For example, eyelids are a subsidiary to the eye.
There is an idea in Kabbalah that many things in the world and body consist of a “main” and a “subsidiary.” The subsidiary always comes to serve the purpose of the main and, in turn, assumes the identity of the main through its association with it.
It’s when we stop doing and just experiencing being, tasting the fruits of our labors.
#Stephen covey 7 habits full#
It is the day that embodies wholeness and contentment experiencing the glass totally full instead of half empty. Shabbat is the day in which we move away from the building of this physical world to experience the spiritual inherent in every aspect of it. Therefore, the weekdays have more of an affiliation with the physical whereas Shabbat is the day of the soul. And Shabbat is about experiencing and oneness – that which is qualitative. The weekdays are about building and multiplicity – that which is quantifiable. One way to look at the weekday/Shabbat relationship is Quantity versus Quality. In a sense we can say that God “began with the end in mind” – and Shabbat is the day the lends purpose to everything we do during the week since Shabbat is the day that is set aside for experiencing all that has been built up during the week. The fact that Shabbat was created last testifies to its being the ultimate purpose and goal of all of creation. In Lecha Dodi, the song that welcomes the Shabbat on Friday night, we sing “that which is last in action is first in thought”. This is true power – to realize what you are and who you could be, and then proactively take your life into your hands. Rather, I will act with ferocious strength and seize the day.
#Stephen covey 7 habits code#
The first thing the Jew is told to do in the morning, according to the Code of Jewish Law, is to “wake up like a lion.” By waking up with vigor and not hitting the snooze button, I make the statement that just as God is beyond the limits of time, I, too, can stretch those limits and not allow myself to be “pushed around” by time. Upon hearing the sad news of the passing of Stephen Covey, I felt compelled to write about his principles and where we can find them in Judaic sources. After all, the Hebrew phrase “ Torat Chaim” means teachings for life – wisdom for living, and if these principles contain truth, they should be found in the Torah. Then it dawned on me that it should come as no surprise that Covey’s habits can be found in Torah sources. When I read Stephen Covey’s legendary work, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, I was taken aback as I began to list off Torah sources in my head for the principles Covey was so eloquently describing.
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