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Advice for Life: The Temple Within
Monday, July 4, 2011
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| Photo: The Schaffran Family/Lubavitch Archives |
Just as with the physical death of the body,
where the soul still survives
—it has only entered
the spiritual world of truth—
so too, one can only destroy
the physical Holy Temple in Jerusalem,
built from wood, gold and silver,
but the spiritual temple
within each and every one of us,
no one could ever destroy.
Adapted from a letter of the Rebbe, of righteous memory.1
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If you believe that G-d desires to indwell you as a living temple, then you will not pollute, desecrate, or corrupt your mind or body. Both are great gifts from G-d that must be protected. Since He is holy, He calls us to live holy lives. The choice is ours. Do we want to be a temple of the living G-d? Do we want His light to shine from us? Do we want to illumine the world with light? If we do, then we will live differently from those who care only about selfish pursuits.
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The inner sanctum of a Jew remains firm.One can strip him of his worldly goods including his position in society but his incalcated norms and values remain intact and unasailable. This fact strikes fear into the hearts of the fiercest Anti-Semite. A Jews beliefs is as firm as a lighthouse in a tempest tossed sea.
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I do on an ordinary simplistic sense agree with the above assertion. However, on a more higher level i.e. spiritual sense. I dare to say I disagree.
When we polute, desecrate and or corrupt, or when we permit others to do the same to our minds, it amounts to the distruction of the temple within.
The temple is where we offer services unto G-d e.g. worship, praises, sacrifices and prayers amongs many others. And I believe G-d will not come into a place that is below his standard which is HOLINESS .
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The Rebbe knew that G-d desires to dwell in the spiritual temple within, no longer in the temple built from wood, gold, and silver. He can be enshrined within each one of His chosen ones so that His light can shine in the darkness of the world and illumine the path of life.
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It is a sin to think of destroying the holy temple in jerusalem and no righteous will ever think of causing any harm to the holy temple .
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As the temple was destroyed, yet G-d remained, as we recite every morning in the Modeh Ani, alive and enduring. He however, was never meant to dwell only in the Temple bt in the hearts of His creation...us. In the soul that he returns to us every morning--Great is His Faithfulness.
Perhaps one reason for our morning prayers is that we should always remembger that we are a host to The Eternal ONe, His home on earth. and that we should pray that we become more worthy as each day and each moment unfolds--to host His Divine Presence and to help our neighbor.
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