Deuteronomy 11:26 I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 את־ blessing, if you obey the commandments of יהוה your Elohim, which I command אתכֶם you this day. C-MATS
Question: Do we have a choice whether we obtain a blessing or a curse? Freedom of choice has been granted to every man: if he desires to turn toward a good path and be righteous, the ability to do so is in his hands; and if he desires to turn toward an evil path and be wicked, the ability to do so is in his hands. Each individual has it in his power to affect the entire world for good or bad. Chumash
Question: Who will receive the blessings? The blessings will come to you only on the condition that you hearken to (hear) the commandments (Rashi). Chumash
“Hearing” is a metaphor for blessing, because the only way a person can attain יהוה‘s blessings is if he has the ability to hear or understand what the Torah wants of him. In speaking of the world of the future, the prophet says, Surely, the days come, says Adonai יהוה, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing and obeying (Shema) אֵת words of יהוה. (Amos 8:11). Thus, in the future, everyone will understand the message of this verse, which is that “blessing” consists of the ability to hear what is truly essential (Sfas Emes), and to pick that out from the confusion of competing messages in the world with which people are overwhelmed. Chumash