Questions for today:
My thoughts are inside of me, but they are not ‘me’. Is there a more internal example of something truly part of me?
Today, we are expanding on the idea that the Creator is a completely singular, unblended entity. We learned that the Creator is one with His knowledge. Let's think about that.
If I think that two plus two equals four, it feels like the thought is part of me. But if you think that two plus two equals four, we're thinking the same thing. So, the thought isn’t me, it's something that I'm thinking.
Desire doesn't work that way. My desire is me being pulled in a direction. Therefore, if I want a piece of cake, and you want that same piece of cake, we are dealing with two different, distinct desires.
Nevertheless, desires are not intrinsically part of a person, they are separate and distinct from them. In other words, desires are almost like an added branch to a person. The Creator doesn't have any such additions; the Creator is a completely singular entity.
This concept of unity extends to the Creator’s wisdom, generosity, and everything that we know about Him. That being said, we need to remember as Maimonides explained, that the human mind can’t grasp such lofty, esoteric concepts.
Our inability to fundamentally understand this doesn't mean that we have to rely on pure faith. We can use our intellect to grasp the simple realization that we are very different from the Creator.
185 23 Tanya Sivan 26 ~ m213 m23 Sivan 30
Tanya book 2, Ch 8, Pt 1
Today we expand the concept of the Creator being a single, unblended entity, to include everything we know about the Creator.
This includes everything from as high as the Creator's desire, to the Creator's intelligence, generosity, etc, etc.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=6/29/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr8hl3UGr-k&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSC7FvXJfcTF6vOdJEAABrJ&index=23