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188. Two Paths

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The Baal Shem Tov taught there are two paths:

G‑dliness is everything.

Everything is G‑dliness.

Where the two paths converge, there is 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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February 12, 2011
Two Paths
Two brains forcing it further than the northern star that G-d is placed -the two brains have to travel to emerge as one and see G-d as one presence but how? Will the two brains pay rent to the devil himself or will one brain pay reant to the devil himself and another be good and pay the price of being too good to be known yet be very very loved by G-d--How will this story settle out? Between the two brains....is there any win or lose with G-d or just to be loved? Be guided by the two paths that is the only way to find this out.
Miss Judith Witten
January 22, 2011
Dear Dr.Jose Ruiz,
I understand that according to you-doctors have no compassion for the patient who has a strong strong belief in G-d and prays. Is that generally what you are leading up to with the burning bush theory? Because I want to say you have alot of anger and some ignorance to say that about the medical profession. The medical profession has alot of doctors in it who are trying so very very hard to communicate to their patients some consideration when it comes to G-d and prayer. I want to thank Chabad.org for letting me write this here.,.
Miss Judith L. Witten
Brockton, Ma/USA
January 21, 2011
... treat each other with love ?
Hello Dr. Love, (see above) unfortunately hate in a fallen world has replaced love and man is too weak to revert. Man only deals in gain for the flesh and is ignorant of the Spirit man, which halts all progress.
mark alcock
Dbn, ZA
January 21, 2011
So full of joy and light
Curious though...is there a third path?
Miss Judith Witten
January 17, 2011
G-d is love!
There is where the conversion is. Beuatiful, beautiful, beautiful......
José Flávio Nogueira Guimarães
Belo Horizonte, MG/Brazil
January 17, 2011
G _dliness

The statement is true. But how can one keep Him in our lives everyday and live according to His laws when there is so much allowable pollution around us. I feel many people have become complacent because, at the very least, all should know that our Creator has given us the right to make up our own minds. I believe this came from the decision of our first parents, Adam & Eve when they chose knowledge over life. Hence, we have the free will to choose between right and wrong. As humans we have separated ourselves from the All Mighty by using Science, distractions, wars, violence, and human emotions get in the way of our Spirituality. Can you imagine walking into a Psychiatrist's office and tell him/her that you were directed by a "voice from a flaming bush," to carry out certain acts? You will at the very least be labled a Schizophrenic! The DSMV (Medical Psychological Classifications) has a label for everything.
Until the people of this earth treat each other with love??
Dr. Jose Ruiz
chabadmineola.com
January 17, 2011
Everyday a processing
That I can see that there are two paths but what about "The other side" that evil intention...I am worried about that . Without Holyness I am nothing-yet we all go day by day engaging in physical activity.-becoming unHoly.
Judith L Witten
Brockton, MA/USA
January 17, 2011
Todays message inspired my impromptu poem.
Godliness is blissfully everything
everything is blissfully Godliness,but
to whom beseech us, to whom pray us
in our willingness and incompleteness
to be in Oneness; when God is unseen, yet
palpably before us, beckoning us,
to engage - in His Godliness?
mark alcock
Dbn, ZA
May 26, 2007
In truth; where the two paths fail to converge; there is G-d as well.
Ms. Freedman
USA
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