In the first couple of lines of this week’s Bible reading, there is a message, and if we all followed it, perhaps we would be different people. It says: “Know from where you came, know to where you will go, and know to whom you must report.”

What we can understand from these words is the power of connecting to the bigger picture of our purpose. We need to remember where we came from—from the mono-speck that created life itself; where we will go—back to that place; and most importantly, to whom we must report—our Creator. With this perspective, we have the power to stay focused on what is really relevant for our personal and global evolution; far too often we forget that our soul’s purpose has absolutely nothing to do with the extraneous things that we put into our lives. Essentially, our primary reason for existence is to play the game of life, a very serious and productive game, of how much Light and energy we can bring back from what we were originally given in order to make the whole of the universe One.

In this week's reading, the Creator tells Abraham to go out of his house and to leave his place of birth. According to the kabbalists, leaving one’s house is a code for creating a new beginning. So what we can gather here is that for Abraham to reach his potential as the channel of mercy for the whole world, he first needed to leave his comfort zone.

How does this apply to our lives? Well, we know that a decision to change is important, but unless we do something about it, the change cannot manifest. To reach the next level of our potential, we sometimes need to take the actions that take us beyond ourselves and beyond the cozy boxes we have organized around our lives. We need to be okay with the fact that we may not know how the conversation will conclude, or how our day will unfold, or where we will be in five years’ time.

Our job is not to know the specific outcome of every situation, but rather to know that our actions—positive or negative—actually make a difference.

We are at a time in the cosmos when our deeds are more powerful than our prayers or our study. Each one of us has to see what we are accountable for today and then to amend or change something in our personality so that in going forward, we operate at a higher spiritual energy. It says that the Creator lifted up Abraham’s eyes and he saw the angels that hovered above, and in that moment he realized the power of his every move. Each one of us has angels that dance or cry in our presence and according to our actions. But how many of us are aware of this? How many of us carry this in our consciousness when we cut someone off on the road or react in anger when we are tired.

I know plenty of people who have lived their lives in the same house, in the same neighborhood, with the same people. Does this mean these people haven’t managed to grow spiritually? Not necessarily. Warren Buffet, for example, lived most of his life in the same house. At the same time, he was a man of action, and he managed to accomplish a lot and positively affect many people. So really, it's not the physical movement that's important, but rather our willingness to extend ourselves outside of our customary patterns of behavior, however we may choose to do this.

This week, let's remember there is there is no joy in just being. The joy is in endeavoring, in growing, in doing things—and perhaps, sometimes, even in taking chances to find our way—while always keeping in mind who we are, what we are, and to whom we must answer.