Quotes from the Tanya – CHAPTER 33
By zevi770 · February 26, 2012
CHAPTER 33
“Another method to increase joy especially when one needs to:
One should contemplate the absolute union of God within this world.
For as mentioned, it is like the letters of thought (so we have something distinct, letters,) as those letters are still within the desire (so now those letters exist only in a hidden form within the desire and are hence one with the desire).
Similarly, as God fills the entire expanse of everything (being its energy as e-energy = m-matter) hence nothing but God exists and all relative to him is non-existence.
Another example of this is the light of a sunray while it is still within the sun (its source;) if it can travel 98 million miles to shine on earth it must shine on the sun itself, but no one looking at the sun would point out a ray of light, for there, relative to the infinite light of the sun it is as if it doesn’t exist, being part and parcel, completely nullified out of any separate existence, relative to the infinity of the sun; (I am using the word infinity, though the sun is obviously not infinite, Editor.)
The more one thinks about this, especially realizing that this meditation is the purpose of creation, for it brings God (through the power of our thought which is the lever that unites God with this world as we have been given this capability) the more joy one can achieve.
It is like a great king taking a humble person to live with him in the palace.
How great must be the joy of the humble person at such an honor that God whom the heavens cannot fill his glory will unite in this world through your meditation.
This is the meaning that Chabakuk came and established the Torah on one principle namely this belief in God’s unity.
For this belief in God’s unity adds the joy to one’s soul, which raises it above the distractions of the Yetzer Hara enabling it to fulfill all of the Torah and Mitzvos.
This joy, further extends beyond to hosting God, which as mentioned is a great union of the humble with the great, but also extends into God’s joy himself.
This is what it states, “The Jews should rejoice with the creator of matter.” God himself receives much joy – a colossal amount – for in this meditation we nullify the kelipos (who conceal this truth from our eyes which will become self evident when Moshiach comes) and hence God’s unity merges within the physical matter of creation.
This joy is especially pronounced when we have this meditation in gentile lands that are filled with impure air due to the impure thoughts, speech and actions there, for there is no greater joy to God than the transformation of the deepest darkness to the highest light.”