Shavuot

Shavuot, like all Jewish holidays is filled with miraculous energy, although most people don't take advantage of it unfortunately. On this holiday, our tradition tells us that G-d gave us the Torah and that the Jewish people were only too eager to receive it, as it says in Shemot (24:7): "Naaseh venishmah", "We will do and we will hear", meaning we will do first and then we will make sense of it. This energy of giving/receiving is important to understand. On the one hand, cosmically, every year during Shavuot the energy of the Universe is aligned to give more than usual. On the other hand, on the first Matan Torah ever, when G-d gave the Torah at Mount Sinai, there was also the energy of receiving. People unconditionally wanted to receive.

Obviously, "Giving" cannot truly happen unless there is also "Receiving". If we want to collect rain water in a bucket, obviously we won't put a lid on it. We are like a vessel.  A closed vessel cannot receive what is being given; the vessel needs to be wide open.
 
This concept is important to understand on the level of Shavuot, and on the level of everyday life. Concerning the level of Shavuot, there is tremendous cosmic energy waiting to be taken in. It is the energy of Torah: "Life", "Light", "Receiving" and it helps us fulfill our mission in life. If we don't consciously take this energy, if we aren't an open vessel to receive it, this cosmic gift returns to where it came from. Therefore, observing the Shavuot holiday is enough to fill our lives with unbelievable blessings.
 
There is another level, the one of everyday life. Although each holiday has a particular power, Divine energy is always ready to be given every day, every moment. It comes in the form of Divine sustenance -whether we are aware or not, whether we want it or not. If we didn't have this Divine sustenance, we wouldn't be alive and the world would cease to exist. The Universe has an endless amount of energy waiting to be used, and the amount we receive is up to us. Again, we need to be like an open vessel in order to receive what is truly intended. This energy primarily manifests itself as "incredible coincidences", events that wonderfully and beautifully align themselves in a way to help us accomplish our mission.
 
You may wonder how to be spiritually aligned to a holiday, or how to be an open vessel to receive blessings... It may seem very abstract! In reality, it is quite simple. The first step is to genuinely desire it, and the second step is to ask for it: intention and Tefilla. The Kotzker Rebbe said: "Where do you find G-d? Wherever you let G-d in!" The moment we bring Shabbat or a Jewish Holiday into our life is the moment we open the door to an abundance of blessings. The moment we do a daily mitzvah with kavanah, with intention, our body vibrations match the ones from the Divine. At that moment, we are in harmony with the Universe and we become an open vessel, ready to receive -and share!    
 
May you be blessed this Shavuot season with an abundance of Divine energy, and may you manifest your highest dreams for the greater good.

Mountain Presence
Who are You?
I am what I am
And I am telling you
To do what you must.

To look inside
To turn inside
​What else do you need?
Much Much more.
Trust. Feel. Get in touch.
You will see
How things turn out.
You will smile
Laugh
Dance.
Give yourself to the world
And the world will fill you.
Blessings you cannot even fathom
Will come your way.

Unbelievable.