Live Clothing - Daily Dose of Wisdom

There is a suit we wear that has a life of its own.

It is knitted of the fabric of words, images and sounds, mischievous characters that no one else can see—or would care to know.

You, however, hear them day and night, chattering, buzzing, playing their games in the courtyard of your mind. They are all the threads of the garment of thought that envelops you.

Leave your thoughts to play on their own, and they will take you for a ride to places you never wanted to see.

Grab the reins, master them, direct them, flex your mind, and they will follow. Provide them a script, and they will play along.

Do something quick, because you, after all, are dressed up within them.

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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February 29, 2012

Live clothing

Dear Anonymous, Brooklyn

For me it is no difference between them, but only two possibilities. A passive one and an active one.

Mrs. Dinah Ganor

February 27, 2012

CONTRADICTION!

"Grab the reins, master them, direct them, flex your mind, and they will follow. Provide them a script, and they will play along."

Your interpretation seems to directly contradict what the Alter Rebbe says in Likutay Amarim ch. 28 regarding prayer- "vela'asos ke'chayraysh lo yishmah- he should make as is he doesn't hear" (i.e. he should ignore them)

Anonymous
bklyn, ny

February 27, 2012

live clothing

wow. this is fantastic - a 'picture' in words to keep help us grow and keep in mind as a constant inspirational guide. THANK YOU!

valerie
akron, oh

February 27, 2012

Live clothing

Thank you for the guidance. For making the complex simple and attainable. The light before sunrise.

Lamont Myers
hallandale, Fl.

February 27, 2012

Wonderful to read this, I know, what it means - many thanks to G-d, to the Rebbe and to You.

Stephanie Deiters
Mönchengladbach, Germany

December 30, 2009

the exit plan

This was dynamite advice. Extricate your mind from thoughts that are injurious to your mental health. Even if they are like barbed wire or quicksand, get help. If you cannot get help in this physical world, look to G-d.
Grab the reins, master positive thinking, take a new perspective. A new perspective need not be 180* ( degrees ) in one go, but just a continual 1 * ( degree ) at a time. Use your mind for positive action.
Then ride full speed out of the negative and into the path of the positive.

Sometimes we must be prepared to mount our horses and brandish our swords as we go hollering into battle.

As you can tell, i liked your inspirational metaphor.

Anonymous

December 30, 2009

Live Clothing

Very philosphical, very poetic - and deep!
Something to think about....
Thanks.

Jonella
Boondox of Sullivan County, NY

December 30, 2009

Live Clothing

Brilliant!
What an amazing description of the workings of the mind. All day, every day. Relentlessly taking us to places, as you say, you never wanted to see.
Thank G-d, many of your daily messages have enhanced the tools I have acquired to do something quick, take the reins, and provide a new script.
Miraculously, they do play along.
Often, I copy your messages and keep them with me to read during the day when
those thoughts begin to get out of hand.
That is my little "tool kit".
Thank you for all that you give.

Anonymous
Flushing, NY/USA