"That which is hateful to you, do not do to others. The rest is commentary." - Hillel the Elder// "You may polish up commonsense, you may contradict [it] in detail, and you may surprise it. But ultimately your whole task is to satisfy it." – Alfred North Whitehead// "A moral axiom is an experiential truth. To deduce from a moral axiom is to silence other human experiences." - me
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Discovering G-d
After years of trying to figure out how to teach the experience of finding G-d (as I have tried to teach the steps of intuitive thinking etc), I have realized one step that works for those who would like to have G-d but are too angry to find such: Forgive people - self and significant others [parent; sibling; spouse; friend] - and at least begin by forgiving humanity in general including oneself and others in general.
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I completely agree. When you forgive someone, you are actually removing an issue that is causing you anger, so the process actually liberates you, which enables you to see the good in life. Once you appreciate the good in life, you make room for being able to accept that there is a God that created this world.
A powerful thought, and related to the idea put foward here by Rav Kook:
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האדם הכואב תמיד על עונותיו ועונות העולם, צריך הוא תמיד למחול ולסלח לעצמו ולעולם כולו, ובזה הוא ממשיך סליחה ואור חסד על ההויה כולה, ומשמח את המקום ומשמח את הבריות. ובתחילה צריך למחול לעצמו, ואחר כך הוא ממשיך מחילה כללית על הכל, וכל הקרוב קרוב קודם, על ענפי שרשיו מצד הנשמה, ועל משפחתו, אוהביו, דורו, אומתו, עולמו, וכל העולמים...ומתגלה כל הטוב הגנוז בכל, ובא לברכת אברהם, שאין דור שאין בו כמותו.
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