It Should Be Pleasant to Be With You
“Before anything else, it needs to be pleasant for us to be with ourselves.”
A person who is not comfortable with themself
has difficulty connecting.
Redemption is the liberation of the true selfhood of each person.
We are not required to “run away” from ourselves,
but to discover who we really are.
And the “who we really are”
is not the self-judgment,
not the weaknesses,
not the fears,
but a soul that is a part of God from above.
Your selfhood is divine.
And redemption is to return to yourself.
So what does “it’s pleasant for me to be with me” mean?
It is an acceptance of my inner identity.
Not fighting with myself.
Not feeling that I am just a “problem to be fixed,”
but knowing:
God created me as I am, with a mission, with an essence, with beauty.
And when I am truly connected to my soul, it becomes pleasant.
Quiet.
Serene.
This is not a false serenity, but a serenity of truth.
True Repentance (Teshuvah) = To Return to Yourself
One of the deepest interpretations of the word “teshuvah” is
not just to return to God,
but to return to the divine point within me.
“Higher repentance is joy.”
When a person returns to the light within them,
out of love for God,
then it becomes pleasant for them to be with themself,
because they stop fighting with themself.
“And the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.”
A person will not need to struggle with themself to be “spiritual.”
We will no longer be occupied only with “fixing ourselves,”
but with living the light that is already within us.
In the days of Mashiach, it will be pleasant for us to be with ourselves.
To learn to look at yourself with a “good eye,”
as God sees you.
To understand that the service of God cannot stem from self-hatred,
but from a sanctified self-love.
The teaching of Mashiach reveals that your self is a place of holiness.
And in order to reach redemption, you must,
first of all, be able to sit with yourself.
Reflect:
Is it pleasant for you to be alone with yourself, in silence?
Where do you see yourself as a “problem to be fixed” rather than a soul with a mission, created exactly as you are?
What would it mean to look at yourself with a “good eye” today, as the Creator sees you?
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