Natural here means that the consciousness is always present, always streaming. And once this true identity is revealed, then everything will naturally be motivated by our intrinsic connection to God.
Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh has books and seminars devoted to the concept of natural consciousness, but since you are now reading this article on or around 11 Cheshvan, the day of the passing of mother Rachel, I thought to end with another “sugar cube” meditation to help us experience some of the sweetness of natural consciousness.
Revealing Superhero Identities
In recent months, some of the most popular articles about social media have either been about how to abstain from it or how to replace the current platforms with something better. The inner reason for these articles is because the public, public consciousness, is beginning to awaken according to some of what was explained above. But presently, these articles on social media generally do not speak about the need to connect to God… to redeem from exile our natural, streaming consciousness of Divinity. So what then do they say? There are many examples, but the example that I thought to bring is related to Facebook.
There are many articles written recently that speak about abstaining from Facebook, on disconnecting the account, and so forth. But as explained, abstaining from Facebook at most represses the desire to feel connected, but doesn’t answer the question of why this desire welled up inside to begin with.
Part of building natural consciousness is to be sensitive to Divine Providence. Thus we can ask ourselves what does the public see as a viable replacement to Facebook. While the current replacement suggestion is also external, another sugar cube, at least it will help us chart the progress of where public consciousness is headed.
Interestingly, the main competitors mentioned last year and this year are attractive for the same reason. In March of 2013, I wrote how Tumblr was attractive as a potential replacement to Facebook because of the ability to use a secret “superhero” identities. And this year, the talk has shifted to Ello whose main attraction is that it also doesn’t “force” people to use their real names.
The reason I mention this is the reason I wrote this article. Behind the external drive to connect vis-à-vis technology is a deep desire to connect to our true Jewish nature. But unlike the desires of the animal soul and the ego that seek constant praise and acknowledgement, the Divine soul both doesn’t seek outside acknowledgement and is unlimited. To say it another way, it is our “superhero” identity within.
Thus, while social media has delivered one sugar cube after another, consciousness is shifting to a reality where the main question is not how many Facebook friends, LinkedIn connections, or Twitter followers we have, but who are you? What identity have you chosen?
May it be the will of God that each of us give birth to our potential this year…starting today…to our “superhero” identities, thus redeeming our consciousness and liberating Rachel.