The Echo Upstream - Daily Dose of Wisdom

A river of life flows through the inner worlds, emerging from there into your own, carrying with it all your needs.

You need to know about that river, for it carries upstream as well.

When you celebrate that river with a blessing for your food, out loud and with joy, then your voice echoes back with even greater force, replenishing all the higher worlds through which the river passes on its way. The channels of life are widened and their currents grow strong.

Take care of your river. Invest in it and reap the dividends.

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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June 12, 2012

The River Of Blessings.........

.........As it reaches up the highest mountain; and it flows to the lowest valley.

A very inspiring message.

Lasarusa Yehuda Sovea Ben-Zion
Suva, Fiji Islands

June 12, 2012

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I'm loving your posts.

Anonymous
Nederland, Texas

June 12, 2012

The Echo Upstream

That river of life is the very essence of G-d flowing in every living being and everything we see and feel is the river of the Presence of G-d flowing into everything and everyone He created. When we bless the food with joy, it tells G-d how much we appreciate His life flowing like a river from his essence into all He created. We sense His presence and give Praise to His Name. This is my own thought. Thank you for sharing this awesome wisdom.Always be mindful of His Presence flowing like a river.

Irene
Glen Burnie, MD USA

June 12, 2012

The Echo upstream

Very Very Deep.

Monty Pogoda
Efrata, Israel

July 13, 2009

an inspiring message

Thank you for this beautiful message. It is so inspiring to know that my actions have a role in this exquisite process.

Sharon
Newton, MA/USA

July 12, 2009

I don't quite understand...

I don't quite understand. What exactly is the river supposed to be? Is it a person's character (both Jewish and non-Jewish), the Torah, and/or Divine Providence? Is it something else? Also, what blocks the river, and how can it be unblocked?

Anonymous
Davis, CA