We are all fragments of greater souls, and those souls fragments of even more lofty ones, and so it continues until we all link back to the one primordial soul: We are all fragments of the soul of Adam.
None of us is complete. No one can stand on his or her own. What one is lacking the other fulfills; where one excels, another is wanting.
Only together can we find oneness in our own selves. Only together can we form an effective receptor that will resonate with our divine essence.
Is there anything more erroneous and despairing than to feel and believe that we exist only as individuals—our souls being entirely separate from one another? Is there anything more reprehensible than to think or feel that we in and of ourselves are par excellence? Reply
I think this small lecture is quite helpful. Yes, Hashem is Creator of all of us. What in human terms became division and wars is not in Hashem's purview. As human beings we must respect one another as we are. and help one another. Yet, it would be even more wonderful if all of us would believe in a true Monotheism with no additions of any kind that have accrued in time. Those separate us - impeding us to have a true community and a better world. That unity of belief would for sure unite humanity with the belief that there is one Creator ushering us to the same goals of pursuing Justice and performing good deeds This is, indeed, the hope of the Messianic Time: when a rescuer will come for the first time and make this world even better. Reply
Ain Od Milvado. There is only One Self, although every person feels a separate “I”, or Me, so to speak. The problem we each have is that we each identify with the body: “I am my Body”. When we do that we don’t see that the body is actually inert. This is the sin of supposed death as a punishment for disobedience. The more we focus on the desires if the flesh, the more we are lost. The body will stop everything.
However we can learn to see differently when we seek G-d’s help and start obeying. If we look “up” we can connect to our real Self. Eventually we can quiet our physical desires and focus only on the “I AM” which is the Real Self until we connect.
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Is this referring to Jews or Gentiles too? Reply
The whole of humanity will become one interconnected, interdependent network.
This one system will also have one desire which is to reveal the sublime quality of G_d, Love.
It will he revealed in the positive connection between all our different qualities. A connection of care, Love, bestowal and mutual responsibility between us.
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G_d devised a plan to realize this holy network of connections.
He awakened the desire to connect to His attributes and intentions of care to each other in a group of people. Abraham who had realuzed the upper force, attracted these people to learn the method of connection. They reached high spiritual level during time of the First Temple. Then Moses guided those G_d aspiring people. This group became the Jewish people.
Their divine mission is to be a conduit between G-d and humanity.
Expressed as a 'kingdom of priests to the nations.' Their responsibility is to elevate humanity to become part of the Holy network, which they once established as a model example.
Then as this Daily Dose sums up
"Only together can we form an effective receptor that will resonate with our divine essence."
The mission of Jewish people is to radiate His Light to incorporate all humanity to form a collective divine system which they had once achieved through a desire and guidance from our sages.
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We are different but our differences can be combined to make a positive whole. However, should we strive to be the same? Consider the event at the tower of Babel. Once the course of the tower of Babel is removed, the human race will become one and paradise will be restored. It will be proper to think along these lines to enable man to fulfill the cause of creation - to increase and multiply and actually fill the earth which will enable God to open the door to other worlds hidden to man. Reply
Together we are like an orchestra.
Each is an instrument who has a specific role to play.
We have to learn how to play in harmony.
By fine tuning our nature we can achieve this goal.
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The belief that each of our souls contain a tiny splinter of G-d is current but that does not prove that we are all one and the same. Our souls are also greatly affected and some think tarnished by what we do on this earth and so it is inaccurate to claim that we are all of one kind. Reply
With all respect to you, David, I think you missed the important sentence in this DD:
"None of us is complete. No one can stand on his or her own. What one is lacking the other fulfills; where one excels, another is wanting."
Over a lot of years, several commentators have added a piece that was missing in my soul; I hope I have done the same for others. We are works in progress - one person cannot repair the world, but in unity and together, we have a chance - individually and collectively.
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Jews and Gentiles Are you saying that in order to be complete in one self...we Jews and Gentiles are to be ONE? I believe this fully in my heart, and my heart is very full to hear it from your teachings. Reply
One UNDER the Creator of the Universe. Acknowledging, serving, & knowing HIM. He is Master of Universe & Only One. Reply
fragments miss judith expressed my feelings the best!!! thank you!! seems we are all on the 'potters wheel' - together! Reply
Rabbi, is the notion all-encompassing? That is to say, Jews are in fact in need of Gentiles and vice versa? Reply
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There is nothing but G-d right! It always comes back to that. So if that is true than we MUST each be complete ... each able to stand on our own, lacking nothing. It's just that we have chosen not to ... free will and all. We have chosen to come into this life with a unique expression of G-d that is seemingly separate from all the other unique expressions. But we carry the whole within the "single". Isn't there a spiritual and/or scientific tenet that states something to that effect ... I think it is every cell contains the whole or the microcosm in the macrocosm or something like that ... : )
When we feel that we lack nothing and are missing nothing, then we are FREE to be that full expression of who we are and thus, the ONE can be revealed more clearly.
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Fragments I don't usually compliment you straight off like this but I was literally dragged to the ground by this one!!! This one is so beautiful I just cannot believe it. How we all go to the soul of Adam. Of course it bothered me to hear that none of us are complete but I read on to hear more about how weaknesses of one is filled up in the vessel by weaknesses of another so they al l become strengths-So lyrical it is it reminded me so much of actually making a vessel on a potters wheel or even the first time I put vessels in a pool of water doing Raku pottery-I'm not sure why it reminded me of that-the imperfection of all that-thank you for reading this. Reply
How is it that I feel so close and fully united with other people, but at the same exact time I feel so very distant and unconnected? The answer, I think, is that I truly feel close to the unadulterated and still hidden (spiritual) divine soul that exists within others but distant from their (and my) currently perceived false and illusionary sense of "self" that emanates from our animal (bodily) soul. I believe that there exists a much greater potential in each of us that we have yet to uncover and achieve! All our hope is in the coming of the Messianic era, when Truth will be both revealed and experienced!
Robert, Perfection is all that IS, and it is Infinite. You are always the SELF, as are all, but you are not the mind. It is in the projected mind that we lay out our version of what seems to be real, a limiting adjunct. It is in this reflection of what we imagine is, that we get caught up in story telling.
How to escape? Realize that the word is not the actual thing. Is the word car a real car? Is a real house an actual house? Nope. So what is needed done is to look only for what IS Actual, and see the quiet movement of that. See that the problem happens to be caused by giving attention to the many concepts, words in the head.
Also, there is time. Are you able to stay in the "NOW". This means can you ever get free from NOW and live a certain day from the past. No matter how much you want that day to remain it will not. How about future? Impossible. So aim your attention to NOW as it IS. Be Still. Everything else is imagination.
It is in that that you are Perfect.