JOY RIDE page 16

Finding Joy, published by control of one's negative emo-
Jewish Lights Publishing in Ver- tions and staying attuned to
mont, takes as its cue the griev- one's passions.
ing woman's recognition that
When Rabbi Schwartz, 50,
practice makes perfect. And the came across Kabbalah, he said,
goal of practicing is discovering he thought it was "weird."
the beauty in the moments peo-
"I thought, 'Who studies that?'
ple often miss in their haste to That's for getting dybbuks out,
get through the day.
that kind of thing."
"When we're hurt because
Still, he began to delve into
somebody has died or we have a popular writings on Jewish mys-
disease or someone we love has ticism and studied the Tanya,
a disease, we have a responsi- Rabbi Schneur Zalman's semi-
bility. And there nal interpretation of Kabbalis-
are ways of do- tic thought.
Rabbi Dannel I.
"I basically studied and I ap-
Schwartz: Author ing that respon-
sibility that plied. According to the Talmud,
of a book on
doesn't make it God is going to ask you ques-
happiness.
a responsibility, tions when you die, and the ma-
that makes it a jor question is, 'Did you
joy. Too many of us are on auto- participate in all the permitted
matic pilot, and when you're on pleasures of life?' That's a key.
automatic pilot, you're not fo- Most of us don't. We don't even
cused. You have to focus on the look at the pleasures. We're too
joy, the blessings," Rabbi busy doing the immediate," Rab-
Schwartz said.
bi Schwartz said.
The book is filled with "exer-
He admitted that he's been
cises" for the soul, simple ges- criticized for the book.
tures that can form the basis for
"There are people who believe
spiritual happiness: saying I should not have written this
thank-you,' offering praise to an- book because [study of Kabbal-
other person, apologizing for a ah] is a religion for the sake of
slight, and regarding a beauti- heaven; the Kabbalah is for
ful flower, for example.
God's sake. Again, I don't believe
Another chapter of his 200- that. I believe in order to par-
page book, titled "Mind Over ticipate in all permitted plea-
Matter: If You Don't Mind, It sures, you have to know how.
Doesn't Matter," offers more ex- And this is a tool." ❑
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