tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post5162968226611428084..comments2024-01-25T09:26:15.915-05:00Comments on Dixie Yid: Which Is First? Self Nulification or Self Knowledge?DixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-57629992633229771472008-05-15T07:32:00.000-04:002008-05-15T07:32:00.000-04:00Spiritual Adventurer, What you said about knowing ...Spiritual Adventurer, <BR/><BR/>What you said about knowing your own kochos is so true. A person can't use his kochos to serve Hashem, nor can he strategize to overcome his deficiencies if he has not even spent the time to think about what those kochos and deficiencies really are!<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-44756330890585823042008-05-14T23:59:00.000-04:002008-05-14T23:59:00.000-04:00Well said Dixie Yid!I would like to expand this a ...Well said Dixie Yid!<BR/><BR/>I would like to expand this a bit.<BR/><BR/>When Hashem says to Moshe Ekya asher ekya, chazal understand this as the transition of an undifferentiated infinite world to one that has, from our vantage point, many pratim to a once again unified whole encompassing that from the previous stages. <BR/><BR/>As we know one who grows to a new madreiga does not lose the understanding of the previous madreiga he transcends. <BR/><BR/>Just like we are taught by yetzias mitzrayim that Hashem takes us out and shows us how to return through the makos and neisim then give us the opportunity to grow ourselves, We see this phenomena ingrained in the brios in our personal lives as a child growing through adulthood and raising our own and the collective growth of clal Yisrael. <BR/><BR/>In learning we constantly ask ourself, self? where am I? what is the starting point? of this gemora? of this case? in my life? <BR/><BR/>Just like hakadosh baruch hu asked Adam, ayeka!<BR/><BR/>I can only begin to grow when I know where I am with all my Kochos, tools, personal baggage, hang ups, deficiency's, opportunities for growth, in relation my nature, nurture, my parents and what they knew to raise me, the culture, experiences of the clal. <BR/>I can look at the beauty of this and how Hashem designed this for me, to be aware, present, and to grow.<BR/><BR/>I thought of a mushel today: When I walk with my 2 feet along the way, if one of my legs become injured I will brace it, hold it close to me give it comfort and listen to what it is telling me and in the process I may end up turning right or left like when my alignment goes in my car, if it's severe enough I could end up walking around in circles until I become present, (this to is a chesed) and pick up right where I left off but with the knowledge of being stuck in the circle. <BR/><BR/>Please Hashem give us the koach, clarity, presence, support, tools to know where we stand, to know where to go and to sing and dance our way home!<BR/><BR/>Spiritual AdventurerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com