So as we have learnt, the Exodus in Egypt is a prototype for all exiles and the word for Egypt in Hebrew 'Mitzriyim" is connected to the hebrew word "Maytzarim" meaning constriction and limitation.
What choice to we play in keeping ourselves in a constricted place?
The world is moving at a rapid rate towards something new and different. Thank G-d the Lubavitcher Rebbe shared with the world that this is a movement towards something good and that rather than fight and fear the changes... we can and must embrace them, and further more we should employ our efforts to facilitate the change. The Rebbe spoke in terms of Redemption and much of his leadership was focused on empowering us to assist in ushering in an "Era of Redemption". Well that era is coming.. and many people are aware of the shifts going on all around us, but even before the "Great Change"... we need to make the minor shifts within ourselves bringing us closer to our own inner liberation... namely when we are feeling a negative emotion.... to get connected to the concept that "its a choice" to hold on to that feeling.... maybe we can let it go. When we feel bound and oppressed by our own "back breaking labor" and we are feeling enslaved by drudgery, maybe we can turn our chore into a dance by putting on music, moving in sync to our breath and employing mindfulness techniques to get into a place of being at one with our action.....then in a small way... we have remembered to connect to our inner selves... and we are that much further away from the 'forgetting' that was such a part of the Egyption Exile. Paroah did not want us to remember ' Zachor' in Hebrew, our inner Divine Light... thats why he try to drown the males , "Zachar" in Hebrew....in the Nile... We need to remember ourselves and our essential purpose.... to link our physical lives with spiritual consciousness and be in the world, connected to our own inner essence and to G-d, being in a state of joy!
Not such a tall order....
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