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Lesson No. 3
Who Or What Is The Opponent?
- Welcome back. My name
is Yehuda, and in level three
we're going to learn
about the universal force
which is blocking all of us from
achieving true and lasting fulfillment
in this game we called life.
In our previous level, we learned
about the idea of Tikkun
which is my soul's correction and
my soul's journey through this life.
It's about transforming
all of those aspects of myself
that I would like to change
as well as taking all the gifts
that I have
and sharing them with the world.
We learned that our life
is like a movie, we're the director
we are the main character
and a light is producing the show.
Every challenge in my life
is specifically designed for me
to get me to be
the best version of myself
and to bring me more
and lasting fulfillment.
We also began to build
the proactive formula
and in this lesson,
we're going to continue building
this formula so we have a great way
to overcome any challenge
we experience in life.
Now, earlier I mentioned that this is
'The Game of Life'.
So let's play a little game.
I'd like for you to imagine yourselves
with a big barrel in front of you,
maybe about a meter away.
You have a small coin in your hand
and the purpose of the game
is to toss it right into the barrel.
Sounds fun, no?
Not really, mostly because
there's no challenge.
What do you think
we could do
to make this game a little bit
more challenging?
We could blindfold ourselves,
we could maybe throw it in backward
make the target smaller,
make it even further away.
There are many ways in which
we can make this more challenging
and therefore, more fun.
Video games work
the same way.
When you play a video game,
every level that you progress through
becomes slightly more challenging
and slightly more difficult
and that's where the fun is.
So let me ask you a question,
if that's true,
why is it that in our life
we're always looking for things
to be less challenging,
less difficult?
And the truth is, we're actually not.
In a video game the reason why
we look for more difficulty
as we progress through the game
is because we understand
how the game works and therefore
we want a bigger challenge.
In life if we don't understand the rules
of the game and all of the players in it
things become challenging without
any way for us to overcome them.
That's what the wisdom
of Kabbalah is all about.
And the wisdom of Kabbalah teaches
that in this life
we have a force called
the opponent.
The opponent is an energy
intelligence,
a force which was created
by The Light, to be that challenge
for each and every one of us.
It's the voice that whispers
in our ear and gives us
a sense of immediate gratification,
it wants us to run
to be reactive constantly.
This is the challenge that we are
provided with in life.
And if we can overcome
the challenge, if we can
begin listening to our soul instead
of the opponent
then we can achieve real
and lasting fulfillment.
The question is
how do we do this?
How can we begin to recognize
the voice of the opponent?
So I'll give you a small task.
Take a few minutes and write down
for yourselves three things
that you know are good for you
but you don't do them anyways,
and three things that you know
are bad for you
and yet you still do them
no matter what.
This is the key to beginning
to identify our opponent
and in the next mission, we'll learn
what we do with them.
See you there.
The Kabbalah Centre
Practical Ancient Wisdom.