Fusion
The teachings of the Rebbe are not just a collection of advice and nice thoughts —just as a year is more than the sum of 365 days. The teachings of the Rebbe make up one simple whole. All revolve around the same essential concept: The fusion of the loftiest spiritual heights with the most mundane physicality. In the Rebbe’s words, “the highest with the lowest”.
The concept is not only radical but powerful: It means I can be myself, living a “down to earth” existence, and yet fulfilling a transcendental goal. It means that there is nothing we are trying to escape —other than the notion that we must escape something. We don’t run away from this world to join a higher one, instead we work to fuse the two. We aren’t in the business of “making it to heaven”—we’re busy bringing heaven down to earth.
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We’re not in the business of getting to heaven, but of bringing heaven down to earth.
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From all the generations before us we inherited a wealth of dreams. Our generation’s mandate—and destiny—is to make the dream real.
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Peace is when you discover that the essence of these opposites is one and the same.
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Praise G-d
that brought back a missing smile and a deep sigh... thank you
G-d bless you for your sharing at this time that caught my eye. you are helping me keep my thinking in check and bringing this realm back into focus for many unexplained reasons
Bringing Heaven down to Earth Sounds a bit like Calvinism.
Well said. How do you know these? (Calvinism) are you a theologian?
Bringing Heaven down to Earth Well said, well thought out.
Makes me think of embodied spirituality, and that we are here, in part, to help people awaken from the planetary dream.