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Knowledge without Heart
Science is known to be cold and calculating. Science measures
time, space, and all that those contain, it even measures the soul, levels of
emotion and so forth. What science doesn’t know how to measure is the heart,
good and evil. Science in fact tries to ignore this dimension. Science for
example, regulates urine and stool examples with extreme professionalism, in a
septic environment and system, a brazen face against the real nature of these
items that are the waste and excrement that the body rejected which stink and
are repulsive. Doctors are considered above the temptations of the flesh as
they practice their profession, professionalism is considered somehow to be
immune to the dimensions of good and bad, the desires of the heart.
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan in his most monumental work, his
translation and comments on Sefer Yetzira – Book of Creation, writes an amazing
chidush (novelty) which he came up with. One dimension (a line) has 2 directions,
two dimensions (a plane), adds another factor of two, how far to extend the
lines width, making it two to the power of two. Three dimensions, adds breadth,
another factor of two, making it two to power of three . These three dimensions
are that of space, making space measurable by a factor of 8. Following this, when
the dimension of time is added, there will be another factor of two, making it two
to the power of four, 16. When the dimension of good and evil is added, there
will be another factor of two, making it 32 directions, 32 is Hebrew is LEV –
heart!
With this we can gain deeper appreciation for what it says
in Proverbs (17:16), “For what is the payment of the fool in his hand, to acquire
knowledge but with no heart?” For the book of Proverbs especially belittles the
superficial wisdom of science and philosophy. All the money in the world, all
the quantification and research, if it is without heart, it is for nothing.
The Torah says that the world was created for man, all of
creation, inanimate and all life forms are supposed to be at his disposal. Man
is therefore responsible for the wellbeing and welfare of all creation, as its
master. However when man sees himself responsible for creation as its servant,
this is the exact opposite of the purpose of creation, and it brings absolute
mayhem into the world. Because the world was designed to have man as its
master, and if man chases after its tail, then this GF throws the whole
sequence and order of the world upside down GF.
[The same holds true regarding climate change, the world was created for man, and man must build and beautify it and not destroy it, but at the same time he must not fall subservient to the conduct of nature. The world was created to host man and all his needs, and man need not and should not view himself as an intruder or a slave who must try to help the environment.]
[The same holds true regarding climate change, the world was created for man, and man must build and beautify it and not destroy it, but at the same time he must not fall subservient to the conduct of nature. The world was created to host man and all his needs, and man need not and should not view himself as an intruder or a slave who must try to help the environment.]
In today’s society people in the city must clean up after
their dogs, and so thousands of people without being fazed at all, without any
compunction tend to their dogs manure, picking it up with their hands, very scientifically
septic with a plastic bag and all, and carry it with them until they can
dispose of it properly. This is done purely scientifically not considering for
a moment what is really going on. The peoples need for the animal’s love and
acceptance is so great to them that they have become subservient to the extent
that they stoop to pick up its manure, relying heavily on their scientific
knowledge that there is nothing inherently different in manure than anything in
the world, it is just a bunch of chemical components thrown together that forms
this mass, which might or might not smell, regardless. But because scientifically
it is known to be a terrible affront to many people, and it can contain harmful
bacteria and so forth, they must remove it, and so they do without any misgiving.
According to science, a male or female is just so many
qualities and properties, and all of those can be manipulated as one sees fit,
and viola, it is completely arbitrary. Because there is no heart. Sure they
will provide the measurements of the emotions of the person, but the heart, the
real heart, they can’t touch that whatsoever. On the contrary, they use all the
external emotions and physical properties to project and make claims to dictate
what the heart is, it is male or female, because this person has such and such
emotions and so forth. They make the heart the servant of the external emotions
and properties, when it is the exact opposite, the heart is the king of the
body, and all the emotions and properties must subject themselves to the heart.
So in their empty arrogant ignorance, they claim that they know the heart!
Then these great scholars and scientists weigh their grand
opinions on society how to run the country, policy making and so forth. They have
everything figured out according to their great knowledge and faith in science,
and they confidently and emphatically apply their adept knowledge with great certitude,
not being able to fathom at all how anyone can doubt let alone staunchly
disagree with their conclusions.
Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman!
