Uzi Moses PhD interprets the Zohar to explain why hardship strikes. Darkness doesn't pursue the weak but targets rising souls whose inner light threatens illusion. Suffering burns away the lower self so the higher soul can emerge.
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Do you know why life hits you so hard sometimes? The Zohar reveals something shocking. Darkness does not chase weak people. It chases souls of destiny. The Zohar says that the negative force comes close to a person only when they are rising, only when the light is about to break through. But why? Because truth threatens illusion. And when you refuse to believe the lie of the ego, the darkness collapses by itself. Your pain is not punishment. It is purification. It is your lower self burning away so your higher soul can breathe. The Zohar says that the righteous suffer in this world to be elevated in the next. But the deeper truth is this: they suffer because they are winning, because their light is dangerous to the darkness. You are not falling apart. You are shedding what is not you. You are not being attacked. You are being called. If life feels intense, it is because your soul is already rising beyond the illusion.