Light of the Infinite: Transformation in the Desert of Darkness

Joseph B. Soloveitchik teaches in The Lonely Man of Faith, “‘I will speak that I may find relief’; for there is a redemptive quality for an agitated mind in the spoken word, and a tormented soul finds peace in confessing.”

what the Lubavitcher Rebbe said so beautifully, “You already belong. You are already holy. You are already loved. Now you too must love, and by loving, help others feel that they also belong.”

the Knower, and the Known (as Rambam refers to Hashem), one can trust that all is for the ultimate good and live peacefully and without worry.

Balancing judgment with mercy, finding the sweet spot of harmony in ourselves and others is the way we can tap into the ultimate good, the Hidden Light, and bring that light, bit by bit, into this world of concealment, being a force of revelation and helping to usher in the final redemption.

How much more important it is for each of us to try and stay in a space of faith, trust, and joy, so that we don’t bring negativity into our own lives.

Hashem’s main purpose in the creation of the world is chesed, but without gevurah, we would be robots or slaves. The relationship we have is not that of master and slave; it is of a parent and a child. We are meant, by our own free will, to serve the Holy One, much like a child who wants to give to or help their parents. Imagine a parent carrying a

The Talmud teaches that a person is led down the path that he chooses to follow.1 If we believe everything is for the good, then reality becomes good for us, but if a person only sees “bad,” then they are treated accordingly with this lack of emunah (faith), resulting in “bad” manifesting more and more.

It is only when we act with the intent to unify ourselves with Divine consciousness that we can unify the animal and Godly souls within ourselves.

we realize that at any given moment we have the power for bad or the power for good, then we can begin to be present, let go of the weight of our past decisions and choose good, choose positivity in the very moment in which we find ourselves.