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Why is G‑d not real to you? Because your god is not real.

You begin with “Here I am, standing in this world,” and then you append, “and G‑d is watching down on me.”

If you begin with the premise of your own reality, what room is there left for His?

G‑d Is—and you and your world are a glimmer of His presence.

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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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September 14, 2011

Re: How do we define ourselves...

We define ourselves by reconnecting to that which we are a glimmer of.

Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

September 14, 2011

Everything is possible with G-d. From a human p.o.v. How about from His. Those previous words are human. It is endless and beyond. Possibly...

Anonymous

September 14, 2011

How do we define ourselves...

Rabbi Freeman,
If we are but a glimmer how do we define ourselves and give our lives meaning, fullfilment and joy?

Adam Morgan
NYC, NY

September 14, 2011

mode ani...

given your and the rabbi's interesting comment, how come the chronology of the prayer is not what you suggest, first G'd and then I??

rena spiegelstein
munich, germany

September 14, 2011

Really!?

I wish this were true. I hope this is true. Sometimes I think this is true; sometimes my faith is very weak and I doubt everything. Hopefully that may be right. Shalom!

José Flávio Nogueira Guimarães
Belo Horizonte, MG/Brazil

September 14, 2011

Don't like to think of G-d this way

G-d is so great, he does not need to keep us small, so that He might make an even greater impression.
My being there does not let room for His reality? G-d Is. But I am too. Why? He decided so. There is a part within me that is even part of Him Himself.
He gave us the ability to love Him, to long for Him. -

Michal
Germany