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Book Title Bringing Heaven Down to Earth
Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson
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67. The Mighty Waters

When the Mighty Waters cover your head, suffocating the soul and the flame that burnt inside...

When raging torrents of confusion drag you away in their current, ripping you from your hold on Life...

Look deeper. Beyond the soul.

For the soul itself, as well as the flame it holds, are rooted in a serene G-dly World of Emanation, a world of quietness and sublime harmony.

But the turbulence of this world is rooted even beyond that, stemming from a World of Confusion, of light unbounded and untamed, before the orderly emanation of defined being, "--and the world was confused and void, with darkness over the face of the deep."

So you must dig deeper than those roots, to find the coals from which the flame arose and the flint rock from which the spark was struck. Deeper, until you reach the primordial essence of the soul, beyond Emanation, beyond Light -even beyond the unbounded light of pre-creation. Where there is nothing but the seminal thought which inspired all that is and was and will come to be.

And what was that thought? It was the thought of you here and now, in your struggle with this world, and the delicious taste of your victory.

And, since in that thought there is no past and future, there, in that thought, you have already won.

Now you must make it happen.

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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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Posted: Apr 7, 2011
Re: Confusion
Steve, eventually, if not in one lifetime then in the next, eventually we succeed. That's guaranteed.
Posted By Rabbi Tzvi Freeman
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Posted: Apr 4, 2011
Confusion
Hello Rabbi Freeman:

I think I understand this meditation.

The idea is that when our soul is confused it is mimicking what the world was like before Hashem gave it form. Offhand, I am not sure which possukim in Bereshit show that. What I believe you are saying is that pre-Emanation the world did not have form and therefore was inherently confused and chaotic. And when we are confused that is where we are holding.

Where I "lost" you was when you talked about G-d's seminal thought to create the world and how that is where we are "right now." And then what I thought you said was that He somehow "knew" we would eventually succeed

I don't understand that statement. Maybe He knew that we wouldn't succeed. Maybe in that situation we were destined to fail and llearn from that "mistake" and succeed next time. You are going to need to explain that to me so I understand what you are saying.

I do lke the confusion analogy though and I enjoyed reading it.

Thank you, Steve
Posted By Anonymous, Chandler, AZ

Posted: Oct 5, 2010
Source--once again
This is actually a paraphrase of the Rebbe's maamar Mayim Rabim 5738, spoken shortly after his heart attack in 1977. I heard the Rebbe say the maamar, memorized it and repeated it over many times before I was able to make a synopsis.
Posted By Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

Posted: Oct 5, 2010
Mighty Waters
Reading these comments, it is very interesting to see/hear the different responses,clearly coming form many different angles and experiences - each of them powerful and inspiring in their own right. I can most certainly echo the previous contribution.
Rabbi Freeman - thank you again for your wonderful G-d given words and wisdom. Such a tower of strength the Mighty One has given you to share with the world.
Posted By Graham-Michoel, Wellington, NZ

Posted: Oct 4, 2010
Rabbi Freeman
Shalom Rabbi Freeman,
Whenever I feel lost, it is enough to click on my daily dose and feel myself again.
Posted By Anonymous, Tehran, Iran

Posted: Oct 4, 2010
Pain
As one who suffers chronic physical pain - attending pain management clinic twice a week - these powerful words are perhaps the most helpful and inspiring I have heard for a very long time. Thank you.
Posted By Graham-Michoel, Wellington, NZ

Posted: Oct 4, 2010
Incredible!
This is so interesting. More than that really. I need to know more. "Now you must make it happen" ??? The starting point in my life was first all eyes and ears. Watching the adults, listening to tones of voice, and being instructed. My eyes would fix on them at times and make them uncomfotable. Now I realize I was feeling a contradiction of what they said to do, but did not do themselves. I became rebellious about authority and felt, though small, a full being. But there was confusion. That confusion was the prod to know more about this world and beyond eventually. Now you have described a threshold that I never heard named, but enlightened the prod of my life. A great relief! A new beginning.
Posted By Mr. Leon Anderson Jr.

Posted: Oct 4, 2010
The Mighty Waters
Well said....Thank you very much for extending my Jewish education.
Posted By Alex Ross, Avon Park, Fl.

Posted: Oct 4, 2010
mighty waters
powerful words that speak of strong thought and deep meanings . sometimes i want to post some of your daily dose in my facebook page so everyone i know could be inspired . thank you Rabbi Freeman
Posted By alina carr, roselle park, nj

Posted: Oct 4, 2010
It's perfect like all of his words.
Posted By Anonymous, San Francisco, Ca



 


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