Staying tapped into hashgacha prati/Divine providence, requires proactive alignment. There's that feeling inside, an elevating feeling when one feels tapped into one’s purpose and Creator, and the opposite feeling when we feel trapped and one’s actions are disconnected from the positive, from purpose, from our Creator. In the Beit HaMikdash, sitting on top of the holy ark, were the two Keruvim. When we as a people were in alignment with our Source, the Keruvim would face each other, but when we were not, they would face away from each other.

The opposing forces manifest as the yetzer hara or kelipot. In the world, it’s the outer coverings or “shells” that conceal Godly light. In ourselves, it is the negativity or egocentricity that keeps us from connecting to our true selves as creations with a Divine purpose, which connects us to the Divine light. This negativity or ego is like the shell of a fruit; it does serve to protect the fruit, just as there are times it is useful for our own self-preservation, but it, too, must be removed to get to the sweetness. We have to remove our layers of ego and negativity to get to the root of our being and purpose.

One important principle of manifesting good and subduing the bad is by being protective over one’s speech. This parsha teaches how to atone for lashon hara (negative speech), we read in the Talmud, Evil gossip kills three: the one who says it, the one who listens, and the subject of the gossip.

R’ Kotler says that to be wholehearted with Hashem means not to live a life of contradictions and that someone who speaks lashon hara lives a life of contradictions. It’s not easy, as it's something that often comes naturally, sharing an experience involving another person, but the more we are careful to only uplift each other through speech, the more we're aligned with positivity and light. This incredible pianist asked me yesterday what I think the purpose of life is, I said that it’s to reveal Hashem’s light in this world, that is how we shine our own light, which brings forth everyone’s light, which is the only way for us to bring awareness to the Light of the Infinite.

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