Letting go of selfish and worldly attachments to become sensitive to the needs of the Beloved.
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Now I understand why getting angry is Idolatry. Thank you.
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I learned from Rabbi Gordon in his daily Tanya class that there are two kinds of love - The love, I love you because you are good to me, and the love, I love you because I love you.
For a long, I did not understand the second kind of love. Thanks to your class and other Chabad education, now I love G-d because I love Him
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I will keep trying to humbly accept the circumstances I am in by keeping reminding me that everything in the world is One, and He is Good. Everything is orchestrated by G-d. I should ignore my uncomfortability, instead with joy, I should live my life. Because He is GOOD, everything is Good.
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Roz,
I decidedly refer to G-d here as "He" because I am emphasizing my femininity within the dynamics of the marriage. He is the Husband. I/we are His bride.
If I am overly masculine in my approach to intimacy with G-d, there will be a lack of fulfillment on both sides. I must nurture and honor my Husband to empower Him to be both strong and vulnerable.
If I were speaking about my relationship with the Shechina (Divine Presence) which gives birth to reality, then I would refer to G-d as She.
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A terrific description of the process of transcending the self by the Self, gaining equanimity through shifting the attention to G-d from our egoistic self. My only disappointment is that the speaker has not figured out a way to refer to G-d without a personal pronoun, and refers to G-d as "He." Ha Shem ("The Name") works better for me.
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The Previous Rebbe wrote in his journal that the way he survived the imprisonment was by constantly remembering that his captors and all the circumstances of his incarceration were actually Nothing and that the only Absolute Reality is G-d Himself.
Why then do we intercede? If the Previous Rebbe was "comfortable" and able to stay completely unshaken and at peace (much to his captors' frustration) then why try to change things?
Obviously the question is absurd! But WHY is it absurd? If ACCEPTANCE is they key, then why do we ever ACT to CHANGE things? Seems like a contradiction... How do we wrap our minds around the difference?
I don't want to be coy, but for that question, please watch episode 5 of this series, entitled "Are You Talking to Me."
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The process of prayer that moves us from the desperation of self-centered, animal "survival mode" into peaceful, joyous G-d-consciousness can be engaged in at anytime all year round.
Prayer is much more than saying the words in the Siddur. It is a contemplative exercise that can take many hours. It involves study of mystical texts followed by meditation and then prayer.
There were always people who engaged in this process for several hours a day at the beginning of every day.
For us, it may be more realistic to do so on Shabbat morning when we already know that there are no other pressing needs to attend to. This kind of meditative prayer is very different than regular communal prayer, keeping up with a minyan, etc.
When you run a sprint, the track is crowded. When you run a marathon, sometimes you can't see anyone else at all.
Bottom line, even if you take five minutes a day to really think about G-d before saying sh'ma, that little bit can do WONDERS.
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Can a person finally live in the moment, attain clarity, restoration, smiles and learning to last a lifetime, of kindness, giving, service, blessings, exhilaration and continued prayer?
Thankfulness to G-d & to the teachers of these heartfelt lessons.
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The Previous Rebbe was tortured and sentenced to death. But we could not say it was what G-d created, so let it be. The international communities protested to USSR and the Previous Rebbe was released. I am currently difficult situation and I do not know if I should accept as it is because this is what G-d wants or if I should protest against the situation. what is the litmus test to determine whether I should humbly accept the situation as it is or fight to change?
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