The truth is I may have been too harsh – the Rebbe speaks so lovingly as the Baal Shem Tov did about the average person – you see, maybe instead of saying we begin life with naive-love, perhaps the ultimate truth is, when in security we begin life with sensitivity, however facing danger we become protective – in this state, our primary need is security – so this is like the difference between a spectator and the boxer, while the former can be kind, the latter must be eminently on guard (the corollary of this state is that we act out of fear (of criticism) hence in point of fact we resent our own behavior (for that which is hoisted, as opposed to chosen by us causes resentment) this resentment then extends pretty much to all people, the sources of our fear (for the fear of criticism extends to all people) and the solution is that we must understand that people cannot judge
By zevi770 · September 6, 2016