Vayikra - Sacrifices and Relationships
Most common question is: How do we bridge the gap between ourselves and others? Religiously oriented people might even ask: How do we draw closer to the Creator? How do we become more holy and less materialistic? Men and women ask: How do we rise above our differences and achieve unity? Even parents and children wonder how to leave behind conflicts and arguments and come together.
The answer to all these questions is one: “Bring a sacrifice”. Sacrifice is the way to closeness.
Sacrifice is the way to transcend ourselves, to create a common united for both of us. Sacrifice is not about ignoring oneself, but about diminishing the individual ego, the bossy and primitive and revealing the greater "I" that leaves room for two.
In practical terms: Sacrifice means seeing the other. Being less self-centered and putting them in the center of our lives and giving them what they need. This is the most significant method for empowering divine and human relationships.
