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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.

Baal Shem Tov

The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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Manifestation Men Revelation
A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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Clean Guilty May
Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
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Manifestation Name Pleasure
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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Capacity Should Understanding
Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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Bars Light Wall
From every human being there rises a light.
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Being There Humans Light
Mind is the foundation of man.
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Foundation Man Mind
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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Imperfection Men Mirrors
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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Father Son Taken
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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Accomplishment Common Understanding
Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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Believe Creation Prayer
Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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Loses Losing Yourself
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Why? Because every human being has a root in the Unity, and to reject the minutest particle of the Unity is to reject it all.
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Neighbor Roots Unity
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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Mean Opportunity People
Everything above and below is one unity.
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Above Below Unity
Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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Curriculum Self Esteem Unique

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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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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