עצבות Depression

Understanding עצבות "Depression"

Is a Spiritual Blockage of Pure "Life Energy"

עצבות Depression is essentially when a person feels lonely, isolated, and disconnected, this leads a person to a feeling of being unloved, unwanted and without any purpose in life.

Depression in a spiritual perspective is a blockage of "yeneeka" יניקה מלמעלה, lifes energy and vitality which cannot arrive from "spirit" world to ones soul into ones physical body. Like hiding a plant in a cupboard with no sunlight, the plant will lose its vitality and eventually die.

Depression makes a person feel like they are dead, unloved, disconnected, lonely and without purpose of life. Hence the importance to always be careful with ones mind and thoughts to prevent this vital connection which prevents a person feeling alive and loved.

On this page, we shall explain this chapter of עצבות "Depression":-

1. Understanding why a person feels "depressed".

2. Understanding why the "depression" has caused blockages of "lifes energy", vitality and a feeling of love and being loved, and how to rectify these blockages.

3. Explanation of the important connection of "Depression" to "Laziness and Lethargy". Understanding the signs and rectifying the problem, ensuring life vitality with a sense of purpose and "aliveness" is always felt with a inner radiant glow within ones soul.

1. Why does a person feels "depressed" ?

A person needs to ascertain the reasons for a "depression", why 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 the eternal and DIVINE source of everything in the universe.

Normally, "depression" is a very temporary state of mind for most people as they have connected with some "blocking" or "draining" person or situation. If the situation prevails and is not handled then the blockage becomes more permanent challenge for the soul, and a cycle of pain and "depression" remains until the person works on their soul spiritually and lovingly to dissolve the blockage.

As we explained in the chapter of Blocking Success and Fear of Success, 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".

When a person feels "depressed" a person needs to ask the following questions internally, which in most cases will restore the person to a happy life of energy and vitality. Most spiritual people, automatically ask these questions and have "clearance" from the negative emotion of depression, every day when they wake up in the morning and at anytime they feel their mood changing.

By departmentalising and identifying the aspects of depression, it is then easy to take away the "bad feelings" and unblock any negative emotions.

(a) Someone elses "baggage"

of "negative" emotions ?

Is it someone elses emotions that one is sensing and by "transference" one is interacting with their feelings? If so, then learn how to stop this loss by "transference" and have "Closure" from such draining and depressing feelings, which belong to someone else and are not your problem!

This is the easiest to identify, as this comes suddenly, usually as soon as one meets, talks or hears from the person, (even an email from them!). Instantaneously one has a change in ones mood . Especially if they are really destructively critical, complaining, angry, jealous or hateful type of person. As soon as one connects with them one feels UGH !

If this is the reason for feeling depressed and having had a mood change, because of someone elses problems, then it is time to stop this loss by "transference" and have "Closure", then automatically one will feel at peace and with loving thoughts of vitality and connected with spiritual energy of GOD

(b) Temporary Phase

Is the reason for depressed feelings a temporary phase, caused by external situations, like miserable and "depressing" weather, like traffic delays due to road works, (or even a red traffic light!), even a blockage based on astrology (as we all know that the best "Mazel" - "good luck energy" to start something new is the New Moon, so trying to make changes and "New Beginnings" as the moon is "waning" will generate its own temporary blockage) and for any temporary blockages that are and will be fixed in a short time?

If these are the reasons that are making a person "feel depressed" due to these temporary blockages, then in a matter of time they will be unblocked automatically, therfore taking this attitude will calm a person and stop the feeling agitated or depressed as "time will solve the problem"!

When a person knows that and takes into perspective that things are not to work out "today" but they will definately work out "tomorrow", then a "peace of mind" and serene feeling of knowing everything will be alright makes a person feel calm. The spiritual assurance and knowledge that everything that happens, happens for a good reason makes a person accept any temporary blockage.

Constipation - a sign that one is holding onto negative emotions and causing a temporary blockage

Another major reason and a sign for a temporary phase of depression is often caused by a person eating something that has not agreed with ones digestive system. Constipation is a physical sign of a blockage, a person whom is holding onto poisonous faeces in ones body is similarly holding onto negative emotions.

As we suggest from the Rambam on our page of "Health and Diet"- a person should regularly flush ones system out completely ONLY using natures best natural laxative PRUNE JUICE. Certainly if one is ever constipated one must release the blockage with Prune Juice, after one has be relieved ones mood of temporary depression will dissappear.

Similarly with every minor health problem, a persons soul is trying to give the message of "stop and think" by causing a physical blockage preventing a person from carrying on with the life pathway they are on. Flu, headaches and "colds" are not to be ignored as important signs that one should take notice of and try to understand the message from these minor illnesses. Time will heal these blockages but these "rest" times are given to a person to reflect honestly upon their life pathway.

(c) Something you wanted and planned, and exerted a lot of energy has failed.

This is a blockage of the greatest magnitude ! This has happened for a reason so do not despair ! Even though such an experience is a big test of faith and a test of strength of ones character and soul, that very often creates such a block that can take a few years to analyse and "unblock", Nontheless this has happend for a reason and one has the potential to unblock this blockage after careful and honest analysis.

This type of "experience" could be anything from a failed marriage which has ended in divorce, a failed business venture or an accident that has affected ones physical and even mental health leading to a "depressive state of mind".

This "experience" of life is a test for a persons soul, it is incumbent for a person to reflect honestly to themselves, why this experience has happend. It maybe that the person has indeed married the wrong person and in a final recognition of this truth has had the trauma and "relief" of a divorce. Often people who divorce in our generation make the mistake of jumping into the next relationship or cutting themselves off completely and never wishing to marry again.

Most divorced people become very "bitter", harbouring negative thoughts of hatred, depression and sadness, which then leads to a semi-permanent state of depression and a blockage of life and loving energy. They treat life and people with contempt hate and disdain, and continue the "depressed" attitude by abusing themselves and other people. Very often they abuse those good people who are trying to help them, and in so doing alienate themselves even further, from all the good people who have a spiritual life and loving energy.

If the "failure" has happend, it must always be considered a blessing from GOD, one must always take the good attitude that ones life has been blessed and guided to the extent that as soon as one has made a "wrong" life pathway decision, ones "guardian angels" by DIVINE intervention have created blocks to withold success.

With the acceptance that the reason for the blockage in ones life is because one is on the wrong pathway and has tried and maybe even suceeded in taking something that is "Not Yours", the spiritual accoutability of ones soul needs to rectify the balance and ones soul needs to let go of and return whatever one has taken from someone else.

As soon as a person take this good attitude and says to oneself "Thank GOD i have been saved from making a wrong decision of trying to take something that is not my destiny !" Then automatically ones soul has acknowledged the truth and in now searching to put one back on the correct destined pathway. The blockages are removed and depression dissappears.

2. Understanding why the "depression" has caused blockages of "lifes energy", vitality and a feeling of love and being loved, and how to rectify these blockages.

In fact and in reality this statement should be the opposite way, blockages of "lifes energy" vitality and feelings of love and being loved cause "Depression". But as explained in paragraph (c) above, the person who has a block of lifes happiness and loving energy becomes depressed. They then continue to make themselves even more depressed by acting, talking and thinking hateful destructive and evil thoughts. Like being in a dark tunnel with no end and no purpose !

By continuing to propagate and feed ones depressed mind and thoughts with even more negative hateful and destructive thoughts, ones mind becomes so full of "trash" that now one needs extra help to suppress negative emotions such as using medications, alcohol, cigarettes and even drugs, or one simply chooses to avoid confronting the root cause of depression by either blaming others, or doing really time wasting activities such as watching TV, listening to music, playing games, even surfing the internet "ALL DAY EVERYDAY" .

I add the words "ALL DAY EVERYDAY" specifically, as depressed people get addicted to doing things that take their mind away and avoiding the reality of confronting and dealing honestly with their specific problems, thinking about something-else, somewhere-else, in some far off fantasy land of TV and movies, and ofcourse they actually make perfect destructive critics, as they only find faults in other people for they are so flawed themselves (as explained on the page on Closure). Remember a truly loving and spiritual person only sees the goodness in everything in life.

The solution is simple - Stop the cycle!

Think positive and creative loving thoughts, think of the true perspective of our lives on earth in this vast universe. We live on a tiny ball of rock that has been hurtling through space since creation for thousands of years. We humans, who see ourselves as so important, are but a passing feature on the landscape, like a "grain of sand" on a beach or a star in the heavens above!

Many things in life will seem urgent, pressing and crucial. Do what you can to do what's needed. But try not to let any of it get to you. In the overall scheme of things, it's all laughably ephemeral, simply develope an inner Happiness and a Trust in GOD, develope a connection with the DIVINE through a Life of Compassion and a Life of Love , that is LOVE of GOD and LOVE of all of the creations of GOD, search for the true destiny of ones soul and never desire to take anything that belongs to someone else.

By learning to use ones mind to generate love energy, whether it be love of good friends, or of good people one can respect, or of a LOVE of animals, plants or anything created by GOD that has a natural beauty, like the stars and moon that shine at night, even listen to the birds chirping (the "Sefer Shinuyim" explains that the birds chirping is actually a Divine energy that is talking to our souls, by listening to the birds chirping we are listening to heavenly voices), all these can generate the natural pure spiritual love that is missing from ones life.

By connecting ones mind and thoughts with the eternal wellspring of lifes energy - the creative energy of this world and the connecting energy between this world and spirit world which is LOVE, both the physical and spiritual blockages will be removed and ones soul may continue along the correct pathway of life with and inner radiant glow of LOVING and SPIRITUAL life energy.

3. The important connection of "Depression" to "Laziness and Lethargy".

In the explanation of the important connection of "Depression" to "Laziness and Lethargy" this is simple to understand the signs and rectify the problem, ensuring life vitality with a sense of purpose and "aliveness" is always felt with a inner radiant glow within ones soul.

As we have explained above "Depression" is cause by a disconnection with life energy, a disconnection with GOD and the DIVINE spiritual energy of LOVE. This naturally leaves the physical body with a severe lack of vitality and energy which in turn makes a person feel lethargic and lazy. This cycle continues until it becomes unbearably depressing and draining, a persons home may even become dusty and filthy, a lack of self dignity and self respect will propagate the draining and depressive cycle.

The Solution is simple

1. Focus on "LOVE"

The solution to breaking this cycle is to activate ones mind and thoughts to THINK of something or someone one LOVES. "Love" energy is the creative and motivational energy one needs to "get started". It does not matter what the object of ones desires is, so long as ones heart "starts" beating faster and excited at the thought of ones emotions of LOVE.

All parents are aware that to get their children to do anything is to entice them with a "bribe" of something they love, like sweets, chocolate even money ! Similarly adults need to "get motivated" by thoughts of someone or something they LOVE.

This key to "snapping out of a depression" is simple and yet for adults who have been through trauma of loss of business, divorce or been homeless, they feel in their thoughts "whats the point of all the effort ? ... as it will only be taken away from them again !" If indeed they followed the same pathway - they probably would fail again , but if one is reflectingly honest with oneself, recognising the signposts in ones life and learning from ones mistakes , everything will work out the second or even the 3rd time.

It is well known, that all self made millionaires of the age of 50, have been bankcrupt and had business failures at least once. They simply motivated themselves and started again. They departmentalised their failure and did NOT take the failure personally. Similarly in our generation truly happily loving couples over the age of 40 have had a least one failed love relationship - C'est la vie - thats life in our generation!

2. Once "turned on" then "get active" !

Once a person has been turned on with emotional and motivational thoughts of "love", then the secret is to keep busy, DONT lull back into laaziness.

Clean & Dust ones home, paint, decorate, do some gardening, get involved in anything creatively constructive. Even take regular exercise, absolutely anything that will stop a person sitting in front of a television every evening after work ! Which is nothing compared to people who stay at home all day watching TV or surfing the internet ! These are unhealthy distractions which only seem to propagate the cycle of depression. So CHANGE ones actions - stop watching TV or internet etc and use the evenings for just one week to make a constructive change to ones life and feel the difference !

We all know good kind and loving people who are creative and constructive with their time, these people always seem to have accomplished so much and always have a permanent radiant glow of energy on their faces, a twinkle in their eyes and in the way they speak with clarity and enthusiastic aliveness. They are simply living a life of happiness and purpose, avoiding the negative depressing emotions and therefore have no blockages caused by depression.

"Suicidal depression"

Feelings of "suicide" are simply moments of deep depression coupled with the feelings of lonliness, disconnection of life energy, lack of love and "suicide" is a CRY to be noticed by others.

No one can help a person in depression. The person MUST help themselves! It MUST come from within ones mind and thoughts. The gift of life is very valuable, the gift of the emotion of LOVE is the key to life. This is generated by one "doing" something for someone and them appreciating your actions with a reciprocation of LOVE energy for you.

Sadly in many cities, where the culture of society has been perveted that no one ever appreciates or loves anyone genuinely, this causes people to feel isolated, lonely and depressed. The solution is simple - forget about "other people" - learn Closure from such a corrupt society and abusively draining people, and learn to appreciate the gift of life.

Focus on "what you do have"

and "NOT on what you dont have"

Start by appreciating the fact that you have hands with fingers and a thumbs, then appreciate that you have arms, feet, legs, and that all your body is healthy. Focus all your thoughts on every item and every single thing that you DO have, instead of complaining of the things you dont have. When you start the cycle of THANKS and APPRECIATION, this changes your attitude and starts to make you think how lucky you are, the suddenly and magically new reasons come into your life to make you even happier !

Even 5 mins of thoughts that we are amongst the 1% of people on this planet who have the use of a computer ! Whilst there are 40% of the worlds population who are HUNGRY ! They are starving and thirsty ! We are so lucky to have tap water and food, and yet suicidal depression is most common amongst the "wealthier" western nations, especially in Switzerland and UK ! This is because the swiss and english are always comparing themselves to each other and looking at the negative of what they "dont have" instead of "what they do have". And yet these countries are the most sought after countries in the whole world where people dream of wanting to live, and yet they have the highest number of "depression" cases!

As soon as one transforms ones thoughts into appreciation to the gifts of life, and the blessings one has, one reconnects with "life energy" and will "snap out" of any depression in ones mind.

Conclusion

Once a person understands עצבות "depression" as a blockage of lifes energy and vitality, caused by ones soul, in order to indicate that one is on the wrong pathway and with the wrong negative destructive hateful attidudes.

Then it becomes easy to remove this blockage by searching and finding ones true pathway, by reconnecting spiritually with the positive creative life-giving energy of LOVE, and by ackowledging the truth that one has made mistakes of taking or even just "desiring" that which belongs to someone else. One then simply stops the diversion of ones souls energy and is able to live with loving vitality in ones own destined life, with a sense of true purpose, love of life and love of GOD.

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