10T08:16:00.000+03:00Please dont give up. Ur hope shouldnt be running o...Please dont give up. Ur hope shouldnt be running out.Pls keep the hope alive. I cant figure why innocent souls like urs n Zena's hv to go thru wat u're experiencin now...Pls remain strong...Pls, pls, pls.Piece of My Mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529083968621200098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31424973.post-1154734467524643392006-08-05T02:34:00.000+03:002006-08-05T02:34:00.000+03:00I just read something from Michael Berg once again...I just read something from Michael Berg once again. It helps but is not easy to take action in our own personal lives but read his words and see if you can glean something to help you.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"More than just noticing the pain that people experience in the world, we must actively search for it and teach ourselves to experience it as our own. But this is not an exercise in sadness or guilt. The true purpose of feeling another’s pain is to inspire us to attend to our spiritual work, which includes taking physical action in the world to alleviate human suffering.<BR/><BR/>In discussing this with Kabbalah students, I’ve sometimes seen them shake their heads sadly. “It sounds very inspiring,” they tell me, “but what’s the use? The magnitude of suffering in the world is just too great. There’s just too much pain for anyone to really make a difference.” This line of thinking is one of the most potent weapons of our negative inclination. Kabbalah empathically counsels us not to measure righteousness “by volume.” Just as the reverberations of a butterfly’s wings can eventually create a tornado, every positive act, however small, brings Light into the world which opens a channel for more Light. In this way the transformation of humanity will eventually become a reality.<BR/><BR/>Suppose your house were on fire and you had time to save some of your possessions but not all of them. Would you throw your hands up and say, “Forget it, if I can’t save it all, I’ll just let it all burn,” or would you run into the house and grab what you could? Most of us would do the latter, and the same principle applies to the situation of the world in general.<BR/><BR/>Alone, we cannot possibly alleviate all the pain and suffering that exists, but this is not a reason to stop trying. Kabbalah tells us that if we can help even one person, it is as though we’ve saved the entire world."<BR/><BR/>I hope I have helped one person!<BR/><BR/>http://www.kabbalah.com/newsletters/2006_11leo/english/index.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com