On self-identity and punishment

Hey Miki
I feel the need to share an embarrassing matter with you – my son is involved in channeling, as is his wife.
Well, in my many sins, I use their skills for alternative healing – you’ve known that for a long time.
But what – they both are very supportive of me, and often tell me about my great spiritual abilities, and that I have a great future. Of course, these things are conveyed to them by their spiritual guides – or angels.
You understand that on the one hand it’s very fun to be cheered on like this, and it definitely helps to overcome the difficulties and frustrations of the present.
I had another interesting part – a while ago, my son told me that he saw that I was very successful in implementing my invention. The funny part was that I was quite hurt!
why?
Because my mind is mainly focused on issues related to the meaning of our Jewish identity, and with all my love for mechanical engineering in its various forms, most of my attention is given to Judaism, so instead of being happy, I was a little sad!…
Before I move on to the next topic, I will share with you another story about the seam line between the rational and the irrational:
An incident that happened was this: In the winter of 1991, my heart yearned to take a walk to Nahal Tabor [on my own]. This was before a pacemaker was implanted in my body, even though I already needed it.
I parked the car on a dirt road from which the path that descends into the wadi branches off.
I went down – I enjoyed the bloom, and then I had to go back up. And then I saw that I was lost… And then I remembered that I had read an article about Rabbi Nachman of Bretzlav. And there it was written that “it is a wonderful virtue to say: ‘N-Nach-Nach-Nachman- Nachman of Bretzlav.'”
Okay – I said to myself and started saying it out loud – and look, it’s a miracle, I started to climb much more easily!!!
Wow, I said – now let’s try something different: and then for a change I started saying: “A- ah- ah- ahm- Ahmed- Ahmed from Barmad!”
And look, it’s a miracle – even now I climbed easily!…
In short – if I don’t succeed in my discovery, I can refute the subject of channeling.
But if I do succeed, it will always be possible to argue that the very mental reinforcement I received from my son [forget about the angels…] is what allowed me to succeed!
Towards the end, a completely different matter:
Have you heard of the philosopher Derek Parfitt and his teachings? – Yesterday there was an article about him in “Haaretz” and that’s why I’m bringing up his image.
According to Parfitt, there is no self-identity as we know it, but rather each person has a chain of similar but changing identities that continue one after another, without them forming into one complete identity.

Well – I’m patting myself on the back again – because I also came up with this idea quite a few years ago, and think a lot about the meaning of this idea regarding penal law.

So in the meantime, all the best to you and have a pleasant evening.