It's All The Same To Me: A Torah Guide To Inner Peace and Love of Life by Moshe Gersht is an excellent modern take on the Hebrew concept/experience of Hishtavut, or Hishtavus, equanimity.
The idea here is not to be guided by externals, but to realize that how we interpret things is really what we experience of reality. This is true, and this realization can help us a great deal to gather some peace in our lives. The problem is, living this life is extremely hard, and for some, nearly impossible. Gersht admits this.
“Do you actually live this way all the time? Do you know anybody who does? No, and I don’t. Except for a very rare few, we have not yet arrived at a time when people can sustain this level of consciousness always and everywhere. However, we are at a growth point.”
So don’t feel guilty and bad about not achieving the lofty goals of this book. We are not there yet. We can't live this way all the time. Even some of time is a challenge.
No comments:
Post a Comment