War has resumed in Israel and with it, the internal conflict that perpetually exists in the Jew.
This perpetual conflict, once understood, sheds untold light on virtually everything in life.
It’s called the two soul dynamic. Each of us have two souls, not one. Each of these souls have a different nature. One is focused on personal needs, delights, gratification and physically enduring. Shamelessness and determination is its nature.
The second soul strives for the Divine. Its nature is G-dliness, transcendence and goodness — lack of self and self aggrandizement — is its nature.
This is the complexity of the Human. Driven by seemingly two contradictory states. Yet the truth is they aren’t contradictory. They are really complimentary one of the other. Each of them bring to the table something that the other doesn’t and in synthesis produces the most refined and successful result.
We go through our days giving expression to each of these sides. At times we are shamelessly driven for all sorts of personal and ego driven motives. Whilst at other times we would give the shirts off our back and selflessly dedicate ourselves to causes, ideals and aspirations that aren’t at all with an eye to self or personal gain. It may be an internal struggle but ultimately the second soul has the ability to dictate!
This is the power of the human being. The ability to transcend and the empowerment to become something greater each day over the prior day. The strength to selflessly do what needs to get done despite the challenges that exists.
It is this underlying source of strength that ensures that Israel will successful in the mission of vanquishing evil and creating light. It may sometimes be unsettling but the power to overcome we all have in abundance!!
With best wishes for a Shabbat Shalom & for internal strength and clarity,