We need to sound the call of the Shofar, what does the Shofar do – it wakes us up – it refocuses our priorities!
By zevi770 · November 16, 2012
Why do we need to wake up?
You see, imagine your whole life you are driving and you merrily follow your GPS, the only trouble is, that your GPS is in the wrong direction, you will end in a barren desert, deserted, confused, with no food and water.
In life, two opposing GPSs call us – unbeknown to us, the instinctive state which all of humanity is naturally called to, is a state of utter loneliness.
It is a state in which more is better, pleasure is god, and ego is the GPS.
How does such a life end – even if one does arrive at its destination – take famous movie or rock stars – it literally ends in the desert; for those who haven’t been there, the mirage sustains the journey; but just read the biographies of those who have, its drugs to alleviate loneliness, its a meaningless barren wasted life!
But there is another GPS – it is your soul, it is the Divine spark that is who you really are, it is your idealism, it is the Torah, it is your God.
How does the journey end, well truth be told, as God is infinite, so to this journey, but let us examine the lives of the good Jews (or non-Jews as well) who follow the call of their soul; it is a life of harmony, a life of unity, a life where their family celebrates them as they celebrate their family, a life of giving, of friendships, a life in which they (and is true) the world after life on earth, continues to reward!