Questions for today:
Our belief directs us to see the Creator in every item in creation. What about all styles of service? What ladder to the Creator can we find in a person who’s devotion is expressed through meticulous, measured, service?
Today's Tanya shares something that should be obvious when we think of how everything in the world comes from the same Creator, but nevertheless it's so revealing that it's a surprise.
When we see somebody giving generously, or studying Torah for an extra hour, then another hour, we assume that that’s their soul shining.
Today's Tanya explains a verse in psalms to teach us that actually, there are two opposite characteristics that are 'both' a divine expression; the person giving generously, and the opposite, a person that's giving in a measured way, or studying on a strict schedule.
In fact, while we intuitively think that it's the one that's giving generously and learning more that is more spiritual, let's look at two ways of looking at this division that will give another perspective.
- When 'I'm giving' generously, it's about me. However, when I'm 'measuring'it's about the other person.
- When I'm giving generously it's 'my identity' that's shining. When I'm 'analyzing' it's the part of my soul that experiences 'the world beyond our self' that's shining.
260 40 Tanya Chitas thought for Elul 12 ~ m281a 34a Elul 11a
Tanya book 4, Essay 11, pt1
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