I WANT TO LEARN & TEACH ABOUT THE SOUL [#15929]

October 17, 2021

QUESTION:

I want to learn about the soul and how to do therapy on people, and I want to write sefarim and books about the human soul and the psyche, so that I can help people. But I don’t really know what I want. I am aware that the Rav says to learn about the 4 elements in order to know about the soul, but I want to know what this is and how I can learn about it.

ANSWER:

It’s not clear why you have a desire for this, though we know that part of it is because you want to help people. But you need to have a calmness and a desire to recognize your own personal soul, and after that you have done inner work with yourself you can think about what to after that in the future.