Two Layers of World - Daily Dose of Wisdom

It’s not that there are two forms of matter, the physical and the spiritual. Rather, to each thing there are two faces, the more tangible and the more abstract.

Our senses grasp that which is tangible, and we call it “physical.”

Our mind’s eye is able to grasp the more abstract—each according to his level—and we call that “spiritual.”

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.

More articles by Tzvi Freeman | RSS

The content on this page is copyrighted by the author, publisher and/or Chabad.org, and is produced by Chabad.org. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with the copyright policy.

E-mail

Sort By:

NewestOldest

August 8, 2012

Re: Two-faced?

Good point. I've retitled. Thanks for the suggestion.

Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

August 6, 2012

Who spoke the world into being

He who spoke the world into being, who made something where nothing existed,Who continues to will all material to continue to exist, who at that time transformed the forever all time L'Olam Vaed into and created time and space,within which only matter could exist, has His authorship on all that is seen and unseen in the smallest quirk to the largest star inextactably so, and so discerened Avenu Avraham and made this his gift to us.
On the deepest level we all can envision his authorship as the reason for alll things beautiful.

grant ( Zehner) gerling
evansville, In

August 6, 2012

Two-faced?

I would like to see this important thought titled two-faceted.
Two-faced has rather unfortunate connotations and is associated with one the worst of human attributes.

Howard Freeman
Johannesburg, South Africa