The identifier, the worrier, and God
By zevi770 · January 23, 2014
As children, we are born to love
In fact a lot of research has been done by neurosurgeons that children are very compassionate, but seem to unfortunately lose it, at about the age of six
The reason for this is simple, we naturally extend love to everyone
It is very clear how this process works
When we are loved, we love in return
But what happens, when we get into a state of fear
Our heart cannot hold opposing views about the same stimuli, you either love / are attracted to it, or fear / recoil from it
Hence if a person’s parents, teachers, society, is malicious (which comes from jealousy) then people become worriers
As such, they tend to analyze and trade
Instead of unconditionally identifying, hence loving, they are actually busy judging all situations, for their fear causes a primary reaction to keep safe
We cannot both love and fear
What to do? what to do?
There is a third option, that of Jacob, to become God
How do you become God?!?
As the Alter Rebbe clarifies in Tanya, God is like an energy, if you use his wisdom, you become him!
(For example, if you somehow take a blue flame and you light a candle, the second candle that holds the blue flame, is the blue flame; just in another location.)
So when we give up our personal loves and fears, for a higher purpose