What you need to Know about Kabbalah. Teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Ginzburgh, our generation's most respected authority on Jewish Mysticism
Monday, December 20, 2010
For what purpose did the Almighty create evil in the world?
For what purpose did the Almighty create evil in the world? For us to rise above it, not let it affect us, and overcome it.
http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16987116290441216
The righteous amongst the nations fulfill their purpose in creation.
The righteous amongst the nations fulfill their purpose in creation. They live by the word of God and help perfect the world we live in.
http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/43800.html
Whoever fulfills his purpose in creation
Whoever fulfills his purpose in creation, whether Jew or non-Jew, experiences the inherent unity that permeates creation. He feels God.
http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16958005497044992
Egocentricity vs anarchy
However bad egocentricity is, especially when one makes God prisoner to his egocentric view on reality, moral anarchy, chaos, is worse.
http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/12788.html
After the reign of Mashiach, God will reign alone.
After the reign of Mashiach, God will reign alone. There will no longer be any need for a political system to control society.
http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/posle-pravleniya-mashiah-bog-budet-tsarstvovat-odin/
When we say that anarchy is bad we mean moral anarchy
When we say that anarchy is bad we mean moral anarchy. If all of us were good, living by Torah, then political anarchy might be good.
http://itzik-roytman.livejournal.com/120577.html
Disbelief is chaos
So we may conclude that disbelief in God and morality (as defined by the Torah) borders on insanity, i.e., living in chaos/anarchy.
http://itzik-roytman.livejournal.com/120538.html
A person without priorities deserves neither reward
A person without priorities deserves neither reward for his good deeds nor punishment for his bad deeds. A fool is not obligated by Torah.
http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16932733641031680
A sane person is one whose mind orders his desires
A sane person is one whose mind orders his desires, creating a hierarchical pyramid of desires. God is sane, He has top priority desires.
http://kabbala4all.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/zdravomyslyashhij-chelovek-tot-chej-razum-pri/
Native intelligence doesn't judge the essential morality
Native intelligence doesn't judge the essential morality of desires, it just orders them. If you want to be accepted in society don't steal.
http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16928741875781632
That's why God created the world with words
That's why God created the world with words, so that you'll never know why! Unless your soul resonates on the vibes of His inner desire.
http://itzik-roytman.livejournal.com/119532.html
The same goes for written or spoken words.
The same goes for written or spoken words. If you're not on top of them you take them on face value and have no clue what's behind them.
http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/41410.html
But perhaps his ulterior motive for working
But perhaps his ulterior motive for working so hard is to afford a vacation, to take a week off work, and that's why he's smiling.
http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/10381.html
When I see someone sweating at his job with a smile
When I see someone sweating at his job with a smile on his face I think that he is by nature a hard worker, that he loves working.
http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/10199.html
The Creator desires "a dwelling place below."
The Creator desires "a dwelling place below." "Below" is our ego. God desires that we reveal Him by choosing good within the context of bad.
http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16813732592099328
Egocentricity is the source of all evil.
Egocentricity is the source of all evil. Connect with all your heart, soul, and might, to good as embodied in the leader of the generation.
http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16810571882045440
By misusing the free choice given me
By misusing the free choice given me I can pervert all of my innate desires to serve my egocentric will to obtain immediate pleasure.
http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/zloupotreblyaya-darovannyim-mne-svobodnyim-vyiborom/
The highest desire is to fulfill my purpose in life
The highest desire is to fulfill my purpose in life, after that, to procreate, after that, to live.
http://itzik-roytman.livejournal.com/117753.html
All of my desires derive from 3 basic
All of my desires derive from 3 basic, innate desires given me by my Creator: to live, to procreate, to fulfill my purpose in life.
http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/39671.html
The Zohar speaks of 72 bridges.
The Zohar speaks of 72 bridges. 72 = loving-kindness. Fill your desires, mind, and body with thoughts, words, and acts of loving-kindness.
http://twitter.com/chassidus/status/17101011361468416
The initials of body, intelligence, desires spell "bridge."
The initials of body, intelligence, desires spell "bridge." They are the bridge between you, nothing, and the outside world.
http://kabbala4all.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/iniczialy-slov-telo-um-zhelaniya-sostavlyayut/
You can know that you're nothing and at the same time feel
You can know that you're nothing and at the same time feel all the layers of something that cover you, desires, intelligence, body.
http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/mozhno-znat-chto-tyi-nichto-i-v-to-zhe-vremya-chuvstvovat/
If you choose to be nothing then God enters your life
If you choose to be nothing then God enters your life.
http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/esli-vyi-vyibiraete-byit-nichto-togda-bog-vhodit-v-vashu-zhizn/
God gives us free choice
God gives us free choice, to choose to be something or to choose to be nothing.
http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/7777.html
God created something from nothing
God created something from nothing, He created us to fell that we are something when in fact we are nothing. Something covers nothing.
http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/37998.html
Who am I? Not my body, not my intelligence, not my desires
Who am I? Not my body, not my intelligence, not my desires, they were all given me. So who am I? I'm nothing, one with the Almighty.
http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16801041668382720
Can you imagine a world without you in the center
Can you imagine a world without you in the center or without you at all? Try to. The truth is that if you're not there I'll miss you.
http://kabbala4all.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/mozhete-li-vy-predstavit-sebe-mir-bez-sebya-v/
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