This episode features a teaching and meditation entitled "It'll Be OK (Even If It's Not)," by Rabbi Dan Liben. In this session, Rabbi Liben draws on the story of our ancestor Jacob to help us access our innate soul trait of Bitachon, or Trust: our ability to be resilient and to persist in the face of what can feel like insurmountable challenges. He connects our ability to trust in the unfolding story of our lives and our world to our awareness that we are deeply connected to, and loved by, people and forces far beyond ourselves—a love which can help dissipate the constrictions born of our anxiety and fear.
The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on December 18, 2023. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.
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