277. Distributing Truth - Daily Dose of Wisdom

Before, there was a hierarchy of truth. The high priest of Egypt had the real truth. The scribes had secrets of the truth. Their initiated students had inklings. The people wallowed in ignorance.

Moses, the revolutionary, changed all that. At Mount Sinai, all men, women and children, princes and commoners, priests and workers, had to be present. All received the same truth, all at once. Even the priestly rites were made public knowledge.

Before, power and authority was based on withholding knowledge. In a Torah world, authority is established through universal knowledge.

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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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March 5, 2008

Truth was never hidden & never will be. I always knew the truth & always will know the truth but I choose to ignore it for the same reason [the Rebbe said] I routinely ignore that the simplest rule to parenting is create a good example by choosing to be a good example. I know that the most likely way to get my kid to behave is to choose to be a good example but I don't want to admit that I have to put in the effort so I try absolutely everything else before choosing to be the good example.

Truth is simple, straight forward, completely uncomplicated. 1 prophet after another warned me that I needed to mend my own ways if I wanted peace & I routinely ignored the prophets. Eventually the prophets gave up & said "I warned you. You are completely competent. You know what you need to do. You make the choices & you live with the consequences of your choices." Then, crying, the prophets walk away so they don't have to watch me destroy myself with my own self-destructive egotistical choices.

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