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Separation Anxiety
Discuss (13)Within every love, there is fear: The fear of separation from that which you love.
A child fears separation from her parents, a lover from his beloved, the body fears separation from the soul and the soul from its Source Above.
So what do you love? Look at your worries and you will know. If you seethe in worry over your debts and financial future, then it is the material world you love—because you believe in the material world and you see it as the source of all good. If you sit and fret over the comments of others and the glances they throw at you, then it is social acceptance that you love, that you have made into your god.
Cleave to the True Source Above and your heart will have no room for fear of this world.
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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Thank you for piecing it together for me. It works.
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Personally, fear of G-d does not work for me. I accept awe, a certain level of fear. Fitting awe with love works for me. It means be good, not wicked. It means doing mitzvot, not the opposite. Be faithful in your spirituality by prayer and Torah study; be righteous ( do right ) in your physical realm, such as spending family time, earning an honest living, etc.
Montreal, QC
Thank You
brooklyn, ny
May be psychological dependence or economical, but not love. Where love is not pain and no fear.
Tampa, FL
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Amen
Castro Valley, CA