Ask advice from those with experience. They will provide you freely that which they acquired with great expense.
The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, in a letter.
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Avishai
Barbourville, KY
February 5, 2023
In a couple of weeks I will be 75 years old. Theoretically I have accrued at least SOME wisdom, which I am happy to share when needed. But, unfortunately, all my old wisdom is no longer wisdom, haha. Only new, or freshly found in the Divine Mind wisdom is actual Truth. Living, that is, learned NOW. Reply
David Harold Chester
Petach Tikva, Israel
February 5, 2023
As one who has the knowledge and experience I find that the reaction to my ideas is very small.. In my field of macroeconomics, nobody seems to want to know anything new and original and closer to a more logical method for finding out how it really works as a true science. Reply
We can't learn the higher wisdom.
We need to experience the revelation of G_dliness - His qualities, His wisdom, His Thought of Creation.
All these elements combine to bring His presence between us, nations and countries.
Only a mentor who has climbed the rungs of the ladder with great effort and perseverance can guide us how to reach each level directed towards the upper world.
With the help of an experienced teacher who opens the depths of the Torah and other holy books and articles by our sages, we too can experience the revelation of G_d between us.
The higher is that the actual G d is everywhere, the lower and the one to let go of is our ego that is made up of our mental me.
The "higher" is the most sublime quality of G_d, unconditional love, kindness, mercy, giving.
The "lower" is our egoistic quality.
Our organs of perception are programmed to motivate us to self-benefit.
We need to use the wisdom prescribed by our sages to know how to work with our ego in order to incorporate the higher quality within it.
We upgrade our ego by redirecting it to aim at filling others with pleasure. This is the new version of pleasure for our ego!
When this new sublime quality dominates my ego, I reveal the higher quality, G_d, within me.
G_d is everywhere. But we can't feel or reveal Him until His quality is within me. Then I reveal Him within me.