053b Tanya Shvat 12b ~ m061 Shvat 22
Questions for today:
Can I raise above the divisions of reality, even above their very roots?
We've been learning that it's possible for us to live and exist from the Creator’s perspective, where the divisions of the world don't exist.
Each day we're getting a little more clarity.
How are those divisions created? The Creator hides the Creator’s unity.
If I get above that darkness, I can connect to the Creator’s very self.
How do I find the Creator self? Well, how do I find myself?
Money is not me. Money a means to get what I want. A job is a ‘means to a means’ to get what I want.
My inner desire, that's me.
When I do a mitzvah, I'm connecting to the creator's inner desire, I'm connecting to the creator's very self.
However, because I'm doing an ‘act’ to connect to the creator, the act is kind of like a cloak.
However, the Torah itself is the Creator's inner desire. When my mind is thinking the thoughts of the Torah, there is no cloak, there is no darkness.
I'm not ‘connecting’ to the Creator - I'm one with the Creator.
Tanya book 1, ch23 pt 5
The world’s divided reality is created by darkness.
Our connection to the Creator’s transparent very self, lifts us above that.
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