Rebbe Nachman has set out a system whereby we are able to understand what Hashem is communicating to us and thereby grow.  But not everyone is able to understand on that level.  The rest of us also grow, but in a different, less conscious way.  Here’s how.

The World to come overlaps this one – the timeless world is knocking on the world of time, trying to open our minds to the infinite.  Hanukkah is what gives us the ability to see the World to Come nestled in this one.  With Rav Kook. 

Join us as we begin a new lesson – Likutei Moharan Torah 54.  Rebbe Nachman speaks of memory – of the world to come!  We have to remember the larger context in which we live, and the ramifications of that.  And that affects every moment – every thought, word and action.

Rebbe Nachman talks about the two directions we have to get good at – one is going up and finding G-d, the other is going down, and finding G-dliness.  These are very different from each other – opposite, even – and need to be understood more deeply. The volume might be a bit quiet on [...]

We continue with Torah 82, where Rebbe Nachman describes Moshe’s two-fold approach to soul-success – going up and seeing G-d, and going down and seeing G-d.  Both are really hard.  Today we discuss what it means to “go up,” what the dangers are and what we can do to avoid them.

W discuss the two ways it can go Y-U-D and D-U-Y – are you a vessel that’s open to receiving, or not? and if not, sometimes someone has to “drop the bomb” to open you up.  When?  Who?  How?

After a confession from RGG that he doesn’t actually listen to anyone, we talk about our own mahs and how they are helping us look at our lives in a different way.  For those of you who don’t know, mah is the “what?” – Rebbe Nachman encourages us to ask “what is really here?” rather [...]

There are really only two ways to go.  There’s not enough room for two kings here – my world either reflects my intelligence or Hashem’s.  Seems like an obvious choice, but it is hard to do.

We started Torah 82 in tinyana.  This Torah revolves around how we liberate ourselves from our illusions by asking ‘mah’ – what is this?  So many people are afraid to ask ‘mah’ because they are afraid of the answer.  But if we ask, we will be connected to the wisdom and intelligence that Hashem put [...]

There are two primary kinds of work, called ratzo v’shov – running and returning.  We are supposed to master both of them – and Rebbbe Nachman says it is possible.   Sometimes our work is glamorous – we are high, and we have to reach a bit higher.  But sometimes we are doing nitty-gritty work of [...]