A sense of smallness doesn’t mean being everybody’s doormat.
In fact, just the opposite:
A sense of smallness is your gateway to infinite powers.
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. Subscribe and get your dose daily. To order Rabbi Freeman’s latest book, Wisdom to Heal the Earth, click here.
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Leslie Apollo
Alpine, N.J.
via chabadlubavitch.org
May 9, 2013
Nothingness I believe that we hold so tightly to the thoughts in our heads that when we release them our Creator can show us the Wonders of His Creation and we no longer have our petty concerns, thereby reducing ourselves to nothing. Reply
Brenda
Toronto, Canada
May 8, 2013
Nothingness - Connecting on G_d's terms What we have to annul in order to connect with G_d is our egoistic self-love, self-absrption. To enter the spiritual domain, we need to let go of your self in order to feel other's desire to rise to His domain. Then together we will feel His Presence and be allowed to enter His Domain. Reply
Anonymous
Sacramento, CA
May 8, 2013
do you mean that in respect to G-d...that we ARE nothing; but in being that 'nothinginess', (i.e, humble) we do not need to be a doormat, or less... in other humans eyes to maintain a certain amount of His holiness? am I confused, or not??? Reply
Anonymous
Boca Raton,FL.
May 8, 2013
Thank you Rabbi Freeman.I welcome your thoughts & teachings every morning.! T believe as a Jew we are all "empty vessels" waiting to receive from HaShem. Blessings, Aviva Reply
EZRA HOUSE
New York, NY
January 3, 2011
nothing
Thank you Rabbi Tzvi
I can understand nothingness in the sense that you are using it to mean that G-D creates the universe from nothing at every moment.
Other than that however there is no such thing as nothing and I still feel uncomfortable striving for a sense of nothing.
I guess its just semantics.
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Rabbi Tzvi Freeman (author)
December 30, 2010
For Ezra A sense of nothingness simply means realizing how tiny you are before the Infinite Creator who brings you into existence at every moment. Reply
Anonymous
December 29, 2010
"Sense of Nothingness" This is so hard to understand - how is a sense of nothingness a gateway to infinite powers? Reply
EZRA HOUSE
New York, NY
December 29, 2010
sense of nothingness
Maybe this is a matter of semantics but I don't like the idea of a sense of nothingness.
I believe that there is no such thing as nothing simply because nothing is nothing and nothing else.
In other words nothing defines itself out of existence.
I would suggest terms such as serenity, peacefulness, nulification, calm etc.
Those terms mean something, not nothing.
Again...there is no such thing as nothing since nothing defines itself out of existence.
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Thank you, Rabbi Freeman,
My spiritually has grown exponentially since I’ve been reading your words every morning.
It is the best time of my day.
Shawn
(Yes, I’m Jewish!)