The
Secret of the Secret
By
Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz
A. The
essential idea is taught by our Sages in 'Pirkei Avot' ['Sayings of our
Fathers'] in the 2nd
chapter[the
4th Mishnah]. They say, "Align your will with My [Hashem's] Will, in
order
that I [Hashem]
will align My
Will to your will" [i.e. ..I,
Hashem, will will your will into being]. We see that the Jewish
angle for
miraculously manifesting what we want, is to align our desires to
Hashem's Desires...i.e.
Do it
for Him or in
fusion with him, as opposed to primarily focusing on what we can get
Him to do
for us [as
He is
presented in the movie, 'The Secret', as a giant genie in a bottle
saying to us
that your wish is my
command.
Here are a
few other Jewish sources highlighting the principle of aligning our
will to His Will;
1. R. Avraham
Yitzchak Kook [ob'm] in his classic work, 'Lights' [in the chapter
dealing
with
actualizing will], states that to the extent that we align our will to
the Divine
will, to
that extent,
Hashem will cause our will to be manifested in reality [sometimes even
before
we ask or pray
for it]
2. The second
half of the Mishnah from 'Pirkei Avot' that we quoted above states,
"Nullify
your will from
contradicting Hashem's Will, and He will nullify all other people's
will that
contradict
your own will" ...i.e. ..align yourself to Hashem's Will with no
internal
opposition,
and everyone
else will not only get out of your way, but will also do all they can
to see to
it
it that you
get what you want.
B. Our Sages
teach that a 'Tzaddik [a righteous person, who by definition is one
who's will
is
aligned with Hashem's Will] declares and Hashem manifests his declaration or desire'.
There are
many Kabbalistic illustrations of this principle. Here are just a few;
a. See the
book 'Innerspace' by R. Aryeh Kaplan [ob'm] on page 51 in the chapter
dealing
with the
Sefirah Keter, for a discussion of the power of fusing G-d's will to
your own
will, not
only in terms
of manifesting your will, but also in terms of becoming a whole and
spiritually
connected
human being as well as being a person who as an extension of G-d's Will
becomes a
loving infinite conduit constantly transforming the world into a Divine
Kingdom.
C. According
to the Kabbalah, the nature of the Rosh Hashanah [New Year] judgment
is to determine to
what extent we are living
out our
calling in
life, which by definition will be our unique contribution to assisting
the
Creator in
bringing the
world closer to its perfection or Tikun. There are many Kabbalistic
illustrations of
this
principle.
So the Jewish
angle for miraculously manifesting what we want is to align our desires
to the
Creators
desires, i.e. do it for or in fusion with the Universe, as opposed to
primarily
focusing on
what we can
get the Universe to do for us. And to the extent that we do this, to
that
extent, our
“Will” will be
manifested in reality [sometimes even before we ask for it.] If we
think deeply
enough into
this Divine Will Alignment dynamic, we can see that it is truly the
Secret of
the
Secret, or at
least the Kabbalistic version. This involves a primal shift in focus
from the
popular
standard "Secret" orientation. Instead of focusing on what G-d can do
for you,
we say the
opposite. To
the extent that I do this the Universe will want to manifest what I
want, even
to the
point that
others will come flocking to help me carry out my desired outcome. And
if I'm
really
and truly
aligned miraculous manifestations will happen for me constantly and
automatically
without me
even needing to ask for it! We are taught that the Divine Architect
created the
world in
order to
ultimately be a complete revelation of His/Her presence - i.e. to
reveal that
ultimately
there is
nothing else. Surely when we merge our most important faculty of will
with that
of our
Maker, we
activate the primal motivator of existence. The question and challenge
to be
posed is
"How do I
transform myself to become so aligned"?
I am presently
working on opening up and hopefully illuminating this subject from a
number of
different
angles including some key points of a holistic presentation I have been
working
on for
years entitled
"Sefirotic Alignment Therapy", as well as a very special personality
portrait
that is
taught at
length in a classic Chassidic work entitled "Noam Elimelech".