Kabbalah For Dummies by Arthur Kurzweil

Author:Arthur Kurzweil
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley

Being busy doing nothing

People often mistakenly think that the biblical prohibition against doing work on the Sabbath only pertains to physical labor and that it’s permissible and appropriate to work on one’s self, one’s inner life, and one’s character traits. On Shabbat, no work is done — neither on the physical world nor on one’s self.

One of my Kabbalah teachers points out that it’s such a pity to see the number of people in the world who are eager for peace of mind. Some people take classes to attain peace of mind, some take drugs, and some try meditation and other techniques, all of which are a waste of time if the goal is to attain peace of mind. As my teacher points out, a fundamental principle of Kabbalah is that peace of mind is actually quite unattainable during one’s life because the human soul has two aspects:

Yetzer hatov (yay-tzer hah-tov; the good urge)

Yetzer harah (yay-tzer hah-rah; the evil urge)

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