SHOFTIM

Shalom Shalom. This week’s DEVAR TORAH is SHOFTIM meaning judges.
•    Judgment is limited; it operates within Supreme Will. We will fulfill the Goal of Creation either before time or in the allotted time. HaRazon HaElyon will not be denied. Judgment, justice is not external but internal. It is based on intention and desire at the impression level. What is at the center of everything is Supernal/Infinite. Identification with the Beged is limited. Transform what is negative in the Beged and do the impossible. We are transforming at the impression level. Tohu (contrast), Bohu (balance) and Qoshech (darkness) need to be rearranged to establish balance. Balance is necessary to unleash potential. We are in a field of unlimited potential. To be imbalanced is to be swinging back and forth.
•    We are to establish the standards of Olam Haba in the earth - Hamachshavah Elyonah. God is good that does only good. There are three columns: the right and left is the tree of good and bad. Eating of the tree of good and bad causes suffering which leads to good. Consider the end.
•    In the portion we are told not to plant trees and pillars (seeds) that oppose the Creator. When you plant the seed of vengeance, it takes you completely away. It has to be transformed. Toleration - you can only take so much then quit. There is no quitting. Every time you quit, you start all over again. The Priesthood attend the altar 7 days a week twice a day. Focus on the altar and everything else will be taken care of.
•    Be confident in yourself. In our obedience we become one with the Creator. Ascend out of deficiency through servanthood. Idol worship is service that doesn’t fulfill the Goal of Creation. Worship is service. Be a servant to the Creator. Impressions can be transformed through service. We are working at the level of impression. It takes time to transform all of them. All of us has gifts. Your gift is what you specialize in. It is unlimited, always fresh, not an imitation, it is original. Your gift will bring about promotion if it is used in the right way to reach the Goal. Using it for egotistical purposes is idol worship. You have to deal with impressions first. Start out serving in the skills you have; serve and your gift will come out.
•    What the Creator speaks comes to pass. We will be a greater and mightier nation, an army that is immortal that comes to establish the standards of the Creator on the ground at Malchut. We set the throne of the Eternal. The throne is made up of Kohanim, Levites, Judges and officers. The throne of Echad will be set because of judgment. The dominion of the mortal man (ego) is taken away. The reigning influence will be immortal. The Kingdom will an everlasting Kingdom. The judges and officers must meet qualifications to set on one of these thrones. Qualification has to do with dominion. Dominion is within yourself, not over people. The blows we receive are like pebbles thrown in a pond that cause ripples (memory, impression). When that happens you are not in control. If the mind is rippling, it changes the way we reflect our true self. Dominion means when a pebble is dropped, the ripples are restrained. Remain the same when you receive blows. Be God in the event and judgment is correct. Shoftim must have control/dominate themselves.