This a great way to see life
By zevi770 · March 1, 2012
You see the problem with life, our desires wants, etc. is that as they are not visual, it is very hard for us to grasp them.
By anature our minds work in a time / spatial reality, so something that is 3 D like a car, we instantly get it.
So let us look at our life as different kind of cars.
The ideal as we once wrote is that God should be the GPS system, this is the level of Merkavah where ones is in communication with God like the holy Rebbes and interestingly the Rebbe said that now all Jews will receive the spirit of God, ruach hakodesh which rested on Rebbes and hence all Jews are going to be ( I believe the Rebbes wording was – – are at ) the level of Rebbes.
As we approach the messianic age when every Jew will be one with God and great prophets etc. as the verse states, “I will pour my spirit upon flesh” hence this level is actually available today to those who have received the spirit of God communicating to them.
It is the best, highest level possible, for this is when you install a GPS so your car is driven by the GPS and hence your every move is simple, straight, directional, purposeful, meaningful and most importantly you never get lost, crash, or hurt anybody.
The next level is when our own minds, our own rational choices – which would be the highest level a human can make – is the driver of our car.
You often see this in wealthy people as most wealthy people today unlike the common myth that they are somehow Gods or miracle workers are actually people who simply are in control of their mind.
We all have a mind, yet we all simply try not to use it, as it counteracts our instinctual desires.
Only by gaining complete self control can man use his mind to drive.
So this would be a car driven by a person who isn’t just randomly driving, but knows where he wants to go, has planned out his journey of life, and is willing to endure sacrifice of instinctual pleasure for the benefit of his goals and aims.
The next car is in the Indy 500, he is just looking to have fun.
It doesn’t matter where he goes as long has he gets there fast.
This is the car driven by our instincts, funnily enough exactly as cars are driven; people are just racing to destinations and it is not them driving rather their instincts driving them.
Like a dog walking the owner the instincts are in charge of man’s decisions and though he or she may also have a good conscience, the conscience and mind are not in the driver’s seat, just a back seat passenger.
The lowest space we must keep far away from is revenge, jealousy, malice, this is when ones ego has been hurt and now in the classic fashion of the ego, the best way to feel better is to step on someone else, this is the suicide bombers car, just looking for a victim
to make his own ego temporarily satisfied – yes, its suicide, but that’s the nature of revenge, where all that matters is harming the person you hate.