Where the Infinite Light is hidden
—there you see a world.
If you could see the light that generates this world
You would not see any world at all.
And yet the world you see
is nothing more than G‑d's own hand hiding His light.
That is all there is to your world:
G‑d hiding behind Himself.
Why?
So that you will search for Him
and find Him in this world of yours.
G-d is everywhere, in us and outside us. Going within to Him we can bring Him with us wherever we are and lift the world that little more spiritually Reply
This speaks very profoundly to me in that, when I look to see Him within me, I recognize Him in the world. Not as a system, or program of events though He can be seen there too, He is in the midst of the very people which we have nothing to do exactly, say, on a crowded elevator. Those persons we may never actually meet. But if that elevator breaks for a time, capturing us all for a time, we begin the process of 'knowing' each other, and thus seeing His work appear from the hidden. We then become more comfortable with one another as we recognize the same creater.
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hidden G-d is hidden within each one of us and all things. When people stop looking outside themselves for some kind of proof and justification the universe is revealed. Reply
When we look, we see a world. When we look, we see a world. When we think, we think a world. What then when pause? The definition, although poetic, defines a limited G-d. Life is a mystery beyond poetry, beyond creation, beyond definition. Our presumptions are folly. By definition even the idea of a G-d is limiting. Better to consider definitions as plays of sounds and light, better to dance with them. All measurement is a lie. Reply
Hashem is hidden I wonder about the word hidden? What is the hebrew word that would be used to explain the meaning of the word hidden? And are there multiple meanings of that word. For ex hidden does not mean absent, or embedded in? Hidden means an entity of all of it's own behind something else, like hiding. I think of the world being intertwined with the soul, the soul in the physical and apart of it, mixed in. But maybe there is Hashem of His own that is hidden away far from the earth and beyond the universe like an intelligent light and energy source that understands some parts of our communication from us and He made usto have our free will to be in His image, like but not equal to. Hashem is only love but with distance created discipline. How far away do we want the source of love? I believe it is up to us to determine the distance and then we have to make up for the eternal love missing here ourselves. How do we make up for the distance and bring Him closer? Do not over love our neighbor? Reply
World Defined I wonder ... is G-d hidden, or is He fully visible in the form that we see as the physical world. If we believe he is hidden, then we will not see Him. If we believe He is fully present in this physical world, then we will see Him everywhere. Reply
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With all due respect Rabbi, the order of these two sentences should be reversed to:
"Where you see a world,
there G-d is revealed."
For there is no place where G-d cannot be felt, heard, or seen; we just have come out of our dark, sound-proof room to experience Him.
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Where God is hidden...
In Auschwitz surely most people found, that God was hidden.
And what kind of world was to be seen???
It surely was meant in a different way.
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Michal, good question of how evil can be so manifest in the world in the presence of G-d? A friend, angry at G-d because of an evil done to her, and evil in the world asks if G-d is a loving G-d and all powerful why doesn’t G-d intervene? Why does He seem to be allowing so much wrong to go on?
I think what we miss in this aspect of Hashem being hidden is the Scripture that tells us in Bereishis G-d gave the world and dominion over to us, to humans! When we pay attention to His Blueprint, (Law and instructions for righteous behavior), His Presence, His Will can be revealed. G-d has said in the Psalms through our beloved King David “stop waging war!” Do the Nation’s hear, listen, pay attention? It took the involvement of many to STOP that Nazi evil. Its amazing G-d tells His people to manifest Him in the world when we ourselves have to deal with our own evil desires at times. It’s encouraging to know we have the ability to make right choices that confirm indeed G-d is here.
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…in resounding notes that move with the harmonics of heaven
transformative
for reals
like the roots of the mighty tree
with branches
reaching to heaven
Amen.