Mm

... from the victim/perpetrator/savior triangle, right, let's pretend we're in the victim mode, right? The victim says, "Why did you do this to me? Why is this happening to me?" And from that perception, life is always happening to you versus happening for you.

And so the paradigm shift here is, and this is where it becomes so empowering in my perspective, if everything is happening for me, and like you said, which I 100% agree, Chana, everything that happens is for the good.

Everything, even if it's perceived uncomfortable, or painful, or causes suffering, right? Everything is a divine teacher.

The Baal Shem Tov teaches that nothing that we perceive with our eyes or experience with our bodies is by accident.

It is all a divine, divine teacher.

And so I'd say for people who are like, "Ah, bad things are happening to me," right, step one is reframe, paradigm shift.

Could you shed some light on what's the Kabbalistic approach to manifestation and how is it different?

And how did you live in an ashram for six years? Tell me about this real fast.

Yeah, okay, so real fast, I could sit here and give you like story upon story for hours, but I'll give you the Reader's Digest version.

When I was 20, I had lost a friend of mine in a motorcycle accident.

And her passing was my initial spiritual awakening.

Prior to that point, you know, I was a teenager.

I was living life as though I was eternal.

I was going to live forever.

And