It is within the patterns of our life that we find our purpose. The kabbalists had a name for these patterns: tikkune, indicating that which we have come back to correct. Each lifetime may afford us several chances to accomplish our tikkune, to learn the lesson and make the inner changes necessary for our spirit to progress along its journey. The truth is, there is a pattern to our hardships, and that pattern is called opportunity. Once we recognize the challenges that repeatedly pop up in our lives, we can seize them for the gifts they truly afford us.
Here are 7 resources to help you FIND THE PATTERNS in your life:
1. The kabbalists teach that the world is like a big mirror.
Why Do Certain People Get Under Our Skin?
Article by The Kabbalah Centre
2. Only you can recognize the patterns, and only you can decipher what they are meant to teach you.
Finding the Pattern
Article by Karen Berg
3. If we find ourselves repeatedly facing the same issues, it is because there is a lesson we still need to learn.
Kabbalistic Glossary: Tikkune
Article by The Kabbalah Centre
4. By diminishing our own negativity, we assist others struggling with the same issue.
Eradicating Negativity
Article by Michael Berg
5. Forgiveness is one of the most powerful tools for transforming negative experiences into positive opportunities for growth.
A How-To Guide to Forgiveness
Article by Monica Berg
6. When we take responsibility for a certain pattern of behavior in our lives, we can change it.
Observing Without Judgment
Video with Eitan Yardeni
7. Recognizing the patterns in our lives gives us control of our destiny. This is true freedom.
Changing the Patterns of our Destiny
Video with Rav Berg
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