Question: The holiday of Rosh Hashanah is coming up in a few days. Regardless of your religion, do you take the opportunity to go deep, inquire of self, let go of your anger, and redirect your attention to greater success in this New Year? How?
Answer: Yes. After all original Judaism – before it became the religion we practice today – and the symbolic meaning of the Jewish Holidays are not for “Jewish consumption” only. The Holidays for example all describe very significant milestones on our “spiritual “ path to become the best Human beings we can be.
Passover for example symbolizes the dramatic turning point of finally deciding to detach ourselves, to run away from our “inner Pharaoh”, our inherently selfish, egoistic and hateful nature in order to serve a “Higher Force”- receiving the ability to selflessly, unconditionally love and serve others. This is the start of getting closer to the practical implementation of “love your friends as yourself”.
Rosh HaShanah symbolizes the recurring sense of feeling the need for change – this is why it is the “Head of Changes” (Rosh HaShinui). This is when we honestly examine ourselves – in the right, purposeful environment – and realize that we are still governed by our inherent nature. This is why we need to “purify ourselves”, turning away from the intention of “for my own sake” towards the intention of “for the sake of others”.
When this need becomes intolerable and we also understand we can’t do it alone, we request help from the single force that governs reality. Thus we annul, subdue ourselves to this force to perform the necessary “upgrade” on us at Yom Kippur.
Jews – based on their historic experience in the unlikely unity above differences and despite mutual distrust – need to show a shining positive example to others. They need to “publish” the inner meaning of these Holidays, the inner concepts of Judaism, helping everybody to go through the path of self-correction.
This is how Jews are supposed to become “light unto others”.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/15-rosh-hashanah-insights-you-dont-know-about/
Entering The Force-Field 