Ebb & Flow with Solomon Ezra

Show Notes:

• relating our episode to Yitzchak digging wells of his father Avraham
• what are the servants of Yitzchak? Thoughts, speech, action
• observing and thinking
• The servants must know their master
• Who is your master?
• Know where you’re going to be healthy
• what it means to be “in alignment with Hashem?” Less about me
• Beyond my “self”
• Affirmations and Positive thinking
• Miracle of affirmation is: I say I am okay even though I think I am not
• Power of positive words and act of smiling
• 14:30 - Dig to the living waters (neshama) through the servants, which can move the soul to a better place
• 16:30 - Don’t stop doing
• The amazing effect of song
• 18:15 Never wait until something is right before you let your servants do their work
• 20:00 intermittent fasting
• Cause and Effect with eating
• Is food giving you life or are you putting the food to its use? Who’s the recipient or the actor?
• 28:40 Eat by conviction, not by taste buds
• 31:00 Story of Reb Shmuel Munkus
• Every now and then break the habit of what you’re eating
• 36:00 Practicing a little self respect
• Awareness helps... even if not immediately
• Having what to eat is a blessing and a reward
• 38:40 What did I do to deserve this meal?
• 46:20- 47:05 Joke about an atheist
• Foundation of mindfulness when it comes to food
• G-d said to eat
• Never be a servant to a servant