Soul Map: Jacob, Emet - Truth, part II - Jeremy GImpel: The Land of Israel Fellowship

so now what we're going to do is we're entering into the new series that we started teaching here called soul map it's like the new segment of the land of israel fellowship we've been working on it for a while now and on this segment we're learning the torah on the level of sod the hidden level the mystical level where the stories of the torah they're not just history they're not just wisdom they're not just psychological representations but they are nothing less than the expressions of our very soul the stories of the bible are actually a map to help us reveal our soul in the world we've learned about abraham and isaac and last week we started to learn about jacob and jacob just like ari mentioned before is the attribute the virtue of truth his life was the manifested sphera the manifested dimension the light the virtue of honesty of truth like mike of the prophet said titan emit liakov jacob was given truth and you know everyone knows this you see a man of truth you see a man of integrity you know it you respect it and according to the prophetic tradition when you are truthful you are revealing your soul in the world and by doing that you are manifesting god in your life and you're manifesting god's light to everyone around you and when you're living your soul you're on the path you are aligned you're walking in the light only good will come out of manifesting the godly virtues and the sphero the lights that emanate from god through us into the world it won't be easy that's not a part of the deal that's not a part of the promise jacob's life wasn't easy abraham's life wasn't easy nothing is easy in fact in order for the light of the soul to break through it has to break through in order to manifest for example courage there has to be a challenge there there has to be fear there it has to be a challenge or courage can't really be manifested loving kindness and giving well um when times are tough that's the whole point it's easy to be loving and kind when everything is hunky-dory it's easy to be nice to your wife when she's just a a doll but when she's uh given you a hard time that's a little bit more difficult to be loving then but that's the whole idea it's to manifest the godly virtues in the challenges of life and last week we spoke about jacob and we spoke about truth and we said that jacob although you look on the outside of his life he tricked asa by getting the birthright by giving him the the soup he tricked his father by dressing up as uh asav and stole the the bracha he tricked laban i mean if there's anything that jacob wasn't on the outside it looks like a man of truth like all he did was kind of trickery over and over again all of the stories of jacob are not uh truth and integrity but they were sort of trickery and manipulations and so what's up with that and so what we learned there is that jacob was manifesting an inner truth that he was not lying to himself he was honest with himself he lived with inner integrity he knew what needed to be done and even if on the outside it looked like he was being dishonest he was being the most honest he was an ish tom he was wholehearted perfect pure sincere flawless a man of integrity that's what ishtam means jacob never changed he was being as integral as he could to the inner truth that he knew was right even if on the outside it looked like he was doing something wrong he knew that what he was doing was god's will and that's our mission because we're going to have a lot of influences that are telling us you're not doing it right you're not being good the media is going to tell you one thing tradition might tell you something else your parents might say something your friends might say something and everyone said no no you have to follow your inner truth and follow the truth that has been revealed to you in your life and if you follow that path god's seal is truth and if you stay true to what's been revealed to you as your truth everyone on the outside can say no you're stupid you're a liar you're manipulating you're this you're that and you have to be truth full truthful on the inside and so that's one dimension of truth not to lie to yourself living with integrity um and you know the it seems as though that was after abraham and isaac it was like the last ingredient that we needed before the nation of israel to be born that is the hub of the wheel that all of the spokes rely on and so what do i mean by that so we have this ancient map this ancient map called the soul map and so i want to put that up on the screen now and i'm sort of giving away the rest of the attributes ahead of time but i actually want you to look at this map now this is an ancient map and so the traditions vary of when this manifested in the world when it actually became a map but this is a map assembly a symbol it's trying to give over these ideas each one of these circles represents one of the patriarchs or heroes of the bible and if you see the yellow one in the middle that yellow one on this map is jacob that yellow one is truth and if you look it's in the middle of everything all of the other attributes all of the other spheroid all of the other virtues revolve around the truth if you don't have truth in your life you don't have anything because everything relies on your inner truth how are you supposed to know if you're really being loving how are you really disciplined are you really keeping your word are you really being courageous only you can know that and if you're busy lying to yourself you can't manifest anything and if not only that if you're lying to the outside then forget about it your whole world is going to be lost and that's why when you look at jacob's prayer to god if we can put up that screen look at what he says he says i've become small from all of the kindness and all of the truth that you've shown me can we get up that slide for just a second please what is jacob saying here i've become small by all the kindness and all the truth that you have done your servant for with my staff i crossed this jordan now i've become two camps now on a literal level yeah i mean he crossed the jordan with nothing with just like the clothes on his back and a staff and all of a sudden he came back and the kindness and the truth what is jacob saying there he's saying that god you have revealed to me not only kindness but you've revealed the truth to me i was following your direction that you gave me in my life and my goodness your truth manifested i saw it and i'm just i'm katonti i'm small i've become i'm i'm not worthy i'm not worthy of all the kindness that you've revealed to me i just stayed true and the truth of reality has unfolded and i just can't believe i feel unworthy i feel like i just don't i'm not i'm too small i'm too small by your kindness but really i saw that your truth is there i was true to myself and your truth was exposed in the world and look how i've come back to israel now i'm so strong i left with a stick in my hand and i've come back and i have now two camps i've become so strong i've become so blessed with children and wives and sheep and camels i just can't believe it your truth was revealed to me in my life and so i think that's the right way to see reality the creator of reality who is one with reality that's the jewish understanding of god that there's a creator beyond our reality that created our reality and he is one with reality it's like a oneness that is beyond even science agrees that there was a reality before creation that something created something from nothing that's the jewish understanding and from that that everything was created one with reality so what is that teaching us you can try to lie and manipulate and twist reality so much but eventually the truth is going to be revealed and reality is going to snap back at you there's no way around it god is the truth reality is the truth and there's no way you can't really manipulate the fabric of reality so just be honest you can't do chuva without truth you can't be kind without truth you can't be in relationship with the ultimate good with the ultimate of anything without being committed to the truth that's why psalm 119 says the head principle of your word is truth the head principle it's the center spoke that everything else relies on that's why jacob from that finally all of the tribes were born and you know i'm a big fan of dr jordan peterson and after he's written two books with 24 rules for life they just asked him listen if you had one rule out of all of the rules of life that you've ever written what's the one rule that's the most important rule for life and he said tell the truth or at least don't lie that's the most important of all of his rules and i think he said just he was just aligning himself with king david's line saying the head principle the chief principle of how to live our lives is to be a man and woman of truth be honest everything stems from the virtue of honesty and so that is what jacob our father taught us that's what he manifested hi my name is jeremy gimpel a lot of people want to know exactly what the land of israel fellowship is and what members receive when they join so let me explain the land of israel fellowship is a global online community with hundreds of members from over 40 countries around the world they're live sessions and gatherings that create a direct personal connection to the land of israel and the lovers of israel from around the world there's no online gathering that i'm familiar with that is connected to the land of israel that unites and brings together such a diverse group of people backgrounds and nationalities it feels like prophecy it feels like something we need in these times a window in to a better future on the horizon there's a divine unity we experience every week in our fellowship broadcast we heard these amazing teachings from an authentic hebrew and israel perspective and our jaws drop not only because they 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