Soul Repair

Adam did not "fall" - he disobeyed an order. He and Chava ere sent out of the Gan Eden to fend for themselves. Given that circumstance they need an ego to defend themselves in an unnknown world. There os not a chance that we human beings acheive perfection by erasing the ego which is a defense mechanism. Yes, there are limits: if it is only yourself- then you are a narcisist but if there is equilibrium and behave like a mensch this is what Hashem wants no perfection . Progress for sure , but .to rpeat, not letting the ego be erased since it is a tool of suvival. Reply

G_d created us with an egoistic desire. His aim is to fulfill us with His light of wisdom, love and abundance in the correct way.
G_d requires us to know good from evil, to understand how to use our ego in a way that resembles His goodness.

We will acquire the wisdom how to use our ego to receive His light in a way that we can distribute it throughout the interdependent and interconnected network between us through cooperation and love.

G_d planned this education scenario for His creatures in order for us to consciously learn how to use the power of reception to benefit others and live in a harmonious soul system.
This differs from our initial state in the Garden of Eden where we were nutured like babies without knowledge of our blissful state.

Now we are required to step up on our learning curve to love between us and G_d. Reply

Feifuge: Ego is internal and not external. It must be clear to yourself, which seems to be clear to you. That would mean that you will be separated from the Creator forever.
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Avishai: Skalom. Be careful my name is Feigue In Yiddish= bird. so please , write it correctly. That is to me remote that the ego is a hindrance to be near to H' if I am following the Mitvot as best as I can, if I ma respectiful to mo fellow man, give tzedaka, and care for my fellow Jews and neigvors. As a psychologist, I will insist that we need an ego to fend in this world, Other people must know where you start and they finish, it is a tool of protection to survive in this imperfect world. H' never asked us to be perfect and I would personally say that my conduct allows as mucy as nearnness as H' desires. NO, I don't want to unite with H. That sounds to me sacrilegous. . There is nothing in Torah that asked you that. In Hassidism this became a central point, but that was due to the socio- historical circulstamces: Poorer Jews coul d not stay stiting learning Torah all day like those who of wealthier homes. So the Baal Shem Tov found, correctly, that we can honor H' otherwise ! Reply

Sorry, Feigue.

This is all wrapped around this: that there is but One Self, One Creator not subject to time.
For the Creator, outside of “time”, it is always “Now”. And also that for humans, there is no time, once we get out of our imaginations. A quiet mind is an observant mind. Reply

Shalom Uvracha Avishai: I am grateful that you responded, and corrected my name too ! I apologize for the typos, my sight is failing, and this is the reason for them- sorry !
I have many reservations regarding Hasidism as a whole given the fact that we are talking on the level of esoterics many not based on Torah but the thinking of the rebbes, and there are no ways to prove these issues. Hasidism opened my mind to be less literal but I can't let it go. A good example is your explanation of time out of corporeal essence, How? Please explain. That corporeal essence is what makes us human, the Ego that we have helps us defend ourselves from dangers, the mitzvot help us to be b'derech as best as we can. For me it is dificult to even imagine H' since we are forbidden to even envision such an image. Judaism is a beautiful sustaining religion,and so is Jewish identity, and I would not be anything else; yet convince how to accepe these esoteric arguments. Thank you.. Reply

Good afternoon Feigue.
The body is actually insentient. You can see that when a person passes away, the body instantly stops everything. That’s why I say don’t identify with the body. For example, if you have a marionette you can pull the strings, make it dance around, but if you drop them, the whole thing just plops down and never moves again.
We live in a world of restriction and misidentify our sensory report as reality. Our bodies can perceive only a very limited picture using our senses of touch, sight, smell, taste and hearing. Our brains then take the input from the sensors provided us and send the data to the brain, which then transforms the data to sight pictures, sounds, smells, tastes and touches. All this is organized into what we sense as our environment, including our bodies themselves. From the soul level above we feel the sensory report as if it is the actual reality and identify with it. As if to say “I am this body.” Reply