Memory as a tool against pandemics
The Kabbalah speaks about an Angel assigned to you when you are in the womb to show you everything you will need to know to be able to complete your tikkun in this lifetime. But because our brains expand in many directions as we grow older, we simply don’t remember the soul memory – so to reignite remembering we can use one of the 72 names of God as a mantra. Breath in vav, breathe out shin, breathe in resh, breathe out.
My friend who is a life coach believes every one of us is born naturally creative, resourceful and whole.
To think we are hardwired to handle a pandemic – who knew? And yet, here we are, doing what we have to do, behaving in ways that we are unaccustomed, ditching dreams of the future for being present, and figuring it all out as it comes.
- Kabbalah – the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible
- tikkun – Jewish concept of “mending the world”, applied more widely to ethical activism in contemporary society
- 72 names of God – see Kabbalah chart below
