Greatness Unlimited

Self Limited I am limited by the boundaries of my world.
My world focuses on me.
My world includes only those that serve my ego.
All my actions might appear good but my intentions focus on my benefit.
The results of this attitude are evident in our world.
- Our world is in crisis.

We need to transcend the boundary of my self.
To the extent we meet the expectations of the world above my self, G_d will remove the boundaries until we too can transcend all worlds to reach His World - my limited world is then expanded to include all humanity in my heart!. Reply

The Torah says that Gd does get involved.

And Gd promised at Sinai to protect the Children of Israel and to grant victory to the Children of Israel.

WHO made that promise? Was the Covenant at Sinai a sort of extra-terrestrial cargo cult? Was it some unearthly beings who protected us back then, and have they now completed their war and returned to their home planet, leaving us to manage as best we can without their help?

Remember when Eliahu haNavi faced the forces of Ahab, he said, "They who are with us are greater than those who are with them." And sure enough, fire came down and destroyed the Hundred who came to arrest Eliahu.

But no fire came to destroy the Nazi forces. They did as they liked. So maybe the ones who sent the fire are no longer available to help us.

Maybe the Covenant was only for the duration of the need of the folks from outer space. Or maybe they lost their war and cannot help us any more.

The hard part is that I do believe in Gd's love for each of us. Reply

So encompassing as to be meaningless, .... .... a tautology language can only distort. Better to just go about your life and face the challenge of making the best choice in every moment. Do good and forgive yourself as He does when you mess up. Reply

and then there is the story of a person who asked their rabbi why it was that, although people used to hear the voice of God, now nobody does.The rabbi responded that perhaps they did not stoop low enough... Reply

We never seen G-D G-D is beyond Supernatural. A little sense of humor won't hurt, I wonder if our G-D is an extra-terrestial?
Our G-D is much, much more than moving the earth, air, water, fire all these elements. Yes, our G-D listens to everyone and watches everyone until our day of judgement arrives. In other words, G-D does not get involved. Reply

Greatness Yes Pincus Brandt,
It is hard to swallow such atrocities. But we need to think about it. Did Hashem commit these atrocities? It was the evil in these man and his followers. They all have paid their price for what they did, and are still paying. When my mom got ill, she started to deteriorate little by little. I was devastated. I was losing her. Then I lost my job. I had to leave to return to US. Left her with my sister. Being a single mother I could not return. I had to start all over again building up my life and my daughter's. Five months later she dies. I could not go to be w her nor for the funeral. Then I learnt. She left her body, but her soul is still alive. She is alive in me. We go to sleep, to wake up in the morning. Did not know nor feel anything when we fell sleep. In the morning we return to this world. She went back to her maker. My comfort is that we will return to him someday. Our Father who loves us truly. He, bleesed be He meant well to create us. We commit evil. Reply

poetic I like this, very poetic Reply

G-d does champion the opressed and He does support those who champion justice.

That there are events that are beyond our limited understanding is also not new. Reply

G-d is great for all these reasons, and more! All of these are valid reasons to ponder on the Greatness of Hashem. I have found myself contemplating on G-d's Greatness for all these reasons, any many, many more! Reply

G-d's greatness I love this, because I have experienced it myself :) G-d is not big or small, as you said He transcends both since He made them all! How simple yet profound! Today I attended the funeral of my 19-year-old grand-niece. She had a heart problem and had encouraged others to have heart transplants (which she couldn't have since her condition was incurable). Of course, I was questioning WHY?! But when I came home and read this, it was very helpful. Because where can we be outside of G-d, Who has created everything? G-d's blessings on u for ur work!
Thx for sharing, Reply

I thought I got it all figured out Thanking you for reminding me about prayer as I have been asked this and suddenly found a room I forgot to explore.

I recently concluded that even our own lives are not about our own lives but about G-d's purpose.

So this is how I became at peace with the existence of pain and senseless deaths. Not that I tolerate them, but see now what they are for. They are cups,pathways for a future good that we cannot know until it happens. In the case of the gas chamber of auschwitz, it's the United Nations and global
intolerance for acts of violation against human rights.

I am at a loss now for prayer. For if all is for a good that is unfolding, even that which is bad, what is the need for prayer?

Faith that G-d is good has allowed me to thank G-d when I experience something bad knowing its for good. Perhaps not mine, but for a species of ladybugs or birds, I don't know. I trust he does it for the collective good. And then this Daily Dose, sends me a-thinking again. Prayer works, why? Reply

I and Thou, Them and Thou .... All religions, what they have always said, is that G-d is so great He stoops down to listen to the prayer of a small child ..... Reply

A beautiful post. G-d hears every prayer, even if His responses are beyond our understanding. This reflection focuses on one aspect of G-d's relation to His creation, in which beauty prevails, the Creator cares for every individual living thing, and His handiwork is evident. Sadly, there is another aspect, in which suffering of the innocent exists, and we don't know its purpose. Reply

G-ds Greatness I am moved by the greatness of a G-d that listenes to the prayer of a little child. and who paints the petals of each wildflower and awaits us there to meet him. It is true. There I meet him very often.
But I thought also about the prayers of the little child in a Gas chamber in Auschwitz. I can not get it together. He is too great for my human understanding. There will be a
day He explains it to me.In the meanwhile I try to praise Him for good and for bad. Reply

Greatness Unlimited I am the daughter of a survivor of the Holocaust--my Dad is the sole suvivor of his entire family. In fact I am named after his older sister who perished.
My Dad has also wrestled with this question of "Where was G-d while the Nazi killing machine perpetrated its atrocities?" All my life I have seen him feel guilty for being alive. He's had Alzheimer's for the past 4 years & remembers everything from 50, 60, 70 years ago but can't remember my daughters' names!
I have no answer that will console you Pincus. I can't imagine how I would feel if I were you or my Dad.
We are not G-d...we have no clue as to his plan for us or the world. But I do know this-being Jewish just feels "right" for me & I am proud to be Jewish. It's easier to be a Christian in the USA or even a Muslim --nowadays-- that religion has the largest following on our planet.
BUT even though the Nazis tried to exterminate us on an assembly line WE ARE HERE and they are NOT! Reply

The small child is shot in the face This happened in Poland.

It was not uncommon.

This particular child was shot in late 1940 or early 1941.

No transcendency of bounds arose to protect the child.

Its soul left its body, shocked and shaken, pleading to live again, but far away from the place where it had been shot.

It was then born in the United States, where it was unwelcome and attacked in other ways, but it survived. Crippled but alive.

Is this how Gd plays with the rules? is this how Gd comforts the oppressed and champions justice and goodness?

What universe have you been living in? Reply