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To live with the Infinite, you must be a fool. A fool who does good with simple sincerity and disregard for worldly opinion.

Learn from this world we live in: The world is a fool -- only that it is a mindless, stupid fool. You be a fool who reaches beyond the mind.

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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here. Rabbi Freeman is available for public speaking and workshops. Read more on his bio page.

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Posted: Aug 11, 2008

For Debby

Yes, the Infinite, that's how Kabbalists refer to G_d ("Ein Sof"). The rest--you seem to get it pretty well. Read my comment to SDiego, too.

In general, these thoughts are best read in concert with one another. "Be Within, Stay Above" is out of print, but most of the thoughts appear (re-edited) in Book II of Bringing Heaven Down To Earth.

Posted By Tzvi Freeman, Thornhill, Canada

Posted: Aug 11, 2008

To Live With Infinite

Dear Rabbi Tzvi ~ Please explain this puzzling statement. Hard to follow the lines of thought here. To live with the infinite [is this with G-d?] - you must be a fool [the fool is one who lives not in this world?] ...in simplicity and disregard to worldly opinion [so, lives with the knowledge of G-d's simplicity, and sincere wish and belief that all is good, all is for the good]. Yet, also, live in this world by learning from it...[that which is the fool living ONLY in this material realm; believing only in the limited human mind's understanding]... while you must go beyond that limitation to the infinite.

Posted By Debby Bruck, Cary, NC

Posted: Aug 5, 2008

Fpr anonymous in SDiego

Have you ever met an simple, earnest idealist who, after years of experience, still refuses to accept the shmutz of life as cold reality and continues to pursue truth, justice and compassion, as though he were impervious to failure?

That person is a fool. He's not getting the message. He's blind to reality. He believes in his ideals more than he believes his own eyes and ears.

He's the kind of fool we should all strive to be.

Posted By Tzvi Freeman

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Getting Past the Mind


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	No Limits


	The Escape Hatch


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