To be or not to be

This week we read in the Torah about an unusual encounter between the two brothers, who seem so much alien to each other- Esau and Jacob...twin brothers, I should say- and yet- separated from the womb, to take different paths in life...
"Two nations are in your womb, and two regimes from your inside shall be separated, the might shall pass from one regime to the other, and the elder shall serve the younger." (Bereshit,25:23)
Our Sages took this prophecy of the Torah and applied it to their time- ours is the last exile, that of Esau/Edom, Rome and later Christian Europe are the spiritual decendants of Esau called Edom (Red )- modern day West is their direct heir. Esau the Red knows of this world only, hence his materialism and lack of concern with "irrelevant" spiritual values-
"I'm GOING TO DIE, of what use to me is the birthright?"- he sells his spiritual priviledge for a lentil stew, with no apparent regret- "Jacob gave Esau a lentil stew, and he ate and drank, got up and left"- Torah's usage of 4 verbs in a row clearly indicates swiftness of action, no questions asked, no concerns on Esau's part...Esau is a typical westerner, he is the DOER- he conquers this world with ACTION! He DOES things, and he seems to be in total control of his world...later in life though, comes the regret- where's my father's blessing? And, by the way-where's my birthright? WE all act like esaus in this insane "world of Action"- till at some point in life comes the regret and the bitter question- "Where's my birthright?"
But what's the alternative- you can ask- we all need to work, make our living, and yes- it takes efforts and time...but why is it that our enlightened progressive world, that gives us all the benefits of industrial revolution, and we're the most prosperous people- at least financially-in the history of civilisation- why is this world BETRAYING US SO MUCH? Why are we SO LONELY?
Why do we feel that vacuum, that 'hole in place of G-d', as Sartre puts it- why?
There MUST be alternative-and we need to look no further than Jacob, of course- yes, the younger brother, who sits in the tents, and is described as "Ish Tam"- a WHOLESOME Man-
he seems to be not interested in this mad rally, this constant struggle for survival- and he CHOOSES not to be part of it...His is the path of freedom- the path of Life- and he reveals to us a deep secret- besides DOING, there's BEING! And you don't need to do anything in particular to BE yourself- just BE it! Create that space in yourself, and feel yourself as part of the WHOLE- part of the Great Being of G-d! And it's for that reason that the 4-letter name of G-d means just that-BEING! To experience yourself connected you need to shift your perspective-from DOING to BEING!
And of course, you will continue to do all the necessary things- this world is the World of Action-
you will be acting in this world, but you wouldn't belong to it- you wouldn't invest all your time, efforts and talents to bring yourself as a sacrifice to it's idolatrous nature, which only wants more and more, and gives you back nothing but "vexation of the spirit". You will be like Jacob- who was WHOLESOME in this state of BEING!
And that's the real meaning of the question- TO BE OR NOT TO BE.
Quite literally-NOT to be means DEATH, and that's what happens to all the matter- it seizes to exist, and Esau knows it well- thus he says- I AM GOING TO DIE
Reclaiming our spiritual Birthright- "You are sons to Your G-d"- is the other option- that of LIFE- because spirit never dies, never seizes to exist-it's connected to it's Eternal core- the Great BEING!