055 Tanya Shvat 14 ~ m063 Shvat 24
Questions for today:
Our discussion of how we can become truly one with the Creator began with us describing two perspectives. We become one with the Creator when we are humble to the Creator’s perspective. What happens when we entrench ourselves in the divided, physical perspective?
There is an age-old saying, “there is no such thing as bad publicity”. Even if you announce to the whole world how terrible of a person I am, you are telling everyone that I'm relevant.
These last few days we were learning about the ability to achieve real unity with the Creator. We achieve this by thinking thoughts of the Torah, or by participating in the Creator's mission with the commandments.
Today we're going to go the opposite extreme, and there are two different levels.
When you look around the world you see a lot of things that oppose the Creator; Things that are bad, things that go against the Creator's ideology, against greatest Commandments - but at least those things don't negate the Creator, they still tell the world of the Creator is relevant.
There is a lower level than that. When “we participate” in one of those things, when we act with hatred, or when we think against the Creator’s thoughts, or observe even the tiniest commandment against what the Creator tells us, we are standing up and telling the world the creator is irrelevant.
Our hands, our feet, our thought process, are acting on the ability to the creator gave it to step away.
Tanya book 1, ch24 pt 1
On the opposite extreme of the previous lesson about unity, we describe the ability to separate.
Beyond the physical negative entities, which are created to further G-d's mission in their unique way - our active participation in that negativity, even with the smallest sin, - represents a real separation from the Creator.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=1/26/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvtAyyAtPc&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKI_BRnjBvHe&index=55