Ten Minutes of Meaning (Part 202): Imagination - Mesillas Yesharim

welcome back to 10 minutes of meeting please help yourself to coffee and donuts very big thank you to our generosity sponsor for the yearly conditions also this morning's 10 minutes of meeting our sponsored by Debbie rosalinski and remember to her father natal Member's First Year at site 16th of Thomas for all that they do we are on the 23rd chapter of Mr Sharma towards the end of the safer to address the issue of humility how to overcome the Instinct towards ego towards arrogance how to eliminate that which is blocking us from thriving in our relationships with others with ourselves and with Hashem than to live humble modest mission-driven lives where we can live our best selves been giving us practical steps practical advice what kind of mindfulness what kind of mentality what kind of intention we need to have as we go through our day and we go through our lives to remember who we are and what our boundaries and limitations are through that humility and modesty to find the greatest meaning in our lives when you reflect further and you imagine the moment that you will enter into the Heavenly Court you know the feeling maybe you've never had it but you ever see a police car on the highway you pass them maybe you were going not exactly the speed limit you look in the rear view mirror your heart skips a beat to see whether the lights will turn on whether he'll get by this never happened to me but I've heard from others whether he's going to get behind you you know when your heart skips that beat that pit that's in your stomach if those lights are on all of that pales in comparison to the feeling when you will enter the base the nagada shamallahu when we will appear before the almighty the source of all Holiness or sanctity or Purity we will stand there fully exposed fully revealed guilty as charged we will sit there and we will review the video of Our Lives you're going to be able to hold your head up you're going to be watching the video of your entire life everything that you did not only in public everything in private not only every action every thought every desire you're going to have an opening can you even say anything do you even have a beginning and the lawyers upstairs who are against you we're looking to incriminate and indict you spiritually they're going to say hey tough guy where's all that ego Now where's all the honor now what's the value of all those followers or friends or all the wonderful things people say about you how much money you have in the bank or what kind of car you drive where's all that ego right now Mayana what are you going to answer what are you going to responds if only we could imagine this for a moment whenever you get high on your horse whenever you feel swelled with pride whenever your ego is driving your decisions and your attitude just stop and pause and contemplate and think and picture for a moment what that will be like what it will be to sit with the ribono shalom in the basement of Mala to watch and review the video of your life of your life the booster that is eternal the busha that is forever that busha that shame that guilt that humiliation that embarrassment there's nothing more painful than Sego in his commentary on Messi rights the shame the humiliation that we will feel for the mistakes we made the time that we wasted for who we could have been and what we could have done that is the yes if you want to know the Jewish the Torah understanding of gehanam of hell it is the humiliation of having to review the totality of Our Lives now the good news is as we pointed out previously we can correct it the good news is you can edit it the good news is you don't have to sit and watch the whole thing if we take responsibility and accountability in this world if we do chuva properly we've been discussing consider Snippets if we engage chuva properly we could edit out the movie and then we're watching only the best parts then we'll be so excited to have some Heavenly popcorn and a big Heavenly Big Gulp and sit down and watch the best parts of our lives that we we can be proud of oh that's Heaven that's heaven we can eliminate how much time that we feel the shame of gehanam if we use this world to edit and that's why we Davin Shalom what the Orlando Ed the Boucher in this world is bad if you're humiliated you're embarrassed you tripped you fell somebody caught it on video it went viral it's bad it's humiliating but it's nothing compared to the Eternal humiliation that is the usura Shalom the bush of the humiliation of this world we can handle we can overcome but the humiliation that is forever that you serve in that pain that torture of gehenam that we can't withstand and that's why we think about it we contemplate it should Inspire us and motivate us and move us to be able to take responsibility the altar of kelm says you know what the difference is between a Sadiq and a Russia you know what the difference is between living a righteous life and an innovable life is the kawakhatsuur the ability to invoke our imagination don't just cut up get caught up in the rat race of life don't be on that hamster wheel of life don't wake up in the morning and next thing you know it's the end of the day and you don't remember anything that happened in between when we're present when we're Mindful and when we use our imagination then we can live our best selves because then we're making the right decisions then we have the right perspective picture picture that will be the based in shamala that experience that humiliation that we want to avoid is it worth it whatever pleasure you're going to have in this moment whatever you're going to watch on the internet or some other device whatever La shanara juicy gossip you're going to share whatever Corners you're going to cut in business that's going to give you a small profit is it worth it is it worth it for the Eternal humiliation and pain that will be experienced later the problem is but it feels so good right now but it benefits me so much right now who can picture what will come later who can be mindful of how that will impact us the consequences for eternity in the next World I'm right now in this world and this world that feels pretty good this world I want it this world it's rewarding so that's the author of kelm says the difference between the tadiq and the Russia is the kawachatur is the power of invoking this imagination of picturing these moments and these scenes of therefore using the future to be able to plan for the present I'll give you a little preview I just read a book that will be the Shabbos Hashem this year called your future self we're so occupied with our present selves that we don't have relationships yet with our future self but if we can live a life in the present that we're thinking about our future self then our future self will have a much better present we just have to get into that mindset okay that's the whole Shabbos in 30 seconds the second area worthy of contemplation in order to achieve this humility just realize how fleeting life is you could be on top of the food chain tomorrow you could be wealthy today and you're collecting the ruler today is AVID is the slave tomorrow The Honorable one today the Nicola is a disgrace tomorrow in fact our Rabbi said this what do they call what do they call money the medicine says wise money called zuzima because money migrates money rotates money is a cycle it moves it does it's always on the move I can tell you there are people there are people who used to be the biggest donors to Tom hashabas who found themselves needing to benefit from and there are people who are the recipients of Tom Cruise Shabbos who are now among the biggest supporters of Tom Cruise Shabbos the zazim arzaz because what you're counting you can't count on forever why is money called Mouse maze lays that lasts for 24 hours you don't know where it'll be tomorrow so therefore says again invoke that imagination realize you're on top of the world today but we've seen economic Cycles we've seen very unanticipated outcomes and we know that wherever we are today we can't rely on our countdown being tomorrow and therefore don't ever get to arrogant don't get too bloated don't get too inflated so if one can so quickly be reduced that he finds a shame the same for today you're going to be so confident and prideful about what you have or who you are what you look like you know you don't have to imagine today you don't need the altar of calm's imagination now they have filters and apps you gonna get so arrogant today because in your teenage years or early 20s you're so good looking you have these long flowing locks of hair you have no wrinkles and you think you're so impressively beautiful You're So Vain put on one of those filters you'll realize you'll be a fat bold old Jewish man like everybody else and you'll be humble and modest today even in your youth so put on that filter not only to realize what you're going to look like but what your life's going to look like and you're going to be you're going to be so arrogant today you're great on the basketball court so picture your knee knee replacement surgery your hip replacement surgery when you need the Walker the cane the knee scooter when you're gonna be grateful just to be able to make it across the room and carry your own cup of coffee and you're going to be so arrogant today because you're the number one of the basketball court all you have to do is picture your future self and it'll bring a sense of humility today how many illnesses can be visited upon us how many challenges how many catastrophes how many crises that we're going to need to rely on and beg and gravel to others so again if we can invoke that imagination that thoughtfulness that mindfulness will live more modest lives which will be much better lives and will enhance all the relationships in our lives with ourselves with others and with Hashem have a fantastic day 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