There’s No Other Reality But G-d

inspiring! What do you think about the non-jewish people who do believe in God. are we not connected to God at all? or Does God have multiple channels to connect with different people in different ways? I hope this question doesn't offend anybody. thank you very much! Reply

This is metaphysical, interesting and inspiring. I have learned alot. Reply

This was absolutely fascinating. Reply

"for in him we live and move and have our being"
Great teaching, thank you. You explained this so clear and simple. Reply

The mind of G-d I learned somewhere on Chabad.org (cannot remember where) that the Jewish soul was created from "the mind of G-d" not, as other earthly creatures, from "G-d's speech".
How does this relate to the Jews' existence? Are our souls not inherently a "part" of G-d and therefore share His existence? Reply

I understand the concept that we cannot exist as our own entity, that we are not the one sustaining ourselves, rather that it is G-d. However, I don't understand how we are not an existence at all. In the video you mentioned that we can understand how we are not an independent entity, yet it seems like we are a dependent entity, which is what I agree with and understand. The question of 'are we a dependent entity' still exists. I understand we cannot live without G-d's life force, but can we be considered an actual existence, even though we are dependent on G-d? In your example, the flying ball is considered a dependent existence- it is its own thing but it's only a flying ball because of the energy which is making it fly. So isn't it the same with us? That we are existing (we are an existence), even though it is only because G-d's giving us life? Reply

Re Zohar We do have some classes on the subject available on the site, do a search for 'Zohar' and check out our sister site chabad.org/kabbalah Reply

Zohar It would be nice to have video Zohar classes. I even do not want to wait until I'm forty years old. These are the rules of conduct for me. I even need to take it literally, instead of with a grain of salt. Reply

- Am not sure I could a agree that G-d needs to keep speaking in the present so that things can continue to be created. I think that G-d just needed to speak once and once only he is G-d it does not make sense that he would need to continu keep speaking through history to transform energy into matter / atoms and engergy etc. Reply

Slow down now.. I think being refered to as "nothing" is only shocking because of a romantisized idea of the Almighty, planted by those that wanted to "convince" other to accept His grace. G-d is chosen in free will by the spiritually mature and in reality needs no marketing scheme to have us do so... Sorry for your dissappointment Reply

To Michal G-d desired a dwelling-place in this, the lowliest of all worlds. He gets great pleasure from each and every one of our mitzvot. He loves each and every one of us like an only child born to a parent in his old age. So you see, we matter to Him very, very much. He gave us the 613 mitzvot to form a bond, a connection between Him and us. Tzav, which means connection, is the root of the word mitzvah. And because He is G-d, He can listen to all our prayers, thoughts, cries for help, etc., all at once and answer us as well. We finite, human parents get frazzled when more than one of our children talk to us at once. But not G-d. His ability to listen to us all and all at once is unique to Him because He's G-d. Reply

Hello everybody This was a great lecture, and in response to some of the confusion evidenced in some of the responses, I would like to point out the Rabbi's explanation. The Rabbi did not mean that we are nothing, but just compared to G-D we are so insignificant that it's as though we are nothing. We are something, and hence G-D gave us the Torah, to do or not to do. To be as great as Moshe Rebbeinu or not. And we are our own people, because G-D created us, proof can be found in the Torah. ' And G-D created man.' But just G-D is so much greater than us, that we are like nothing compared to him. And we are only because G-D creates us. But we are!!! And G-D chose to love us and be happy with the good we do. All the worlds he created for us, so that we could choose in our own voilition to do good. Yet we have the choice to do bad as well. And in this sense we are like G-D. Hence its not that we are so small, its just that G-D is so big, and not just big, but infinite. Reply

G-d loves us I think that the ideas expressed in this video are essentially wrong. I believe that creation is important to G-d and that G-d love us and that He desires to have a relationship with us. It is not true to say that we are nothing. Reply

A Thought About Regarding Henry Regarding Henry was a movie about a man who lived an un-Holy life style until one day because of a brain injury he loses all his past experiences and memories permanently. He goes through extensive therapy and in the end a different personality emerges with a moral nature this time around. I know it's just a movie but it shows that we are not as exclusive as we'd sometimes like to think we are. We worry about death and what will happen to us when in reality the so called us that worries is just temporary maybe. Reply

Never heard something like that For the very first time in my life I heard something like that!
G-d is the only thing that exists?
It does not matter to him, If I keep His commandments, it only matters for me? (because of the negative consequences)
And when we have a loving relationship, He is loving Himself? That He can do without me. And what I say is really totally unimportant? Then how could I tell others about him? In fact, He can give those others directly all the thoughts in one moment, the others, I am talking to?
And my loving Him means nothing to Him?
(Of course He does not need my love.)
Do I come into existance, when I get to Olam Haba (the World to Come)?
I hope so. If not, suicide would be the best thing to do.
Although to speak means nothing, I found it fascinating, to listen to you, Reply