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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
The happiness of the parent verses the happiness of the child
HH
It never ceases to amaze me how a child is the complete hope and happiness of a parent, the parent is just so thrilled about the child beyond everything, and after the child passes a very brief period of innocence he is usually filled of worries, doubts, sadness etc. etc.. and all the parent wants is to see the kid happy. And of course the same with Hashem and us, we really have to do away with all the extra thinking and worries and concentrate on being happy for Him.
Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
It never ceases to amaze me how a child is the complete hope and happiness of a parent, the parent is just so thrilled about the child beyond everything, and after the child passes a very brief period of innocence he is usually filled of worries, doubts, sadness etc. etc.. and all the parent wants is to see the kid happy. And of course the same with Hashem and us, we really have to do away with all the extra thinking and worries and concentrate on being happy for Him.
Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Monday, March 20, 2017
Judging favoraby
HH
This is a footnote I just wrote for Likutay Moharan - Torah-lessong 282 Azamra:
This is a footnote I just wrote for Likutay Moharan - Torah-lessong 282 Azamra:
Judging favorably is actually one of the 613
commandments according to the count of Maimonides. However it is
important to note that the matter of judging favorably as discussed
throughout the Oral Torah by the Sages, refers to when there is doubt
of a person's standing, if he did something wrong or sinned, then one
is obligated to refrain from assuming the face value of what the
person ostensibly did or is, rather one must give him the benefit of
the doubt and even if the odds are extremely against him, one must
stretch and reach out to figure some justification for the person in
question which exonerate him and maintain his innocence and good
standing. Here, in this Torah-lesson Rabbi Nachman is revealing a
new construct and practice of judging favorably, that is, even when
there is no excuse for a person's conduct, one must not the person at
all by that bad which he did, rather one must judge the person by
some favorable point he has. Elsewhere Rabbi Nachman himself uses
the standard understanding of judging favorable, e.g.. in Character –
The Alef Bet Book of the Traits, Rabbi Nachman says it is forbidden
to judge a wicked person favorably and one who does so is wicked, and
that it is forbidden to judge homose*uality favorably, that is
referring to trying to find justification for the persons conduct, to
that end Rabbi Nachman warns that in certain cases it is forbidden to
do so, whereas here Rabbi Nachman made it very clear, in the actual
Torah-lesson and in other talks pertaining the lesson, that he is
addressing even the most wicked sinner, not to judge his general
conduct favorably, but to find some point of good to look upon and
associate with him and judge him with that favorable angle.
Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Simple very effective meditation
HH
There is a very simple technique to really soothe and relax your body and mind. Simply sit comfortably and address each and every single part of your body individually, and tell it to loosen up and relax - there are some that suggest to first tell it to flex and tense up and then tell it to relax - and so one categorically addresses every muscle, bone, joint and whatever - you will feel and experience empirically how this simple dialogue works wonders.
Rabbainu said you should talk to your limbs, tell them to fear and be in awe of Hashem! Tell them that they aren't in the world for very much longer, and soon they will be rotting in the grave... Tell them about the aspect of Moshe Rabbainu - the utter humility - that is cloaked in them.
These are two paradigms; the external paradigm (of these two, but very much internal compared to the other consciousnesses) is fear and awe - יראת ה' - the fear and awe of Hashem - Yiras - is numerical value 611 together with nefesh and ruach (two yichudim of Hava'ya Adny and Hava'ya Elokim) equal the 613 components of the body - (see Yichud Ha'yeeru of Ramachal). The inner paradigm is the humility which is the paradigm that is resurrected - as explained in Likutay Moharan.
[The level of Yiru, I think can be correlated with the 2nd level of the general yichud explained in the Ramchal's kavanos for the prayers, and the level of humility, which culminates with mem vuv = 100 through Moshe Rabbainu, as explained at the end of Yichud Ha'yeeru, is the complete yichud described there - the 3rd level].
Based on this principle I put together some conversations one might like to have with the different parts of his body in this little book:
Pray With Your Limbs & Other Devotions of a Nanach
https://www.createspace.com/6508295
Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
There is a very simple technique to really soothe and relax your body and mind. Simply sit comfortably and address each and every single part of your body individually, and tell it to loosen up and relax - there are some that suggest to first tell it to flex and tense up and then tell it to relax - and so one categorically addresses every muscle, bone, joint and whatever - you will feel and experience empirically how this simple dialogue works wonders.
Rabbainu said you should talk to your limbs, tell them to fear and be in awe of Hashem! Tell them that they aren't in the world for very much longer, and soon they will be rotting in the grave... Tell them about the aspect of Moshe Rabbainu - the utter humility - that is cloaked in them.
These are two paradigms; the external paradigm (of these two, but very much internal compared to the other consciousnesses) is fear and awe - יראת ה' - the fear and awe of Hashem - Yiras - is numerical value 611 together with nefesh and ruach (two yichudim of Hava'ya Adny and Hava'ya Elokim) equal the 613 components of the body - (see Yichud Ha'yeeru of Ramachal). The inner paradigm is the humility which is the paradigm that is resurrected - as explained in Likutay Moharan.
[The level of Yiru, I think can be correlated with the 2nd level of the general yichud explained in the Ramchal's kavanos for the prayers, and the level of humility, which culminates with mem vuv = 100 through Moshe Rabbainu, as explained at the end of Yichud Ha'yeeru, is the complete yichud described there - the 3rd level].
Based on this principle I put together some conversations one might like to have with the different parts of his body in this little book:
Pray With Your Limbs & Other Devotions of a Nanach
https://www.createspace.com/6508295
Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman!
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