Weekly Kabbalah Tune Up: What Goes Around Comes Around

We've been discussing lately, how all judgement is projection. This arrived in my email box this morning.


November 13th — November 19th, 2011

When something bad happens in life, it is instinctive to turn our gaze upwards and plead with God—“How can you do this to me?” However, the great kabbalists throughout history have strongly disagreed with this notion. They teach that, in fact, we are the causes of our chaos, pain and suffering.

According to Kabbalah, 99% of the chaos in a person's life is caused by the evil eye.

The evil eye is what happens when we look with jealousy, judgment, and hatred upon what someone else has. The scary realization is that we do not have to be an evil person to bring about evil eye. Unfortunately we all do this often, albeit unconsciously, without realizing the consequences.

And here's how it works. The world is strategically arranged so that all the people in our lives—from our closest friends to our most casual acquaintances; from our dearest family members to strangers who pass us on the street—share similar negative behavior to our own. They mirror us so that we can have the opportunity to see what it is that we need to proactively change about ourselves.

However, either we are not aware of this fact or if we have learned it, we forget. It’s important we remember that the moment we choose to give into the thoughts of criticism, envy and hatred, we are pulling the trigger on ourselves. In other words, once we cast the evil eye on someone else, we open the door for the evil eye and the forces of reckoning to come upon us.

Why? Because of the universal law known as the Boomerang Effect—what goes around comes around.

So, it's up to us to take care of ourselves. It always will be. Part of why we judge others is because we doubt that we can have what the other person has. We don't have certainty that the Creator wants the same success and happiness for us.

This week, your mission is profoundly simple. Every time you are looking at someone and thinking, “Why don't I have that?” or “I don't like this person,” do these two things.

1. List three things in your life that you appreciate.

2. Remember that what you don't like about another is something you dislike in yourself.

By concentrating on appreciating what you have, instead of looking at what others have that you don't, you can neutralize your envy, defuse your jealousy, and put an end to all of your justified acts of judgment so you can protect yourself and others from your own evil eye.

Have a great, judgment-free week!

All the best,
Yehuda Berg