Now, even someone who has not achieved this level – of understanding that all is for his (benefit) as it hasn’t come into his heart (in other words, there is what we know with our mind, but it hasn’t penetrated (our emotions) nonetheless, by merely anticipating the subsequent benefit (say, your personal growth – for without a shadow of doubt, the entire sequence of creation is about growth, as it states, “man is like a tree in the field” – continually growing) this itself causes tranquility. And even if this meditation is too hard, a person should think that his soul is in fact God (as the Alter Rebbe says, our souls are literally a “piece of God,” hence from the level of soul, this descends to thoughts and from the thoughts it permeates actions.)
By zevi770 · December 31, 2017