Another opportunity to wake up. In this talk, Rabbi Joanna Katz names and gives real-life examples of the obstacles that prevent one from being truly present and consciously with G-d.

Desire (lust), aversion (things that we push away), sleepiness, restlessness and doubt. These forces really hinder us from being present in the moment.

When we’re caught in these mind-states, we are invariably completely separate. We’re right there separated by the anochi, we’re really there in the small sense of I and we’re no longer connected to the larger unfolding, the larger truth that I am part of the ever unfolding of G-d.