tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post7043142210249176472..comments2024-01-25T09:26:15.915-05:00Comments on Dixie Yid: Moshe & Rebbe Nachman - Remembering the Purpose of LifeDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-79476681208108076582008-10-06T21:39:00.000-04:002008-10-06T21:39:00.000-04:00Menashe,No argument regarding shying away from the...Menashe,<BR/><BR/>No argument regarding shying away from the physical in general.<BR/><BR/>But as the the Ramchal says in Derech Hashem & Mesillas Yesharim, Deveikus is the point. Though one achieves that by making one's life a Dira B'tachtonim. When I make myself a merkava to as great an extent as possible, a kli of Ratzon Hashem & hashro'as hashechina, i.e. Dira B'tachtonim, that's one and the same with Deveikus. How can you have one without the other? <BR/><BR/>You might say one could just do ratzon hashem without having a spiritual mindset or actually think of G-d, but this wouldn't really be a full Dira b'tachtonim if you aren't doing it 100% b/c of Hashem. Right?<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-15258782959362504582008-10-06T21:33:00.000-04:002008-10-06T21:33:00.000-04:00Interestingly enough, almost all of the chassidus ...Interestingly enough, almost all of the chassidus chabad I have learned has drilled into me that the point of avodah is not dveikus in itself but in being mkayim the ratzon haelyon davka by making a dira <B>btachtonim</B> down here in the lower worlds. Even if this means that we fail to grow spiritually. That this results in growing spiritually is the likely consequence but not the point..in fact a preparation for this avodah is shying away from the physical (ie. chinuch, yeshiva and kollel largely separated from tzarchei gashmius) but the climax is the stage that comes after this.Menashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593117409267020021noreply@blogger.com