*Correction on previous posts: Chabad Rebbeim explain feelings of aggression are through the Sefirot/energies of Netzach/Victory and Hod
I write G-d below, because a Jewish tradition is to bury pages in the ground with G-d’s name when they are no longer used, instead of throwing in the garbage, it’s an act of reverence, it helps you feel awe, for there to be no concern of erasing His name, I write G-d, I may want to delete and redo a post.*
- How Does Repair Happen?
Why Joseph never said "I forgive you."
How does suffering turn into awe and joy?
- Jewish Secret to Transform Suffering Into Blessing:
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- Why Is It Better to Not Be Created?
A strange teaching from the Talmud
- Perfectionism Is Fear of Talking About Feelings:
Why perfectionism makes people fall for religious schemes
- How Does Darkness/Suffering Allow You to Know G-d More?
Trauma doesn't bring you closer to the Creator by itself.
- What Is Misguided Awe?
- How Does Redemption Begin?
Perfectionism looks different in different people.
- Joy Begins When You Notice G-d Is Kind:
- Awe Grows From Appreciation:
Awe grows through appreciation, not emotion-hunting.
- Adam and Eve Fell for the First Religious Scheme:
Why the Ego Loves Religious Schemes
- A Child Will Distance From a Parent When There Isn’t Joy in the Relationship:
A child naturally distances from a parent when there is no joy in the relationship
- How Does Intimacy With G-d Begin?
Why the distance from the Creator feels so immense
How do you move from survival mode into real relationship?
- AI Won’t Replace Education:
- The Plan That Will Get Every Person Into the Messianic Era:
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- How to Practice Compassion to Reduce Guilt:
Intense guilt doesn't mean you're bad.
- The 5 Books of Moses Give Suffering the Most Depth:
If growth isn't built on truth,
- How Is a Relationship With G-d Possible?
A relationship with the Creator begins the moment you give words to your fear, sadness, and shame.
- Intimacy vs Intellect:
Survival mode makes you think.
- Your Worth Comes From the Simplest Truth:
Some people don't hate the Jewish people because of ideas,
- How to Switch From Survival Mode to Relationship Mode:
A narcissist isn't addicted to admiration.
- Why Pray at the Grave of a Righteous Individual?
One purpose of praying at the grave of a righteous person
- Christianity Changed the Way People Pray:
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- Freeze (which looks like inaction or shutdown) Can Cause You to Think for Years Without Solving Anything:
Rumination isn't problem-solving.
- You Can Mirror G-d’s Essence:
A relationship with the Creator is possible
- How Is Free Choice Real?
From our perspective, we have free choice.
- What Embarrasses Jesus?
What many people don't realize is that centuries of institutional antisemitism
- Being Nice Can Be Like Idol Worship:
Sometimes your "nicest" qualities can secretly mess you up
- Awareness Is a Language:
- Why Is Everyone Living Through Survival Mode Like People Pleasing or Narcissism?
Most people think they're "overreacting," "too sensitive," or "not disciplined enough."
How does shame turn into humility?
- How Do You Transform Shame Into Humility?
Creating a vessel that can channel unconditional love is not easy.
- Narcissists Don’t Care About Your Perspective:
Narcissists don't wonder what you meant.
- What Does Jewish Suffering Reveal About G-d?
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- How Does Shame Reveal G-dliness the Most?
What happens when faith is misguided?
- Only Physical Life Can Reveal His Essence:
A soul can wander the universe.
- Healing Begins When You Practice Validation:
People-pleasing doesn't start with other people.
- Why Is It Hard to Change Unhealthy Beliefs?
Ever wonder why it's so hard to leave a dysfunctional system?
- Why You Shouldn’t Pray Facing Statues:
Why You Shouldn't Pray Facing Pictures or Statues
- Mormon Scheme Explained:
Joseph Smith's story doesn't look like the Hebrew Bible at all.
- Joy Happens When You Realize Life Is a Gift From Our Creator:
- Two Connect When They Feel the Same Feeling:
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- Misguided Faith Is Better Than No Faith:
- 6 Truths That Require Faith:
6 Truths We Can Know Only Through Faith
- Gift of Being Misguided:
What's the benefit of being misguided?
- Practicing Gratitude Is How You Practice Faith:
Gratitude isn't positive thinking.
- Why Does G-d Conceal His Kindness?
How do sadness, shame and anxiety turn into awe?
- Narcissists Don’t Think to Ask for Your Perspective:
Narcissists don't wonder what you meant.
- Why Does Shame Have to Be Revealed?
- Baseless Hatred Happens Through Neglect:
Baseless hatred doesn't begin with other people.
- Physical Life Reveals G-d’s Essence:
A soul can wander the universe.
- Sadness Turns Into Awe:
Sadness isn't the opposite of awe.
- Why Some Parts of Your Personality Won’t Make It to the World to Come:
Why some parts of you won't make it to the World-to-Come, and that's good news.
- You Are Giving G-d What He Desires Most:
- One Needs to Get Out of Survival Mode to Act With Humility:
Humility isn't possible in a nervous system that feels threatened.
- King David Showed Us How to Begin Turning Shame Into Humility:
If you think King David "sinned,"
- We All Have a Relationship With G-d:
Every soul walks toward truth from a different angle.
- How Anxiety Can Turn Into Awe?
- An Image Shrinks Your Wonder:
When you attach an image to the Creator,
- Does G-d’s Grace Make You Feel Shame?
Ever felt unworthy, not freer, after being told about "divine grace"?
How does trauma change love, joy and the soul?
- Noahide Laws Don’t Teach Falsehoods About G-d:
The Noahide Laws don't teach falsehoods about G-d,
- Refining Your Personality to Spread G-dliness:
Becoming a channel for more G-dliness means refining your personality,
- Joy Begins When You Notice G-d Is Kind, It’s How G-dliness Spreads:
- When the Nervous System Is Stuck in Trauma, It Plays Fantasies:
Abusive thinking doesn't appear out of nowhere.
- Messianic Era Is About Healing Our Nervous Systems:
Because of trauma, we'll live with deeper peace in the World to Come.
- A Narcissist Can’t Stop Guilt From Turning Into Shame:
A narcissist part of a personality doesn't know how to stop guilt from turning into shame.
- When Love Becomes Control:
- Joy Isn’t Denial, It Happens When You Open Your Eyes to G-d’s Kindness in This Moment:
- G-d Didn’t Make Life Hard to Test You:
- Forgiveness Doesn’t Erase Anger, Anger Needs Change:
Many people misunderstand forgiveness,
- Trauma Replaces Compassion With Survival Patterns:
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- Trauma Turns Anger Into Hatred Instead of Healing:
Baseless hatred isn't only about others.
- G-d Wants Your Life to Be His Home:
Not all "relationships with G-d" are the same.
- Your Soul Is Always Pure:
- After Death, a Soul Reflects:
After death, the soul is free.
- People Pleasing Is Depression in Disguise:
People-pleasing isn't kindness.
- Strength Is Having the Courage to Disappoint Gracefully:
Ever feel like your niceness is secretly sabotaging you?
- Everything Is a Metaphor for G-d’s Unconditional Love:
Why you only feel G-d's love in glimpses.
- G-d’s Love Doesn’t Change, Our Awareness Does:
Why love feels clear some days…
- Understanding G-d With Your Mind vs Pleasure:
Understanding G-d with your mind is like seeing light from afar.
- How Does Repentance Begin?
Repentance doesn't start with saying "sorry."
How do prayer and oneness shape everyday spirituality?
- You Are Inside Oneness, There Is No Outside to G-d:
- Nigunim Allow You to Feel Deeper Awe:
- How Do You Feel Through Prayer “When I’m With You, I Desire Nothing on Earth”?
- Shame Allows G-d’s Kingship to Be More Revealed:
- Healing Is About Rewriting Your Relationship With Trauma:
Ever wonder why it's hard to change how you feel or act?
- Spirituality Is About Enjoying the Mystery:
Ever felt frustrated trying to understand G-d?
- Spirituality Is About Facing Loneliness With G-d:
Why is connecting with G-d so complicated?
- Messiah Isn’t Someone Who Suddenly Appears:
- The Rebbe Revealed What Moses Concealed:
Questions people ask
Why is G-d written with a dash in these guides?
Because of a Jewish tradition. Pages that carry G-d's name are buried in the ground once they are no longer used, not thrown in the garbage, and that is an act of reverence that helps you feel awe. Writing it this way means there is no concern about erasing His name if a post is deleted and redone.
What do these guides to ancient wisdom cover?
This page lists 88 short guides, and most of them link to the matching article on nextself.ai. The topics run from suffering, awe and joy to shame, humility, survival mode, people-pleasing, narcissism, trauma and the nervous system, prayer, faith, free choice, the soul, the Messiah and the Messianic era.
Where do feelings of aggression come from?
The note at the top of this page corrects earlier posts on exactly that question. The Chabad Rebbeim explain that feelings of aggression come through the sefirot, the energies called Netzach, which means victory, and Hod. It is written as a correction rather than a full teaching, so the page does not explain the two energies any further.
Which guides help if you feel stuck in survival mode?
Several of them do. The list includes a guide on switching from survival mode to relationship mode, one on why so many people live through survival mode as people-pleasing or narcissism, one on freeze and years of thinking that solve nothing, and one on getting out of survival mode so you can act with humility.
Explore the NextSelf Blog. Start with this post explaining the world of souls. And my Youtube. Content is published to this facebook first and a few days later, to the blog.
The blog lists all the difference patterns to study, understanding patterns is how one can develop 'Daas' [felt knowing].
Update: As awe, trust, and love deepen, they can allow greater openness and intimacy with the Creator. That intimacy can include sadness when you notice how much more of His goodness can be revealed.