The upside down right-side up, real truth
By zevi770 · January 3, 2015
The Talmud tells of a father and son (both great sages) who made a pact.
“Whomsoever gets to heaven first must come back (I guess in a dream) and give a report.”
I think the son died first and he came to his father, “Those who were above below are below above and those who were below below, are above above.”
Interesting thing this above and below stuff:
How much of our time is discerning who is above and who is below?!
Brown-nosing – or simply seeking recognition (of-course mainly from those we consider “above.”)
But historically, a very different truth emerges.
For if we ignore our foolish nonsensical senses (what we see, hear, and assume to be real) rather, look with the more 20/20 hindsight, who are those revered and despised? If I just answer that question randomly: Abraham, Mosses the Rebbe, lehavdil Mandela, mother Theressa, and despised, tyrannical Roman Emperors like Hadrian, Nero etc. now in their lifetime (certainly looking further back which proves their staying power) Abraham was called ivri for he was literally a single voice in contrast to the rest of the world; Mosses originally too; which means, that in the end of the day, there are two definitions of above and below: the instinctual desire for power doesn’t differentiate between good and evil, hence our obsession with mafia and other forms of power; but when we think, when we look with our soul-enduring-eyes, well your simple kindness is what makes above, truly above, even here below.