If you want to understand something to its depths, first approach it with the mind of a five-year-old.
Ask the innocent and obvious questions and make things clear and simple. Through that clarity, you will perceive the depths of wonder.
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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Marta C Weeks
May 12, 2020
Thank you, I needed to read the message! Reply
Rita Forbes
Clinton
May 12, 2020
Good Morning, Rabbi Freeman
Thank you for sharing and reminding me of this simple truth. I needed to hear that for a research project. Also, I watched you on Zoom. Your message, finding the essential good in each moment, was very uplifting and encouraging. I look forward to your next message.
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Adele Mischel
Boston
May 24, 2018
Thank you Rabbi for this excellent teaching. If we allow ourselves the innocence of the child within, what we perceive as an adult, may make our lives easier to bear when challenged. Reply
David HaroldChester
Petach Tikva, Israel
May 19, 2023
in response to Adele Mischel:
Be careful that it is not oversimplified. According to Prof. A.Einstien, a good scientific theory should be simply expressed, but not too simple! Reply
Brenda
Toronto, Canada
May 24, 2018
125 Levels Of Complexity
In spiritual work the kabbalists climbed the ladder of 125 levels of complexity in their degree of connection to be as one man in one heart.
They traversed through all the worlds of concealment to reveal the image of G_dliness, as they learned how to form the harmonious interdependent connection between each other within their feelings. They formed the holy structure of the one unified soul.
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Marta
November 21, 2013
For writing Do you think that your advice would also work well when writing? Reply
Sir Netanel Ben-Yehoshua
May 6, 2011
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Rabbi Infinity for Adults maybe? Please?
I think I'm missing something.
A child would be heart broken if he had to receive the answers i'm gettin.
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Start as a 5yo and stay that way until you “get” this.
The “word” is not the “actual thing”. The word car is not an actual car.
All this “knowledge” we worship so much, depend on so much, will never get you to the Creator and the Self. There is only one Self, but the ego is the “I” thought. The actual “I” is the Self, aka the Creator.
No matter how sophisticated you think your knowledge, none of it is the Actuality of what you are intending to approach. Torah tells us to depend on the Creator, not your own knowledge.