When the soul awakens, it descends like a fire from heaven.
In a moment of surprise, we discover something so powerful, so beyond the self that we know, we cannot believe it is a part of us.
In truth, we are a part of it.
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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Barbara
Oregon
November 28, 2017
I embrace the basic tenets of Judaism . I feel I may have Jewish lineage, because I have a warmth inside of me for Jewishness. B'H Reply
Keitj
AZ
December 24, 2014
How does one awaken their soul for living a fuller life while here on earth
I am a very spiritual man but at times my soul feels as if G-d is not there
The flame to my spirit feels it needs rekindling
Has my faith weakened ?
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Wanda Reid
November 28, 2017
in response to Keitj:
Keitj,
How are you connecting with others? How are you sharing your talents, skills, faith?
Blessings,
W.
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David Harold Chester
Petach Tikva, Israel
March 20, 2023
in response to Keitj:
To answer your question, we first should answer another question. What do you believe the soul is and how does one get in touch with it? I think that many people do not have answers to this. They should begin to think and to study answers to it in order to be able to explain about the re-kindling question. However, it could well be that with a satisfactory answer to my question, the soul has already been set on fire! Reply
zak
San Diego
December 24, 2014
A soul of action When the soul takes hold of the body there is a unity. For in both are a harmony of heavens. Reply
Stephanie Osunde
December 24, 2014
Yes, you are right.
Everything in the universe is connected to the Source and everything in our earthly bodies have everything that is in the universe which is a part of the Source which our souls are always with.
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valerie
March 27, 2012
fire from heaven what an astonishing first thought to wake up to!!!! Reply
Fidel
Englewood, CO
via chabadofaurariacampus.org
March 31, 2009
Thank you for sharing that fantastic insight. It is a blessing to me. Reply
Ronnie K.
Tucson, AZ
March 26, 2009
Amen Amen Reply
We are taught that the Soul is a tiny part of HaShem. We also know that the Creator has created time in the Universe and so is beyond time. So for the Creator it is always “Now”. But we identify with the body and so are caught up in time. So when we wake up, in that instant, our awareness is beyond time and in that brief instant it is “Now”. This awareness disappears as soon as we start to focus on our physical life, and thought takes over.
But, if we can focus carefully, in that instant, we can see that our awareness, our Soul, is always in “Now”, and never in time. Every instant we spend in thought, planning, worrying, etc., even praying for what we perceive as needs, we waste when we could be silently aware of the Divine Presence. The future and the past remains as conceptual, but our hidden awareness is as close to the Actual as our brains can get.