Everything above and below is one unity.
BAAL SHEM TOVFear builds walls to bar the light.
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Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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He who is full of joy is full of love.
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If the Bible didn’t show us the weaknesses, the vulnerabilities, the sins of our heroes, we might have deep questions about their true virtue.
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The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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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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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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We should learn and reflect to the best of our capacity, but when we reach a point where we are unable to make sense of life, we should supplant faith for understanding, and reflect again on what we do know.
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If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn his own guilt and repent; for what is shown to him is also within him.
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Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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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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The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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From every human being there rises a light.
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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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Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.
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