Be Real

What is your job in this world? It is to be real.

Act real, mean what you say, think and really be thinking, talk to your Creator and let the words flow from your heart. Every cell of your body down to your fingernails should be real.

Yes, everyone knows there are so many things to accomplish in life, and everyone agrees it’s better if they’re done with sincerity.

That’s not what’s meant. There’s just one thing you’re here to accomplish: To be real.

Hayom Yom, 20 Adar I.

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By Tzvi Freeman

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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Wisdom to Heal the Earth is a revolutionary new look at Tikun Olam based on the teachings of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory.

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Anonymous Brooklyn May 6, 2016

When to be real I am just a little confused by this because I think that sometimes it is best not to be so "real". Sometimes people say mean things and follow up with "well, I am just being honest". I believe when one's thoughts are negative or not nice, it is best to "fake it" with a smile and positive words. Reply

Youree Ft.Collins November 12, 2014

Be Real I will be putting this wonder-ful wisdom into action. When am i not being real? the real seems to also be a learner open to conversational attacks. Isn't the sacrifice offered with best intent, blessing and exuberance reality? A broken & contrite spirit? What then is "really thinking"? Reply

Lois CA November 4, 2014

Be Real Thank you for new comments and explanation and reminder.
I understood and tried to live it (for awhile) and then the practice seemed to disappear from my life. The 'forgetting' is like a thick fog with connections to so many distractions, internal and external.
I will put 'The Quantum Leap' back into my 'inbox' and put it in writing in places that I am daily.
When I am able to be conscious, my life is different, clearer, easier, feels happy. Reply

valerie j becker akron October 30, 2014

being real works for me! thank you so much for the affirmation Reply

Tzvi Freeman October 26, 2014

For Anonymous: How to be real "Act real, mean what you say, think and really be thinking, talk to your Creator and let the words flow from your heart." Reply

Lois CA October 23, 2014

Thank you for this.
It is the 'bottom line' of life.
So simple, not so easy.
So worthwhile. Reply

Craig Hamilton Sandwich, MA October 23, 2014

Hope and Reality - Live in the real world. Dream in the ideal world. The cosmos began in darkness. It is the same way with the Jewish people. Judaism began in a world full of idolatry with Abraham destroying his father’s idols. However, in Egypt the former glories of the patriarchs and matriarchs had become but a dim light. The enslaved Jews in Egypt cried, “There can’t be a Gd; not with all this pain and suffering,” entertaining the idea that the former glories of the patriarchs and matriarchs of Judaism could be chalked up to luck and nothing else. We objected to the idea of Gd because our cries for hope went unanswered for so long in Egypt.
The Jews in slavery had only heard of Gd, and flirted with atheism, but when we were about to totally give up on Hashem, Moses came and showed us the path to redemption. He showed us the real Gd does care and that there is no dream too big to dream, reviving the soul of the Jewish people, with the wholesome Light of creation. Reply

Anonymous October 23, 2014

Rabbi Freeman would you kindly respond to my earlier question explaining how to be Real? What is expected of us ? Thank you. Reply

Anonymous October 23, 2014

O yes! Thank you for your interpretation!
It is a little more puzzling to do as a baal teshuva, don't you think?
The guidance is not always encouraging in that way and it is tricky to differentiate between the reallness of the yetzer h. and the yetzer tov.
I am screaming (inside) for REAL understanding/guidance/encouragement ! Reply

amichai st.cloud MN October 23, 2014

If only... Great post, now if only everybody in the world could give study to this logic, the Earth would be a much better place. Reply

Anonymous October 23, 2014

Would you please explain what is this daily dose "Be Real" trying to teach us? How one can be real? Am I not real now? What are the steps to be real? Reply

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