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0:06 All right, let us begin. 0:07 We are me. I'm going to finish the first chapter of Oro Satuva today. 0:13 We're beginning on page 11. 0:15 So let's we actually beginning two page two lines into page 11. 0:18 Remember again cook explained to us we are now up to the last level of chuva what calls chuva which we'll call intellectual chuva chv of the of the mind. 0:30 So remember again that cook explains this chuva occurs when after one has acquired all of the previous levels. 0:38 So again after you've had already chvis I want to go through his examples sorry and then afterwards which we saw yesterday. 0:54 You go through all of these levels you then get to. 0:57 Now what is this? 1:14 Now, if you notice, by the way, in all of the previous in all the previous layers or all the previous parts of Chuva, there was something external or internal that was driving me. 1:25 There was a push, right? 1:26 Let's think about this in just a moment. 1:28 You know in in chuva in chaivis for example the two parts of chuvativis innate natural chuva there might have been physical discomfort there was spiritual discomfort in chuva amunes there was this fundamental belief that chuva could fix me if I 1:43 am broken there's always something external that's motiv or or even internal but there's some some defined motivation that is pushing or better stated some level of discomfort that is pushing ing me physical discomfort, spiritual discomfort, something some type of discomfort 2:02 is propelling me in order to do cha which by the way there's nothing wrong with that if you think about it in general when do we make change in life when do we make change in life when we're uncomfortable in 2:14 other words today right I know that there are things in my life that are in a state of disrepair I know that there are things are broken chances are I'm not going to do anything about Then if it doesn't cause 2:28 me any kind of pain or any kind of discomfort, that's just human nature. 2:32 I'll fix stuff when either it's it's broken in such a way that it compromises me or it's so broken that it causes me discomfort in some way otherwise otherwise I'm just going to probably leave it alone. 2:47 And if cook says which is human nature and that's really the function of all of the previous stages of chuva they're all motivated by some type of discomfort by some type of difficulty by something that's misfiring in some way. 3:03 He says whether it's a pain, a physical pain, a spiritual pain, an emotional pain or even just sometimes the knowledge that Judaism tells me to do one thing and I'm doing something different that causes me a pain and a discomfort 3:22 as well. and all these previous categories there is some stimulus there is some stimulus that is causing me to do something so but that's not what's comes from a state of awareness state clear understanding that comes ultimately again from clarity 3:53 of outlook on the world and on life. 3:56 So I say this is beautiful. 3:57 This cha is a chuva that says no not not nothing's uncomfortable. 4:02 Life is good. Life is good. 4:05 But there's a certain clarity of vision that says as good as life is it can be more. 4:12 As good as I am, I can be more. 4:15 There's no existential discomfort, internal or external discomfort. 4:19 There's no fear of punishment. 4:21 There's no great mandate. 4:22 Oh, I'm so broken and therefore again I should avail myself of the power of chuva. 4:26 There's none of that. 4:26 Everything is fine. Everything is fine. 4:29 But chuva is this incredible moment of of clarity of awareness where I realize I can be more. 4:36 Life can be more. 4:37 Not because I have to even, but because I can, but because I can. 4:42 That's and that motivates me to affect change within my life. 4:52 Now says generally the way that happens is in the aftermath of these other steps. 4:59 This is a progression which makes sense. 5:01 So usually right think about this the first thing that's going to motivate me to do chuva is physical discomfort. 5:07 I'm in pain. I'm suffering. 5:10 I'm sick. I'm ill. 5:11 I have to change my life. 5:13 I feel I need to change my life. 5:15 Okay. Chuva. Second stage. 5:17 internally. I don't feel spiritually good. 5:19 I don't feel spiritually. 5:20 I don't feel spiritually happy. 5:21 It's going to push me. 5:22 Then I recognize that the Torah speaks about chuva. 5:27 The speak about chuva. 5:28 This is a mandate that I have. 5:30 I'm going to do it. 5:31 So if you notice all all of those, those are the steps. 5:34 When you go through all when I go through all of those steps, the next step is which think about it. 5:41 It's so true. As we get older, we recognize that I don't have to limit my dramatic life changes to to crisis, right? 5:51 I I I don't have to just affect change in my life. 5:53 If there's a moment of crisis, I can proactively change my life. 5:59 And I will say, I think as we get older, we recognize sometimes the greatest moments of change is not when you have to, but it's when you want to, right? 6:08 Sometimes you're in life and like the truth is if you look at life, everything's good. 6:13 Everything's good. Everything is really good. 6:15 It it it's good. 6:18 But there's that voice in the back of your head that says you're right. 6:22 And you can live out the rest of your life in good or you could push for excellence or you could push for amazing or you could push for incredible. 6:36 That's chvas is that is that is that voice in the back of your head that says okay everything is good everything and I will say sometimes in life when everything is good right what does that voice say to us when 6:48 everything is good what does it say what does it say don't rock the boat don't rock the boat don't rock the boat leave it how long have you worked to get to a point where everything is good and calm and 7:01 comfortable don't rock the boat but if you don't rock the Oh, you've run the risk of underperformance says is that voice in the back of my head that says I want to make change in my life not because I have 7:15 to not because anything is broken not because anything is disrepair but because I want to and I can turn the page was the end of the par chazoo as he said before this level of chuva of what he calls chuva 7:31 this is a compilation or the result of taking all of the previous steps. 7:38 It is filled with such happiness and joy and riches. 7:42 Not not material riches but a sense of life riches without measure. 7:55 This level of can turn your into mitzvos. 7:59 Wow. In this level of you could learn lessons, life lessons from all of your mistakes. 8:12 And with you, you can take every downfall and turn it into an incredible moment of ascension. 8:23 This is the level of that all of us that all of us are looking towards that all of us are gearing up towards and this is the level of cha ultimately that one day somehow we hashem will all make it 8:41 to point out something interesting in the footnotes over here he quotes that it's very possible that what cookie is referring to over here is known in The Gimra has a different name. 8:52 The Gimra knows this as chuva chuva out of love. 8:58 Now the reason for that is because says that this level of chuva transforms your aus into mitzvah. 9:04 Oh, so the says that the says that by cha this high now again we'll see exactly what this means. 9:09 This highest level of cha ultimately again what does it do? 9:14 It goes ahead and it transforms ultimately again your aos into mitsos. 9:19 So I say third level. 9:20 So really really incredibly dramatic. 9:23 So in this third level of chuva ultimately again what we see is this chvaless this ability to affect change not because I have to right not because I need to but at the end of the day because I want to 9:36 because at the end of the day there is this ability to change myself and to make myself into something even greater. 9:44 Nothing's propelling me to do it except me. 9:48 But if cook says you can only get to this last level of chuva ultimately again if you go through the previous three. 9:54 So we'll say that concludes maz on finishing of now of course the question is mechanistically. 10:01 So this is the framework right. 10:03 So now I know as I go through my chuva journey which hopefully we're all undergoing. 10:08 These are the steps I have to take. 10:11 These are the steps I have to take going forward. 10:14 Now that I know kind of the framework, the sequential framework, the question is going to be how do I get this journey started right? 10:21 What are the actual steps in the process of cha tomorrow?
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