Week 07 of 8
The world
Let the inner life reach one person.
In the sitting
Who needed your presence this week? Speak only of what you did, not what they should do.
Ritual
Presence with Another Person
- 1Choose one person you will be with today — spouse, child, friend, colleague.
- 2Before you see them, pause. Whisper Shivisi — I set Hashem before me.
- 3When you are with them, practice presence: put the phone down. Look at them. Listen to finish, not to respond.
- 4Afterward, ask yourself: did I see the tzelem Elokim in them today? Even once?
Between weeks
- One conversation with the phone down. Listen to finish.
- Look once for the tzelem Elokim in someone who irritates you.