Machshava:

Chassidut 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Getting To Know Me

Description

An example form the stock market - how time-appropriate! Different types of responses to unfortunate events. How do I respond to a life-event: as a body and soul combination or as a neshamah (soul) merely clothed in a guf (body)? One view: When the body botches up in teh world of the guf, then I am a "lo yutzlach" (failure). The damaging psychological ramifications of transferring an external failure into a neshamah failure. How does a father react to the son who doesn't follow in his footsteps? The long list of "terrible things" I have done to my child; and that is why he and I are both failures. "Everything bad happened because of me!" Taking rational responsibility for what I did - but not for EVERYTHING that goes wrong.