21. Every Detail - Daily Dose of Wisdom

The Rebbe describes the following as the central teaching of the Baal Shem Tov:

Not only the pirouettes of a leaf as it falls off a tree, the quivering of a blade of grass in the wind, each and every detail of existence brought into being, given life and directed every moment from Above

—but beyond that:
Every nuance is an essential component of a grand and G‑dly scheme, the gestalt of all those vital minutiae.
Every moment burns with the pulse of G‑d’s desire.

Meditate on this. And then think:
How much more so the details of my daily life.

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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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November 3, 2012

G-d is the gestalt that sustains our bodies

Interesting paragraph "beyond that", now I can figure out why news presenters when a prominent figure has died start spreading the news saying that they were told by the physicians in charge that the body's system of the subject was disrupted. I want to understand gestalt was what was disrupted, which is equivalent to say G-d stops sustaining that body as such.

Jorge
Qro./MEXICO

November 2, 2012

If every single thing is directed from above? What's His feedback? Why the puppet show? How could he ever be proud or disappointed or happy with us? Or on that note how could any of us be proud or happy with our own achievements? Or do you actually mean that every single nuance of life including our own is a holy opportunity for us to join Him on His exalted stage?

Anonymous

May 13, 2007

Everything component of Gods desire...

It is easy to see every single nuance of what happens in nature, is beautiful and perfect and desired so by G-d. But with our own lifes it is much more difficult. We have free will. Sometimes we are on the wrong track. Our Oneness with G-d is not perfect yet.
How can I be sure, that the details of my daily life are *directed from Above* and not from my own Ego?
I would love so much you were right!
The Doses of the Rebbes thoughts are every day anew inspiring and making me think.
The way you put it into words, Rabbi Freeman, delights me. Thank you!

Anonymous
Passau, Germany

July 28, 2004

As the Rebbe put it, there are things done with intent, but not with desire.

And there are things that will make no sense to us as long as we are in this world.

Tzvi Freeman

July 28, 2004

The Holocaust, too?

Anonymous