Monday at 12 ny time iy'H
All learning is in the zchus of bringing back our boys:
Gilad Michael ben Bat Galim,
Eyal ben Iris Tesurah,
Yakov Naftali ben Rachel Devorah
Bullet Points for
Chapter 6
Purifying
the thoughts
Problems
of Negative Thoughts:
a
person may suffer from them
soul
may be affected through recoiling from it or getting used to it
Rambam:
a person exists where his thoughts are: true perspective- we are
neshama=so actually where his thoughts are.
See
example on bottom of page 117- Kav Hayashar
“Thinking
about something negative causes a person to take his “I” and put
it in an evil place” (118)
Different
kinds of evil thoughts:
negative
thoughts about yourself
bad
thoughts that come from seeing outside event and makes impression on
your mind
thoughts
that come from something you hear
imagination
How
to uproot a negative thought:
become
more self aware: know you are a neshama and evil thoughts disturb
your real “I”
set
aside time to give free reign to thoughts:
ask
self if identify with the thought or not- good thoughts should be
noted as positive
when
identify evil thought ask self if you want to be like the contents
of those thoughts, if not, cut them away as with “scissors...
consciously disconnect from the negative thought.”
Easier
to separate self from negative feelings and actions and then from
thoughts.
When
you become aware of your thoughts and gradually correct them, the
negative thoughts will gradually weaken.
Through
avodah of improving actions, feelings, and thoughts= our will
(subconscious) begins to be revealed in conscious thought.
