Soul-Body Bonding - Daily Dose of Wisdom

The human mind despises the body that houses it,
but the soul has only love.

The mind would soar to the heavens,
but for a body that chains it to the earth.
The mind would be consumed in divine oneness,
but for the body’s delusion of otherness,
as though it had made itself.

But the soul sees only G‑d.

In that very delusion of otherness,
in that madness of the human ego,
even there, the soul sees only G‑d.
For she says, “This, too, is truth.
This is a distorted reflection of the Essence of all things,
of that which truly has neither beginning nor cause.”

And so she embraces the bonds of the body,
works with the body, transforms the body.
Until the body, too, sees only G‑d.

—Basi LeGani 5712

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 24, 2012

is always referred to as "SHE?"

Well, because in the spoken languages that in the Baal Shem Tov time were influencing the Chassidic literature - such as Yiddish and Slavic languages - the definition for 'soul' would be in the feminine gender.

Bentzion Apel
Encino, USA

February 23, 2012

Chassidus

"From my flesh I see G-d." from Job, understood by Chassidus

Anonymous
portsmouth, ohio

February 23, 2012

SOUL-BODY BONDING

In this short article the soul is always referred to as "SHE."
Why is this?

Jonathan Levy
Johannesburg, Gauteng