Sayings of the Maagid
By zevi770 · January 26, 2017
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All that we know is below God’s essence, which is unknowable.
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The soul is attached to the Shechinah – the Shechinah is the lowest level of the Divine,
the level of Divine speech, and this is where our speech comes from; but as like Siamese twins, we are attached, so our negative and profane (God-forbid) words profane and disgrace God – this then explains that before a soul comes into this world, it is caused to take an oath that it will be righteous – for when someone profanes their speech, this oath then declares the persons duty; and those who are fortunate can hear.
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Now another way a person can repent, is realizing that whatever occurs comes from the Divine, hence if I see something negative it certainly –at least at some level means – I have this within me (hence it is being shown.)
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Just as if a person has a signet ring which is dirty and they dip it into wax (which was the way people would sign things) and the wax then receives the dirt, a filthy (mind, heart etc.) that prays to God brings his filth above – for this reason, a person must be careful.
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One who wishes to spiritually advance, must clear his mind from thoughtless thoughts.
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This works in the Hebrew, “Praise Es Hashem;”
We know it was with the letters of the Alphabet that the fundamental energies transformed from the world of spirit to the material atomic structure and (as we now know, that e=m, hence) this energy must continually be flowing (to sustain the material appearance) hence “Praise Es” refers to the letters from Alef To Tav (the Hebrew Alphabet.)
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There is a Divine light that comes into our realm and a hidden Divine light – as it states, that the first day of creation God made a great infinite light, but hid it for the Tzaddikim – and the way to access it, is to reject material pleasure.
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Just as one who is happy can think – conversely in pain, his brain “shrinks” (myopic) S- imilarly when we reject all pleasure to do the will of God, this causes God to have great joy – “expanding his mind / giving.”
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Just as a person whose children were uncouth so he brought a cat which by nature is dignified to be an example, a person should contemplate that God watches their every thought, hence by eliminating – through this attribute of humility / shame – their negative, they in turn draw down God’s positive.
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Teshuvah (which has a hei at the end) represents the higher hei (of the Divine name) which refers to intellect, for in order to repent, one must contemplate.