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Tanya class 2 - Self awareness = G-d awareness, every detail has a purpose and is aligned with love

Tanya class 2 - Self awareness = G-d awareness, every detail has a purpose and is aligned with love

FromChassidus, through the eyes of a psychotherapist


Tanya class 2 - Self awareness = G-d awareness, every detail has a purpose and is aligned with love

FromChassidus, through the eyes of a psychotherapist

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50 minutes
Released:
Dec 23, 2021
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The world is constantly being recreated every moment.
Everything that exists, exists within G-d, there is no thing outside of Him, we are within Him as if we are a thought in His head.
G-d is not bound by space, matter, and time.
G-ds self-awareness is absolute, He knows the tiny worm in the sea and the mosquito in the center of the earth all by knowing Himself, He truly knows each and every one of us more than we know ourselves.
G-d knowledge is infinite and perfect, His emotions are aligned with this knowledge.
He guides everything towards its purpose with love.
Likkutei Diburim volume 1, chapter 4a section 3
The concept of hasgacha protis, Divine providence, as it is explained by the Baal Shem Tov, is well known: even a wisp of straw or a leaf are governed by Divine ruling that determines how many times they are to be turned about and where they will come to.
The Baal Shem Tov teaches that the Holy One, blessed be He, arranges sets of circumstances of various kinds in order to implement the Divine providence that governs a minute creation This goes even as far as a fallen leaf that has been rolling about since last year in some back yard or other, or a bit of straw from a stalk which someone used when thatching a cottage roof a few years ago, and now travels from one place to another. To accomplish this, a storm wind breaks out shaking heaven and earth in the middle of a warm and sunny day etc.
The Baal Shem Tov explains that every single created thing has its own worth Above, each according to its essence. That which is domem (still life) is different to that which is tzome’ach (plant life), and this in turn is different to that which is chai (animal kingdom) which is further different than medaber(speakers- human). And within the realm of medaber, the people of Israel are ‘the people close to Him’. Even with such a hierarchy, Divine providence applies even to the minutest detail. The Baal Shem Tov concludes by saying that the degree to which Divine providence applies to ‘the people close to Him’ cannot even be imagined. For if a question as petty as whether the straw or the leaf will remain in their present place or be moved elsewhere is determined by Divine providence, then how much more so with regard to that which affects any one of His people. The Divine providence that determines movement in a Jew’s life transcends our understanding.
Released:
Dec 23, 2021
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Podcast episode

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“To open hearts, to see and know what one sees, this is the point of Chassidus…” Devori Nussbaum is a psychotherapist and lover of the teachings of Chassidus. Email your questions, topics you'd like covered, or to sponsor an episode Devorinussbaum@gmail.com