The Zohar points to the end of pain, and the mind is where certainty is lost or restored.
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✦ All insights are drawn from articles by Michael Berg published on onehouse.kabbalah.com.
The end of the portion, in the Zohar, describes the time of the Gmar HaTikun, when pain, suffering and death will be removed. Michael Berg concludes that this gives the week a Light of its own, that of the end of correction, and that only the Light of the Zohar reveals it.
The Light each of us reveals depends on our awareness of the power of the Zohar. The honest question is: what am I doing to awaken more certainty and appreciation? Michael Berg reminds us that we almost never have enough desire and appreciation, and that this week is for asking for them.
In another article, written for a Shabbat Parah, Michael Berg teaches that doubt does not come from what happens outside. It is born of a weakened mind, weakened by negative and ego-driven thoughts, and the situation that unsettles us only shows where the mind really was.
The Zohar ties Vayakhel to the Gmar HaTikun, the time without pain, illness or death.
Even without a ready vessel, those who are connected will be prepared by the Creator to receive.
The end of correction comes by revealing the Light of the Zohar, and the measure is our certainty.
Doubt and sadness point to a weakened mind, not an outside problem.
The situation exists to show where the mind was. Noticing it is already the beginning of purification.
The Zohar of Vayakhel ends by speaking of the Gmar HaTikun, the end of correction, which is why Michael Berg sees in this week a specific Light. According to Rav Shimon, at that time pain, suffering and death will be removed and everyone will enter the land of Israel, which is both a place and a spiritual state. Even those who do not yet have the vessel to receive that Light will be clothed by it.
The only way to reveal it is the Light of the Zohar, and the Light each of us reveals depends on our awareness of its power. That is why the task of the week is to ask for more certainty, more desire and more appreciation, not only to read.
The second article deals with certainty in everyday life. Doubt seems to come from what happens, but, Michael Berg teaches, it is born of a mind weakened by negative and ego-driven thoughts. What unsettles us only shows this. Noticing where the mind was is already the purification, and the lesson holds for a lifetime, not only for the Shabbat Parah it was written for.
Begin with desire.
Before reading the Zohar, ask for more desire and appreciation for it. Then read with that awareness.
See where it fails.
Note a moment of doubt today. Ask: "What was I thinking before that?" Without judging yourself.
Cut the ego thought.
When a thought of superiority or a negative one appears, pause and replace it. Notice how the mind steadies.
Accept what it shows.
Facing something that unsettles you, say: "This shows me where my mind was." Give thanks and ask for certainty.
Unite Zohar, certainty and mind.
Write what changed when you noticed instead of reacting. Thank the Light and renew the request for certainty.
I ask for certainty and appreciation for the Light of the Zohar.
I notice where my mind is, and the Light steadies my step.
May this week of Vayakhel help you reveal the Light of the end of correction and steady your certainty. Shavua Tov!
Connecting to the Light of the End of the Correction, by Michael Berg
Being Aware of Where Our Mind Is, by Michael Berg
If someone you love has lost their certainty, this portion shows where doubt really comes from.
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