[aageneral] CAN PEOPLE REALLY CHANGE?

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BS"D

CAN PEOPLE REALLY CHANGE?

MOST PEOPLE NEVER REALLY CHANGE

Sad, but true.

Some people never even try.

But those of us who do – and I assume that you are in that group
–
often experience great frustration and disappointment as we
encounter the same limitations over and over again.

Life can start to seem downright repetitive.

CREATING SOMETHING FROM NOTHING

Why is it that in most cases your life keeps looking like some
variation of whatever you've experienced before?

The answer is: because you are creating something from something.
You're attempting to create a new and different future based on the
limitations of your past.

Imagine that you are a potter and you have a piece of clay. You can
study your craft and make pots that are smoother, sturdier, or more
beautiful than before. But when all is said and done, they're
stilljust clay pots.

Who says you have to be a potter? And who says you can only make
things out of clay?

G-D CREATES SOMETHING FROM NOTHING

There is a fundamental kabbalistic principle of Creation known
as `yesh m'ayin' – something from nothing.

This principle explains that G-d is bringing the entire world,
including you, into existence from absolute nothingness at every
moment.

G-d didn't create this world once and withdraw back into Heaven,
where He supervises from a distance and intervenes when appropriate.
Rather, He is actively and intentionally speaking the world into
existence from nothing in the present moment, again and again and
again. In fact, if G-d would stop creating this world – with all
ofits myriad details – at any moment, the world and everything in
itwould disappear as if it had never been.

Based on this, two things are clear:

1.The world has no existence outside of G-d. Everything we
experience in life is part of G-d and His intention and purpose for
Creation.
2.G-d desires the world – and you – with an intense and
personal desire. Everything you do has great meaning and
significance to Him. That's why He keeps on creating you.

Remember those old commercials where a little kid said something
like: "I must be good because G-d made me, and G-d doesn't
makejunk"?

Actually, the truth is much more powerful than that. G-d doesn't
make anything or anyone without a profound purpose. He passionately
desires you and just as passionately wants you to desire Him. And He
is waiting - with bated breath - for you to embrace the Divine
purpose for which you have been created. To make your life, your
relationships and your circumstances a "dwelling place" for
the Divine.

WHAT'S NOTHINGNESS?

G-d creates from Nothing because Nothingness, ayin, actually means
absolute, infinite possibility. No limitations. No restrictions.
None at all.

When you don't need to be any particular something, you're
free to be anything. Kabbalah calls this infinite potential
nothingness – not because there's nothing there, but because there
are absolutely no limitations that define or restrict this infinite
possibility in any way.

YOU'RE ALREADY CREATING SOMETHING FROM NOTHING

As a human beings created in the image of G-d, you are also
empowered to create something from nothing. And you do, all the time.

Unfortunately, most of the time what we create from nothing are the
stories about what we can't do, aren't capable of, will never
have – together with all the reasons why.

These stories are continuously being recreated from nothing in each
of our lives. But unlike G-d, who creates consciously, we create
this reality unconsciously. It's a sort of default programming.
Yes, I understand that you have reasons for what you believe, but
those reasons, while they may help to explain your past, do not have
the power to limit your future. Unless you think they do, and act
accordingly.

Most of us don't wake up in the morning in awe of our own
potential, in touch with our Divine purpose, filled with the joy of
life, ready to create. More often we wake up all-too-conscious of
our limitations, our disappointments, our frustrations, our
unfulfilled needs, and the burdensome problems we need to solve. No
wonder so many of us are worn out before we even get out of bed.

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

You might have read a cute little children's book called
"Harold and the Purple Crayon". In this book, Harold, a baby, draws
things with his purple crayon on his bedroom walls. He draws things
like castles, mountains, roads and tigers.

The interesting part is that then Harold climbs the mountains, runs
down the roads, explores the castles and runs away from the tigers.
Sometimes he gets so far into the picture that he can't figure out
how to get home again –but then, he just takes his purple crayon and
draws the road back.

Harold is always creating something from nothing.

YOU CAN CREATE SOMETHING FROM NOTHING TOO

Your life, your present and future, is actually an ayin –
nothing.

Yes, as a soul in a specific physical body, there are some limits to
what you can create.

But you have no idea what they are.

- - Do you want to experience unconditional love? How would you
behave if you were committed to love others unconditionally,
especially those people who long for your love? Your parents. Your
children. Your spouse. Your friends. What if you noticed, accepted
and appreciated the way they love you – even if it doesn't
yet look exactly the way you want it to look?

What might happen today if you behaved that way? What if you stayed
committed to that experience over time – what might happen to
your most intimate relationships, your family, your community, your
world? Don't shortchange yourself by skipping over this
question. Really think about it.

- - Do you want to experience your power to live as a creator
rather than a victim in your life? How would you behave if you
refused to let your fears and past failures put any limits on what
you do right now?

What would you do that you've been putting off? What else? What
might you actually create or achieve over time if you do those
things? And perhaps even more important, what would life be like for
you right now if you choose to be a person who isn't stopped by
fear?

Do you want to be more intimately in touch with your Creator and
your Divine purpose? How would you behave if you were a person
committed to seeing G-d's intimate, infinite and loving presence
in all aspects of your life? What if every action you take was based
on the assumption that nothing is wrong – because G-d is
intentionally, creating your world right now on behalf of your
ultimate purpose and fulfillment?

What might your life be like – today – if you behaved that
way? How about your relationships? Your energy? Your happiness? Your
peace of mind?

HOW TO CREATE MIRACLES

Like a farmer who tills his field, plants seeds, waters and tends
them, sometimes it can take time to see the results of your efforts.
But if you are willing to create something from nothing, you
don't have to twiddle your thumbs while you wait for things to grow.
The very decision to be a creator in your own life brings with it
some powerful, intrinsic rewards; rewards like joy, fulfillment -
and miracles.

© Shifra Hendrie, Kabbalah of Transformation /
www.kabbalahoftransformation.com.

*Since the Torah forbids the erasing of G-d's name, it's
customary to avoid writing it out in full.

Shifra Hendrie is a professional life coach who works with
spiritually-minded people to create breakthrough results in their
lives, businesses and relationships.

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