All of life is about the beautiful balance of releasing control & connecting. Because we're tasked to toil for our bread, we find ourselves stuck in a mindset of thinking that we are in control of our lives, that the more that we dominate our circumstances, the more in control we are. What we find in the lessons of Shemita (the year of release) is that the rewards come from the release. Yes, we must work the field, but without pause, there is no ultimate pleasure. To demonstrate faith to ourselves & our Creator, we have to pause our compulsion to constantly control. What we see most immediately with Shabbat, especially with our phone addiction, is that while we seem to be steering the ship, the ship often steers us. When we shift the dynamics & put away our phones, we can reconnect to our purpose, our Creator & faith itself. It’s like a hard reset to wash away the layers of disconnect, so that we can once again feel unified with our Source. 

Last week we discussed Shabbat as a day of rest for Hashem & for us, now we're taught about Shabbat for the land of Israel: for 6 years we may sow the field, prune the vineyards & gather crops, but in the 7th year the land is “released”.

The most beautiful part of Shemita is that every 7 years we're commanded to forgive all debts, to not work the land of Israel by planting or harvesting & to let all of the produce that grows become ownerless, so that anyone can take & eat from it. It's a time when the figments of our fractured perceptions & differences between each other fall by the wayside & when we share status, all being infused with Godliness of equal standing.

We fulfill these mitzvot by releasing our impulse to work the land excessively & control creation. We release ownership & debts to ones in need, shifting our focus & trust in our own work & control & putting faith in the Divine will. It's a profound illustration of our faith that, after all, everything belongs to the Master of it All, Hashem. 

Release control & connect.

—> Go to www.lightofinfinite.com where I jump further into Shemita, the DNA of creation & the 7 sefirot permeate the 7 days of creation & are the ways in which Hashem orchestrates existence.

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Thanks for listening/reading.
Much love, Erez Safar

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