I'm trained and in continuous learning in more healing modalities than I can count... from science to spirituality, somatics and the subconscious, psychology, and quantum healing, and Kabbalah, I immerse myself in it all... and everything I've ever learned, that really is effective, that really helps clients move the needle on their healing... is found in the teachings of Rav Yisroel Ba'al Shem Tov.
A mystic, a healer, and a pioneer, he paved the way to deeper remembering. There are so many paths created from his path, some that have been misconstrued and misinterpreted from his core messages.
When we come back to the words he used, I can't help but be struck by the simplicity and power in them, and the honoring of humanity, divinity, and possibility. A pathway to a collective redemption.
19 Teachings from the Jewish Mystic, Healer, and Founder of Chassidic Judaism:
"Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, 'For my sake, the entire world was created.'"
"The world is new to us every morning - this is God's gift; and every man should believe he is reborn each day."
"A little light pushes away much darkness."
"Do not despise any person, and do not despise anything — for there is no person who does not have his hour, and there is no thing that does not have its place."
"When you grasp the little spark of holiness in any person or thing, you can ignite it into a great flame."
"Just as water reflects the face, so the heart of one person to another."
"Everything a person sees or hears is a lesson for their service of the Creator."
"From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven. And when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, their streams of light flow together, and a single brighter light goes forth from their united being."
"Through sincere prayer, a person can draw down blessings that were never decreed for them."
"Every single thing that happens to you is sent for your ultimate good, even if you cannot see it now."
"A small good deed done with warmth and love is greater than great deeds done coldly."
"The Torah is not in Heaven, nor across the sea — it is in your mouth and in your heart to do it."
"The world is full of wonders and secrets, but they are all within you."
"Whomever you meet, and whatever you see, is for the sake of Heaven's work."
"If you have no compassion for your fellow, you have no compassion for yourself."
"Cling to God in all your ways - even in the simplest of deeds."
"Even the smallest movement of your lips in prayer shakes all the worlds."
"All the angels cannot compare to the song of a broken heart."
"In remembrance lies the secret of redemption."
