Saturday, August 11, 2012

God : World :: Soul : Body - Brakhot 10

"Just as the Holy One, blessed be He, fills the whole world, so the soul fills the body. Just as the Holy One, blessed be He, sees, but is not seen, so the soul sees but is not itself seen. Just as the Holy One, blessed be He, feeds the whole world, so the soul feeds the whole body. Just as the Holy One, blessed be He, is pure, so the soul is pure. Just as the Holy One, blessed be He, abides in the innermost precincts, so the soul abides in the innermost precincts."

I just thought this was really beautiful. It's also a great way of affirming the distance of God. It's not that God is so far away that we can't feel God - its that God is so far in everything.

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