“The more expert you become in your feelings, the more free choice you have.”

The Messianic era does not mean you lose free choice

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It means goodness becomes so clear that you feel deeply compelled to make good choices.

Your outlook on life and existence becomes more positive because reality is experienced with more revealed goodness.

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What Can Leah Teach Us About Free Choice?

Leah, the wife of Jacob, helps explain this emotionally.

The Torah describes her as feeling hated.

A nervous system can interpret sadness, disappointment, or longing as self-hate, rejection, or unworthiness.

Yet Leah did not become trapped inside those interpretations.

She was aware enough to express her pain, build a relationship with the Creator through it, and continue moving toward goodness.

That is emotional maturity.

How Do Your Feelings Shape Your Choices?

When you do not understand your feelings, they can decide your choices for you.

When you can recognize the difference between a feeling and your nervous system’s interpretation of that feeling, you gain more freedom to choose your response.

The more expert you become in your feelings, the more free choice you have.

The Messianic era is a world where that clarity becomes much more natural.

“The more expert you become in your feelings, the more free choice you have.”

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The 13 principles of faith by the Rambam have to be understood through Chabad Chassidus to be healing for the nervous system: Beliefs are not only an idea in your mind

Explore the NextSelf Blog. Start with this post explaining the world of souls, and what does it mean to be light? 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].
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Questions people ask

Does the Messianic era take away free choice?

No. The Messianic era does not mean you lose free choice. It means goodness becomes so clear that you feel deeply compelled to make good choices. Your outlook on life and existence becomes more positive, because reality is experienced with more revealed goodness. The choosing is still yours, and that clarity becomes much more natural.

What does the story of Leah teach about emotional maturity?

Leah, the wife of Jacob, is described in the Torah as feeling hated. A nervous system can read sadness, disappointment or longing as self-hate, rejection or unworthiness. Leah did not stay trapped inside that interpretation. She expressed her pain, built a relationship with the Creator through it, and kept moving toward goodness. That awareness is emotional maturity.

How do your feelings affect how much free choice you have?

When you do not understand your feelings, they can decide your choices for you. When you can recognize the difference between a feeling and your nervous system's interpretation of that feeling, you gain more freedom to choose your response. The more expert you become in your feelings, the more free choice you have.

How does Chassidus explain the Creator?

The word G-d is a descriptive name, and this article links to the guide that explains it. A second linked guide explains why the Rambam's 13 principles of faith have to be understood through Chabad Chassidus to be healing for the nervous system, because beliefs are not only an idea in your mind.

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