Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

“I think you missed the point. How do you know that what you consider “resonating with your neshama” is not yetzer hara? What about all the born again xians for whom oso ha’ish “resonated” with ther souls? What about all those people in love with people with whom they should not have a relationship for numerous reasons who feel the “resonation”? The fact that you believe that what resonates with your neshama is pure does not prove anything.”

We are talking two different things. I guess if you’ve never experienced it you won’t know what I’m talking about. But I also know this feeling is experienced by many I have come in contact with as well.

Firstly it is silly to bring examples from non Jews etc because they don’t have a neshama so they can’t experience what I’m referring to. (Ill explain what that is soon.)

Secondly people fall into things that help them justify their wrong decisions or even help them become better people in some way, or feel good etc. And that can all be anti Torah. I’m not talking about that either.

So what am I talking about? How about the shabbos atmosphere after candle lighting. That neshama sense of holiness. Goyim don’t have that. So that’s a start to understand what I’m talking about.

But really what I mean is when something clicks to the core of the neshama and uplifts the whole person with the resulting joy. I feel this way when I learn Chassidus, especially when its been some time. To the point that my friends will ask me what happened to me that I’m so upbeat more than usual. They joke that I get high off Chassidus.

And its not just me. I have friends and acquaintances who have reported the same feeling when learning Chassidus.

A famous example : rebbetzin vechter, when her husband y taught her her first sicha, she asked what is this? He admitted it is the Rebbe’s Torah. (Being Satmar) she exclaimed,”THIS is kefira?! If so bring it on!” She felt its truth so deeply and felt it light up her neshama to that extent.

Its not just Chassidus. It can be experiencing a mitzva. My mother became frum this way as she studied many religions but nothing clicked and she wasn’t satisfied. As soon as she walked into her first shabbos table, the shabbos atmosphere clicked and resonated deeply, and she’s been unwaveringly frum ever since. I also felt this same neshama high as a girl when I helped a mother who had given birth out with her kids, so she could recover.

And as mentioned its this neshama resonance that makes shluchim successful with the yidden they come in contact with.