The One Mistake That Pushes God Away

You can operate and live in this world with one of two mentalities. Either I've moved in permanently. This is all there is. I've unpacked. I'm here to stay. This is all that exists. Or you can enjoy this world and all that it has to offer with the recognition I'm only here temporarily. I'm just passing through. The mafam describe when they're born Jacob and Asov. Yakob is an ava heel. When a person takes steps, what touches the ground first? The heel of the foot. First, he steps with the heel. YaKob is growing, walking, progressing, moving, advancing. He's always, he's not a finished product. He's not done. Yakov is the best is yet to come. As of in contrast, Asov, on the other hand, As of Asov is a finished product. What you see is what you get. Asov was born that way. Asov was born that way. You know, thanks to AI, you could do anything today. So, somebody created on AI and I saw it in my family WhatsApp group. It was a meme or gif. I don't know the difference, but two babies in a double stroller that looked exactly the same, but one was ruddy, covered in red hair, and one looked like a baby. Right? They use AI. How did Yakov and Asa, these twins, Asa we know came out fully developed like a mature adult. He already had a beard. He was already covered in hair. Why? Because physically was reflective of spiritually, emotionally, Asov is he's done. He's complete. He's a finished product. What you see is what you get. There won't be any progress. He's not going to advance. We said this last week from the Meshma. Remember what we said? Beautiful insight from the Meshma. After Jacob takes leave of Lavan, Lavo, Lavan goes back to his place, the Yakov Jacob goes on to the and the said contrast the two after all those years of living with after all those years of living with the righteous Yako he's unchanged he's not influenced he's not impacted where does he return to Limo my play this This is who I am. What you see is what you get. I am the same way I was 13 years old. I'm stuck. I'm fixed. This is how I d this is how I learn. This is my patience. This is my generosity. This is my attention span. These are my life goals. This is it. What you see is what you get. This is who I am. I'm fixed. I'm a finished product. What Carol Dwek would say is the fixed mindset. Hako. He's back right in the place. His default. That's where he started. That's where he'll end. That's where he is. All the time in between. Yakov, in contrast, goes the daro. The darco. Yakov is back on the der. What's a derak? Derk is a path. Yakov, that's his name. Footsteps. Puts down his heel. He's walking. He's progressing. He's advancing. He's changing. What Carol Dwek would call not a fixed mindset, but a growth mindset. A growth mindset is doesn't matter how old, how young, what stage of life, retired, working, always growing, always learning, always advancing. Asov is as what is made, whatever exists in the present is all that counts. That's not Yakov. Jacob, our essence is that this world is an entrance way to the banquet hall that the Mishna Perovas describes. So our stay in this world, you can operate and live in this world with one of two mentalities. Either I've moved in permanently. This is all there is. I've unpacked. I'm here to stay. This is all that exists. This is my identity. This is what I live for. Or or you can enjoy this world and all that it has to offer with the recognition I'm only here temporarily. I'm just passing through. Person goes to a hotel. a person goes to a resort, so they don't necessarily fully unpack. They don't start making adjustments to the decor because they say, "I'm only here temporarily. I'm going to enjoy it. I'm going to maximize it. I'm going to take out of it everything I can. I'm going to take advantage of all the amenities, but I'm just here temporarily. I'm just here just passing through." So that sadic Yakobin who lives life in this world. I'm a g. I'm a stranger. I'm a sojourer. I'm a traveler. I'm just passing through. I'm a temporary resident. Asov says, I've moved in. This is all there is. There is nothing more. So, I'm here permanently. And that's the message Hashem conveyed to when he said, Hashem says to Gore, sojourn in this land and I'll be with you. And the explains based on many I am a sojourer in the world. Hide not your commandments from me. Why would David's status as a g especially enable him to understand Hashem's mitzvah? So Ephraim explains that one shares one's inner thoughts and feelings only with a close friend. A person passing through a town doesn't bear his heart to the citizen of the town. He only bears his heart to someone who's traveling with him. Somebody who's traveling, somebody's on a journey, someone who is sojouring. They pass through a town, they meet someone, nice to meet you, we could have a coffee, we could check in, we can make small talk. I'm not letting you into the innermost secrets of my heart. But somebody you travel with, someone you go on a journey with, someone you're vulnerable to, someone you make your way through this world with, that's who you're vulnerable enough to share with. So David was expressing that although he resides in Haza, although he's living in this world, he's doing so with the mentality, the attitude of a I'm just traveling. I'm just traveling. So Hashem is his travel partner. Hashem is his travel mate. They're going through the world together. Hashem is hidden and has no one to rest upon. Since I am only a G and you Hashem are traveling, you have no one to rest. So we'll we'll go together. We're in it. We're in it together. And that says that's Hashem's message to if you move in permanently, I'm not with you. But if you're going to bring the mentality of somebody who's traveling and journeying and we're doing it together, then I'm with you. I'm with you.