Where is Truth?
When humankind was created, Truth protested
and was thrown to the ground.
From there it sprouts forth.
Therefore, although many things appear true in spirit,
the ultimate test of truth is here on earth.
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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Ilene
Minneapolis
July 3, 2013
Expound, please. What is meant by "Truth protested"? Why did truth protest when man was created? Reply
Jonathan Jacon Bergman
NW London
July 3, 2013
Soul's Journey of being tested in/by a truth
If truth is, as perceived.
Then all perceptions are here to be tested on the soul
in the soul's climb to The Light of The Creator
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Miss Judith L Witten
Brockton, Ma/USA
February 15, 2011
Bleeding Heart This reminds me of The Bleeding Hearts which are very very delicate kinds of flowers that actually I couldn't grow when I had a garden because I didn't have the right soil but I thought of this kind of a flower because man was told to "sprout" because it protested too much...man was given an earthly duty...and when we say "We have the whole land to plow" somehow that is all connected with that fact that man protested and fell and was thrown to the ground and made a whole land to plow for us. What is actually true...the test of what is love-who actually loves you and who really does not-is in our powers to look around us and feel who has inspired us to go on...then...how strong it is...will it last the test of time--Thank you for reading this Reply
José Flávio Nogueira Guimarães
Belo Horizonte, MG/Brazil
February 12, 2011
You're very right, Michael!
It's true, Michael! Lol, lol,... I'm just laughing because of the play on words. The concept of truth is something very personal. Yet, I still believe there are some common sense ethical principles that are accepted and believed in by most of people and therefore they should be considered truth.
Oh, I agree 100% with you. Our personal truth must never be forced on the other, though some fundamentalist religious people do that. We shall stick to the French saying "Vive la différence!"
Cheers!
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Udo S.
Singapore, Singapore
February 9, 2011
199. Earthly Truth No matter how much we learn or know - the ultimate test for truth is here, in daily life on earth. Once the spiritual truth and the truth in real life are matching, we will find ourselves. Reply
José Flávio Nogueira Guimarães
Belo Horizonte, MG/Brazil
February 7, 2011
Very good! That's right. Our both feet have to be rooted into the ground. The spiritual truths must be confirmed by the earthly truths. Am I right? Reply
Michael S Fenton
Parsippany, NJ, USA
February 7, 2011
Truth For me this is intuitively accurate. The more difficult question is "what" is truth? It seems that the anguish here on earth is caused by those who would force their "truth" on others. I am more concerned about the "what" than the "where". Reply
Miss Judith Witten
Brockton, Ma/USA
February 7, 2011
The Apparition The apparition is quite the opposite than the earthly truth...it is a dream-like fantasie that although I avoid and dislike many love to lead their lives around by...and Adam has given his life to reality and also many of us have given our lives to walking in dreams Reply
truth between 'who owns truth' and 'earthly truth' , i'm kind of glad my computer is being rebuilt and have to run to the library for a few minutes here and there. these daily doses are going to take me quite a while to understand!!!