Yehuda Berg’s Blog

January 29th – February 4th, 2006

Last week I wrote about not holding others accountable for our own shortcomings and problems. Yesterday I received an email from a student who responded:

“When I began my Kabbalah studies I was loaded with hatred and anger towards my family for the way they raised me. But after going through the Power of Kabbalah Level 2 course, I took ownership and realized my soul needed those experiences. So, now that I am no longer blaming, how can I apply the Tune Up to my life?”

I thought it would be appropriate for me to share my response with all of you:

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January 22nd – January 28th, 2006

I want to begin this week’s Tune Up by thanking everyone for their heartfelt responses to last week’s email and video. I read through your countless well-wishes, and I felt your prayers. Your empathy and compassion reminded me, yet again, that at the end of the day we are all united by a common bond – the Light within.

Some of you wrote to me about your experiences with your own parents. Many were moved to open up about their own pain from childhood, but a different kind of pain. I read about memories of emotionally absent parents, abusive relatives, and all the many things that go wrong in childhood.

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January 15th – January 21st, 2006

As I write to you, the world awaits a prognosis for the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.  While everyone is worrying about the peace process and who could potentially walk in the shoes of such a revolutionary leader, I can’t help but think of the pain and uncertainty his children and friends must be experiencing.

For those of you who don’t know, in September of last year my own father and teacher, Rav Berg, suffered a brain-stem stroke.   The doctors predicted it would leave him not only paralyzed but unable to communicate.   As you can imagine, it shook the very foundation of everything my family stands for.  The doubts, fears, and pain we experienced were overwhelming - but not more than we could handle.

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