043 Tanya Shvat 2 ~ m49 Shvat 10
Questions for today:
How does humility play out as an expression of love?
Picture a child running to embrace its parent.
Now ask yourself, what is the child thinking right now?
You'll probably find that a lot of the words that come to mind have nothing to do with the child’s own self.
In fact, there is no specific warmth or placement of touch that the child is thinking of. Their entire mind, conscious and subconscious, is all captivated by the parent.
They want to embrace, become one, unite, with their parent.
It’s kind of like a flame, that even as it jumps away from the wick and tries to unite with the cosmic energy, knowing that it's own personal identity as a flame is going to disappear in the process.
This is another clue of the nature of the innate love that our soul has that is separate from the love that we build through our logical contemplation.
What is the nature of this innate love?
It's a natural, yet super rational, desire to be one with our source - even if our personal identity is going to be entirely nullified in the process.
Tanya book 1, ch19 pt 1
What is the nature of our Innate love?
A natural, super rational, desire to be one with our source, the Creator - even if our personal identity will disappear in the process
Study today’s Tanya in full: https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=1/12/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjnnm_o6bo8&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKI_BRnjBvHe&index=43