Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
BAAL SHEM TOVYour fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering – you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
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Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering – you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
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Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
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As man acts, God reacts.
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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
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People should allow themselves the opportunity to really know what the unity of God means. To grasp a part of the nondivisible union is to grasp the whole.
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The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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The world is full of wonders and miracles but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing.
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Everything above and below is one unity.
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