One individual had brought the world
to the brink of destruction,
but for the mercies of the Master of the Universe,
who ordained that
“the earth shall stand firm and not fall.”
Such is the power
of a single human being to do evil.
A thousand times over
is the power of each one of us to do good.
For Hananalah in Houston Yes, the Rebbe could only have been speaking about that person. As I noted, the year was 1958. Reply
To Rabbi Tzvi
Are you speaking of the man who started WWII?
Or if not, give us a hint who you mean.
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so good to read these words and comments thank you Reply
I think this last week we have seen society Fall. May G-D watch over us. Reply
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'power of one' well,powerless as i am, my goal is to be part of the 'thousand times over' ones who (try to) do good - even in the very smallest way. Reply
power of one there is no blindness. no oneness. everyone is interconnected via the demographics one identifies with or is tragically (?) swept away with automatic bonding. There is no free will; we're not connected to the outside only, there is neurochemistry, hormones, et alia. We're HaShem's tentacles drunk on information and chemical reactions. we're made in HS's image in terms of a form of contemplation on info and a rather minute version of it at that. the only power there is is the neutron(s) revolving around the nucleus faster than the speed of light; atoms shape reality, things happen as HS is in constant fluidity. that means there is no "real" reality. Reply
Ten ways of success
He gave us the past which was the beginning.
He gave us the future which was the ending
For in the middle he gave us a present….life.
This is where potential of purpose is formed.
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power of one good and evil are are the conditioned paradigms that has been placed upon the physical extension of God in which we all are. These identification that we are good or bad has suppressed our true identity. Know not that you are God. Made in the image of God and yet we've been informed that we are a this and that, a concept of who we are not. The physical is the extension of the unseen. The knowing of God, in which we are. The Will of God in the flesh. What a wondrous Being that we are. Reply
power of one if the reference is to a. hitler, then i'm thinking that one person, alone, cannot bring the world to disaster...it is his ability to convince others to follow his agenda, blindly, & to do his bidding to effect the distruction. conversely, if there is a person who has the agenda to SAVE the world, & can go among the people to collect followers to bring about order in the world, & they in turn, can do the same, then the evil will be neutralized & good is upon the earth. this is my understanding of your pose, rabbi. thank you for your good work. Reply
to do good (g-d) i must be good. and i can only be good by the power and wisdom, understanding, of the spirit of g-d. who is my life. my reason, being. my all in all.