Do not make a mistake about this, there is not a single being that ever has or ever will exist (besides the good Lord) who is not a slave – every animal, plant, atom, even angel is a slave to the way it was created – the only difference is, that us humans are not one but two beings: we are – as we see empirically – both angels and demons (altruistic and selfish and when angered or jealous amazingly cruel) Now the only way to overcome slavery is similar to as my good friend Dr. Kulic likes to quote from a former soviet prisoner similar to as Dr. Frankel writes about his own experiences – while it is true we are not in control of the circumstances that we find ourselves in (you did not make your body, your sex, your cultural norms, neither did you choose when to be born, certainly when to pass on) but in every moment we do have the choice, which is to use what is called mesiras-nefesh, which quite simply speaking is the positive side of “kush in toches” i.e. “I will do what’s right and you can kiss .. …”
By zevi770 · April 11, 2016