Low self esteem vs humility

HH


If there’s only a fine line between genius and insanity, how fine of a line is there between low self esteem and pure authentic humility? True genius of character purports to pristine humility, dysfunctional crazy character is synonymous with low esteem.


Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman!

9th of Elul - hilula of Dan son of Israel and R' Tzadok Hakohen

HH

It has been said that there is only a fine line between genius and insanity, and perhaps on the same vein we can say that at the zenith of complexity of devotion there is only a fine line of separation to the complete simplicity and wholeheartedness of Breslov. Ishbitz chasidus, started by the May Hasheeloach, is probably the most deep, sophisticated, and profound, and thus we find that R' Tzadok Hakohen, author of Tzidkas Hatzadik and many other holy books, came to favor Rabbainu - at a time when almost all other chasidim were strongly opposed or at the very best ignored - R' Tzadok devoted his efforts to providing correlating sources to the dictums of Rabbainu in his holy book Character - The Aleph Bet Book of the Traits
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May his memory be a blessing.

It is interesting to note that in his book Tzidkas Hatzadik, he makes a small prophecy that before the proper time the Jews would once again rally to conquer Israel - even though this is was the sin of the "maapeelim" in the time of Moses, who were all killed out instantly - as the Torah says, and even though there are severe oaths that forbid the Jews from doing this, even still R' Tzadok asserts that the Jews will do it successfully, explaining that at that time there will already be a case for the success of chutzpa! See there, this is beyond amazing, because the entire Satmar movement and those even more radical and zealous are in denial of this phenomenon.

Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!

The ward for the insane

HH Rabbainu said that now we have to call the yetehr hurah (evil inclination) something else, that it "dimyoan" (imagination/fantasy), at that moment the root of the modern day acquittal of pleading insanity was planted. Previously there was no such thing, someone who committed a crime especially an atrocity would be summarily executed, all of the sudden today we are making differentiations - that is what Rabbainu introduced.

Many if not most of the rabbis today, I think it would be rash to simply call them evil, Rabbainu revealed that they have an enormous inclination to rule, they almost don't have a choice in the matter, in other words they are deluded to the extent that they would be sooner sentenced to a crazy ward than being convicted of purely evil intent.

What are they even thinking, putting their stomachs into the equation? When we have true tzaddikim, especially Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me'Uman who transcended any paradigm familiar to us, we have absolutely no inkling of an idea of their greatness, what they achieved, what they comprehended, what they revealed, the suffering they endured continuously, etc. etc.... And then along comes some bright rabbi and takes the masses under his delusions...

These rabbis are not just the cause of the exile, they are the exile! The exile of the daas (holy realization of knowledge).

Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me'Uman

Sanity

HH

People say that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, an oasis and bastion of reason. The truth is that every person in the world, even the strongest antagonists of Nanach, owe their very sanity to Nanach. Because Nanach is the voice of reason in a person, and without Nanach, knowingly or unknowingly people would simply be insane. Just the very presence of Nanach in the world provides a backbone for reason...