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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated l’iluy nishmat Moshe ben Neima z’l. May his neshama bask in the Divine radiance together with all of the righteous who have departed from this world, Amen.
The realm of free will lies in our mind and thoughts. Chazal teach us that when one contemplates doing a mitzvah yet is unable to do so, Hashem rewards him as though it was fulfilled. In other words, our thoughts are so powerful that they ‘create’ a reality as if it were real.
Such is the power of one’s thoughts. The way we perceive our reality in a real way ‘creates’ our reality. Hashem appointed the Jewish people to be co-creators in this world. Hashem tailor designed life’s circumstances, yet gives us the ongoing chance to alter them based on our level of emuna; trusting that He is here with us and guiding our lives for our ultimate best. When we perceive an instance as beneficial even though we don’t understand how, it will appear differently to us. Therefore every time we choose to think differently about a situation we change the reality of that situation. This is not the case with a physical deed which is limited to space and time as it ceases when the act is done.
Thinking is rooted in the highest spiritual dimension the world of beriyah, fittingly translated as the world of creation. Thought is so potent since it is not detected to the human eye, only by Hashem. Our thoughts are what get us to move and react. The thought process is our free choice. We may not always be able to control what enters our mind, but we do control the way we respond to each thought.
