The Soul Grows Up - Daily Dose of Wisdom

Ultimately, the soul discovers there is something
even more momentous than herself.
There is her purpose.

To accomplish, to heal, to make better
—these, she discovers, take precedent over her very being.

And in that moment of discovery, she graduates
from being G‑d's little child
to merge with G‑d Himself.

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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October 14, 2012

Dear Tzvi

I understood you perfectly. Simcha you should light up a little dear... At least the Rabbi had the courtesy to give an answer.

Sherrie Lynn

March 14, 2010

One With G-d

Yes, to be so in love with G-d, so yielded to Him and surrendered to His will that He can work through us. Our hands become His hands, our words His words. All that I am has merged in Him; we are One.

Laura Ellen Truelove
Sewanee, TN, USA

March 8, 2010

Re: G-d Himself

I added the word "merged". The soul is G-dly. When the soul surrenders to its mission, it merges with G-d.

It is similar to a ray of light merging with the sun.

Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

March 8, 2010

G-d himself

You wrote saying that you changed the last line, to make your meaning more clear, but I don't see where it is changed. could you explain the meaning, are we G-d? or G-dly?
please clarify or send poem with new ending. Thank you.

caryn fried
santa rosa, ca

March 6, 2010

yep!

March 4, 2010

Dear Simcha

Thank you for your comment. In the context of the book where this was originally written, it was more easily understood. I've made a minor edit that I hope will accommodate the standalone mode of the Daily Dose.

Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

March 4, 2010

The Soul Grows Up

Dear Tzvi,

If you are transmitting a desirable note to me - kindly speak in terms I can understand. This esoteric verbiage is way beyond my comprehension. There must be less poetic language to make your point clear and concise for the general, unsophisticated, less learned public, including ME!!

Simcha Baker
Modi''in, ISRAEL