m032 027 Tanya Teves 15 ~ 21
Questions for today:
Can I really be responsible for every thought that I have?
The world is big and powerful, the glimmer of my Soul seems tiny, how is that fair?
Today's Tanya has powerful lessons for the day-to-day life of a Jew.
We are discussing a comprehensive relationship between us and the Creator though the way that we act, and the way that we speak, and even in the way that we think.
This makes it important to note that today's Tanya specifies “machshava mamosh” ‘actual’ thought - we're not discussing perfection in the whims that enter a person's head without a control. We are referring to thoughts a person thinks of emotionally and practically – those would be what would get in the way between the relationship of us and the Creator.
A second thought from today’s Tanya:
When we think of the challenges in the world around us; tables full of tempting foods, stadiums full of cheering people – they might be ‘foolish’ compared to the relationship that we have with the Creator, but they're a lot, and they're very strong
Therefore, today’s Tanya reminds us that the natural way that we were created, and the way the world was created, is that a tiny drop of wisdom, a tiny drop of light, they don't have to fight.
A drop of wisdom, a drop of light, automatically dissipate vast amounts of foolishness and darkness.
Chapter 12, pt 3
Study today’s Tanya in full: https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=12/25/2021
See Today’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpJ6Cb0VnM&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKI_BRnjBvHe&index=27