Nitzavim

THE BIG IDEA

One week before the light of the new year comes into the world, Moses invites us into the ultimate visualization exercise:

See yourself standing before two mountains – one mountain represents life and blessing and abundance and joy and the good, and the other mountain is filled with indulgences and addictions and suffering and the bad. Try your best in this visualization to put all the pain and suffering and negative thought patterns you carry on the side of the bad mountain, and see all your good impulses, positive energy, spiritual effort and achievement on the side of the good mountain. 

Trust that you are able to do this. Feel Moses personally encouraging you to know from within - the wisdom of this practice isn’t in the clouds or across the sea - it’s to be found within you – in your mouth, your heart and actions. 

Take your time in this exercise, and when you are feeling confident that all that stands in your way from a connection to your highest self is on the Mountain of Bad - and all that connects you is on the Mountain of Good - do your best to take Moses’ advice – see choice in front of you and choose life. 

And leave all that is on the Mountain of Bad behind.

Really choose life. Really leave the negative judgements of yourself and others and the bad behavior and additions, and all the ways you feel cursed on the bad mountain - AND CHOOSE (the GOOD) LIFE. 

When the new light comes in next Friday night - have the space within to absorb all the positive energy you need to fill your coming year with blessings, love and the good feeling of making good choices.