G‑d said to Abram, “Go to yourself, from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.”—Genesis 12:1
If you were not you, if you saw yourself from the eyes of another, how would you see your journeys through life?
You would see how each journey leads away from home. Away from your birthplace, from those who nurtured you and that which made you what you are. Outwards, away from yourself in so many directions.
But you see your journey from within. From within, every journey leads in one direction: Towards within. Towards yourself. Closer and yet closer.
To the land in which G‑d shows you yourself.
Maamar Lech Lecha 5738.
When I reflect on this morning's inspiration, I think of another inspiration that states, "the longest journey of any person is inward." If the eyes are the windows to the soul, what do you I see and not so much as what you're told by others, but what you're told by HaShem who breathe life into your body and gave your body the gift of a soul. In the fullness of time, the soul will depart and the flesh will return to the good earth, but the soul [who you are] will live forever in the glory of HaShem. Like father Abraham, I am a pilgrim a sojourner in this life and where my feet trod are the places my soul touched. The search for purpose and meaning in this life is found in the soul. That is why the longest journey of any person is inwardly and can only be seen with your spiritual eyes and acted outwardly with your physical eye. The flesh profits nothing, it is the spirit, HaShem, that gives life. Does my soul reflect the life HaShem gave me? Thank you, Rabbi Freeman.