I touched on this in the intro of my book - in the How to Exist in Love chapter. There this epic wisdom in these Torah portions, Tazria & Metzora, where we learned about tzarot (sad things), and that tzarot come from lashon hara (slander/negative speech), which means one is looking at people and oneself negatively. 

This ayin hara (evil eye) leads to lashon hara, which means looking at people with a bias towards the left side, the side of gevurah (judgment). 

As we read these Torah portions, we see the word nega (blemish/disease, נגע) repeated; this is a space which encompasses the lowest form of experience. 

The Ramban teaches the distinction between nega (disease, נגע) and oneg (pleasure, ענג‎) is only in a change of perspective. Hebrew is read from right to left, and in the word nega (נגע), you see the ayin (ע) is on the left. And, as the Rebbe Rashab taught the Frierdiker Rebbe, if we lead with chesed (loving-kindness), which is when we tap into the right side of the sefirot and our own beings, and look through the right eye, so to speak, the ayin (ע) of goodness leads. 

This is when we can move away from nega (נגע) and have oneg (pleasure, ענג‎), which is the highest form of life experience. 

The opposing forces manifest as the yetzer hara (evil inclination) or kelipot ( “shells” that conceal Godly light.). In the world, it’s the outer coverings or “shells” that conceal Godly light. In ourselves, it is the negativity or egocentricity that keeps us from connecting to our true selves as creations with a Divine purpose, which connects us to the Divine light. 

This negativity or ego is like the shell of a fruit; it does serve to protect the fruit, just as there are times it is useful for our own self-preservation, but it, too, must be removed to get to the sweetness. We have to remove our layers of ego and negativity to get to the root of our being and purpose.

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