Everything in this world has the power for good or for evil, for elevation or degradation, just as we read about with the two goats. Even with air and breathing there is kedushah and sitra achra, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov teaches that there are two “lifelines” that we can draw in when breathing in air, one is the lifeline of kedusha, the other is of tumah. The righteous draw in pure air, while the evil draw in impure air. To survive, we need to draw air from one of these two channels. When a person regrets their misdeeds and decides to do teshuva, they sever their link with the impure source of air and begin to breathe fresh, new air from the source of holiness.13 As we learn in Talmud Yuma, “When one repents out of love, his sins become like merits.”

So much of staying grounded in truth and being balanced is letting go of all the cacophony that surrounds and tries to distort being truly present in the experiences and moments we find ourselves in. The power of niggunim (melodies), when sung in a group of people, is that when we use our breath to connect making music with the instrument that sustains us (our breath/voice), we connect to our essence and the essence of those around us. It’s a moment when we shift from thinking or over thinking, to letting go of the extraneous and bringing our breath outward to awaken our soul, we tend to lose ourselves while inspiring ourselves at the same time.

I’ll leave you off with what feels like a mantra to me, it’s Pharrell on his song, “ESP”:

Detach yourself (let go, let go, let go, let go, let go)
Re-pack yourself
Be back yourself (let go, let go, let go, let go, let go)
And dream as yourself
Be seen as yourself (let go, let go, let go, let go, let go)
Beam as yourself
Scream as yourself (let go, let go, let go, let go, let go)
And be king of yourself. 

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Story Time: G.O.A.T. amongst goats  (leviticus: acharei mot)
https://youtu.be/dhZY3l6IYQM

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Love y'all!
- @ErezSafar