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All year long we treat bread with great honor. All the leftover bread gets put into a bag and the bag is not thrown out until its for sure old. Bread, because its man-made is given a station of importance. Also, bread is compared to money. Take care of the dough and you'll take care of your "dough" lol.
But around Passover time, its all reverse! The very sight of bread sends me in a tizzy. Many of the Jewish people, even some who seem not so religious, try to get rid of any flour based food. And if, God forbid, I find some at the very last minute- i.e. the day just before Passover, and the garbage trucks have already picked up the trash and gone, then we flush the bread down the toilet.
(In Israel there is the extra problem that even the truck drivers are Israelis, Jewish, and so they have to pick up the trash early and get rid of it in due time).
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Its interesting the art of reversing. To be able to detach from something for 7 days. For 7 days the value of bread is demoted and hits rock bottom. Nobody wants it! and then for the rest of the year its promoted.
This reminds me of, well, of money.
At What About Our Daughter's blog, there is an interesting post about women who are turning to a life of prostitution, stripping, and "pole dancing" in order to make ends meet.
I can't fault them if their morale is different than mine. But I wonder -for those whose morale is the same, but feel they have no choice in the matter- if there was any way that they could have given up some other amenities rather than drinking alcohol to calm themselves and proceed with this sort of money making.
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"...there is an interesting post about women who are turning to a life of prostitution, stripping, and "pole dancing" in order to make ends meet."
Insufficiency is an illusion. We will survive. Survival is guaranteed.
What is not guaranteed is the nature of that survival. So we see some turning to activities that have the potential to do damage to that which they should hold dear--their soul.
But, I don't judge, and attempt to refrain from it. Each of us must walk our own path, and come to terms with the desires of the soul.
Our lifestyle seems to have a lot to do with how much we believe we can, and cannot, do without in order to survive.
If we have a three-pack-a-day addiction to tobacco, or a six-pack-a-day beer crutch, then our need requires a "fix" in order for us to survive.
We can raise need to desire and desire to fulfillment.
The Universe gives us that which we believe or know that we have already. It's also been called "by right of consciousness."
That's why many who hit the lottery usually lose it in short order, or have it end up doing more damage to their lives.
They never really possessed that which they obtained.
Living our life from the pinnacle of having All That Is--and being grateful for that sufficiency--is to assure that our perceived needs will always be met.
I got a little carried away.
Now on to bread. It's good to discard, from time to time, that which we believe we need in order to survive.
It makes us more grateful for it when it shows up again, more aware of its value, and more clear of what is man's source for All That Is--God.
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Domino - said, "and more clear of what is man's source for All That Is--God."
True! Like looking past the manna.
Passover was always my favorite holiday.
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