The Purpose of Tests & Problems in Life

is to wake a person up physically and spiritually.

עורו עורו ישנים משינתכם

"Wakey Wakey You Sleepers from Your Sleep!"

Reb Chaim Vital explains the reason why the verse repeats itself "wake-up wake-up" twice and that is to indicate that a person needs to wake up physical and wake up spiritually.

The first step is to acknowledge the truth that one is going around in circles and one has been having problems in ones life, then decide that it must stop. It really is that easy !

The whole reason for all tests and problems in life is to guide a person along the correct pathway in life and to WAKE UP spiritually.

Reb Chaim Vital explains that even pain, illness and anguish that is destined for a person, for example if one caused pain to someone in a prior lifetime then payment of pain is due in this lifetime, even this can be stopped by simply breaking the cycle of reincarnation. By using the 3 keys of reincarnation to break the cycle, then focus on the 3 purposes a reincarnated soul came into this world and then break the cycle for eternity.

Then break, annul and stop all pain and problems in ones life through living the spiritually enlightened life of FORGIVENESS, COMPASSION and LOVE.

Having Problems in Life is a Sign !

As we explained in the 1st Key of Reincarnation - The Complainers, many souls have been reincarnated to overcome the lesson of "COMPLAINING" against GO . These are referred to as souls from the "wilderness" דור המדבר , complainers מתעוֹננים , whom GOD punished by forcing them to wander around in circles in the wilderness for 40 years as a punishment for complaining. Until that whole generation of "complainers" died, then the jewish people were allowed to enter the "promised land" of Israel .

This is a lesson for everyone, the punishment of feeling stagnated and wandering around in circles in life, the feelings of never really accomplishing anything useful in life, identifies to ones soul an urgent need to change - only one aspect of ones life :-

STOP COMPLAINING

This is the simple spiritual law for a successful & purposeful life of inner happiness & peace

Simply Stop Complaining !

As we have explained of the page of "Health & Diet" from the Talmud Bruchos Daf 5a, "If something painful happens to you ... look and investigate carefully your actions". Everything happens for a reason in life. If one has problems and pain, it is happening for a reason. The main lesson that most people need to learn is to change the attitude of mind, and STOP COMPLAINING ! Learning to be grateful and happy for everything that happens in life.

Otherwise if one does NOT change, as the Tana Devei Eliyahu says , תנא דבי אליהוּ , "המבעט ביסוּרים ... כוֹפלין לוֹ" - "one who hates pain ...pain is doubled". This is simply understood, as the whole purpose of pain and problems is to wake a person up SPIRITUALLY. If one has not woken up, then more pain is sent to try a different way to wake up .

Sefer Shinuyim - "book of change" explains this differently, the reason a person has failures in life, is because of a disconnection with GOD, the Eternal Divine "life-giving" loving creative energy of this whole universe.

The pain occurs in life quite simply because there is a disconnection with GOD. Once the person has woken up to become loving instead of hateful, constructive instead of destructive, spiritually awakened instead of like the living "dead" spiritually, then the purpose of pain is fulfilled .

The Reason for Depression

The only reason for a "depression", is it that a person is using their mind and thoughts to think dark, negative, fear and hatred thoughts, and thereby blocking and disconnecting their souls spiritual essence of life energy from GOD - the ETERNAL DIVINE source of ALL energy in the universe.

The purpose of "blockages" in our lives is to WAKE-UP our souls to CHANGE from the wrong pathway to the correct pathway.

Once we have "woken up " spiritually , and we are working on changing our mind, thoughts and our soul, then automatically the blockages are eliminated from our lives. This is the Spiritual law of unblocking "blockages" .

The Prayer

Reb Chaim Vital explains in Sefer Gilgulim that the prayer to ask for tests and problems to STOP in ones life is simple:-

"Ribbono Shel Olam רבונו של עולם , Almighty GOD, Eternal Divine Spiritual Creator of the whole Universe, i am sorry that i have made mistakes in my life, i recognize that i have been sleeping in my life, that i have continually been ignoring all the signs that i have been given in my life to wake me up spiritually. I ignored the signs and problems and so the problems became bigger and now have become overwhelming to the point that i have now woken up.

Now that i am awake spiritually, and aware of all my foolish mistakes in this lifetime and previous lifetimes i beg of you, please GOD stop the pain and anguish so that i can lead a spiritually enlightened life of FORGIVNESS, COMPASSION & LOVE.

Please FORGIVE ME for all my mistakes in this lifetime and prior lifetimes. AMEN "