I’m Rubber, You’re Glue
October 30th – November 5th, 2005
This week begins the month of Scorpio. As Kabbalah teaches, you tend to borrow the characteristics of the sign whose influence you are under. And Scorpios are known primarily for their vindictive nature.
You might know or be a Scorpio and I can hear you thinking, ”I’m not a vindictive person.” But how many times have you said to yourself, “I’m not going to let them get away with this”? How many times have you taken mental note of how someone has hurt you?
As a kid, you learned to “keep score.” What did you do when someone hit you? You hit them back. And if not, you probably kept a tally of who you owed a punch to.
As an adult, you’re no different. It’s your nature to hold onto the slights—while quickly forgetting the good things done to you.
But keeping score is unkabbalistic because it’s not up to you to dole out rewards and punishments. It’s up to the Light. You have a limited time in this Malchut (physical) world. Why waste it hording hatred and resentment?
The lesson this week is: Let it go. When you find yourself stuck on something someone did to you, practice thinking or saying, “Next. Next. Next.” I’m serious. You’ll be amazed by the power this little four-letter word possesses. Besides, the laws of cause and effect are constantly at work—nothing goes unseen.
Conversely, all the good you do doesn’t go unseen, either. However, as the Rav says, “One of the greatest weapons of the Opponent is time.” Meaning, most often the delay between positive cause and effect is enough to put doubt in your mind that the system works.
This week, in the same way that you’ll be successful in letting go (if you want to), you’ll also find it easier to grasp the positive nature of the cause-and-effect relationship that governs all reality. With the right consciousness, your life choices and actions during these next seven days can be motivated by ultimate results, not momentary illusions.
Scorpios are also known for their keen intuition. Use yours this week.
Meditate once a day on the 72 Name below and allow yourself to see more through your eyes, to perceive more through your mind’s eye, and to feel more through your intuition.
All the Best,
Yehuda