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154. Subliminal Surrender
Discuss (11)Self-surrender doesn't mean jumping off a bridge.
Self surrender means surrendering the self.
Putting aside the "I want," the "I need,"
the "I think such-and-such."
Even the "I am."
Self-surrender is the subliminal drive behind all sincere good deeds. Today, as materialism reigns and the human spirit is darkened, that powerful drive can no longer stay undercover.
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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The answer is in the last two lines. This sense of self-surrender is the subliminal drive that makes all our good deeds truly divine. Our challenge is to bring it over the line of liminality and out into the open, where we can feel it in a palpable way.
Thank you again.
Shalom to you
orlando, fl
Shalom.
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Thank you.
orlando, fl
To transform one from this state of being jump off the bridge type to a more live in the world mentality of self surrender requires a person to have a personality and character traits that are pleasing to the world.
The world is not ready to turn their attention to this matter. There are many people that are slipping through the cracks because of the basic uncaring in the world at large based on superficial ways.
The drive seems to be to get the material world and turn it to divine sparks by the ambitious person who needs to learn to be self surrendering.
There are many people who have been caring, stepping aside to model self surrender at a cost to their character and personality. This type of matyrdom depended on the creation of caring people
Ma., ma.
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