37. Peek-A-Boo - Daily Dose of Wisdom

Everywhere in the world, parents play peek-a-boo with their children. It is a major discovery of life, a cornerstone in human development: To realize that something is there even when you cannot see it, that the world is not defined by your subjective perception, that there is something that absolutely is—whether you know of it or not.

All our life, all of the world, is G‑d playing with us that same game. He peeks with a miracle and then hides behind nature. Eventually, we look behind nature to find Him there.

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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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November 23, 2012

Whenever anyone finds G-d has to say peek-a-boo

Perhaps I'm going to sound simpleton, but to me this looks like the scientists who are looking for Higgs boson i.e. looking for G-d, G-d particle, in one word, looking for G-d Whom is hidden behind nature, playing hide and seek with all of us.

Jorge
Qro./MEXICO

November 23, 2012

Babies see parents, so they know they're real. Humans don't see G-d, so we don't know if He's real..

A baby knows that a parent exists, because the baby has seen the parent. Even when it is cloudy or nighttime, I know that the sun exists, because I have seen the sun during the previous day. But none of us has ever seen G-d, so the analogy does not actually work. This is more like sneaking up behind an animal to put food in its cage without being seen. The animal may know that the food comes from somewhere, but it has not seen enough to know if it is a miracle or not.

Anonymous
Camarillo, CA, USA

November 23, 2012

A favorite hiding place.

A favorite hiding place of His is inside trouble, pain, discomfort - find Him there, know He's there "begging" to be found; say "found You!"; and see how the trouble begins to fade into Good.

Steve
Guatemala

July 5, 2010

Amazing!

This is such a beautiful description of divine providence.
Thank you Rabbi.

Stacey

July 5, 2010

concealment

Rabbi, the web and skype have been great teachers for what exists but is intangible in the immediate present.

Beverley Price
Johannesburg, South Africa

June 5, 2007

love those lines!

I have to say that those few lines are just so brilliant, I'm reminded of a children's tale...I see the seeds for a children's book rabbi freeman, You must write it!

Anonymous
houston, TX

July 6, 2004

Thank you, Rabbi Freeman

During the time I didn't believe ( nor disbelieve ) in G-d, G-d peeked at me quite often. My life is full of the miracles talked of by Rabbi Freeman. After such a miracle, my mind always informed me that, yes, what had just happened may be due to the existence of G-d...... but then again, it may fall under one of those cause / effect kind of things that scientists cannot yet explain.

And then I discovered G-d. Not within what people consider an outrageous miracle. A rabbi talked to me of G-d, and it was as if he were pointing to the place inside me where G-d had been all those many many years. A place beyond mind - deeper, bigger than mere mind, and yet it was not a mindless place.

I can't explain it any better.

Thank you, Rabbi Freeman...... with all my heart I thank you.

H. Hudspeth