The Spiritual Revolution of Rav Kook

“When one realizes that being totally perfect is unattainable, one can finally understand that one’s true greatness is found in the holy journey of constantly becoming just a little bit better.”

In this world, which includes infinite worlds, one must find the treasure chest of one’s life. Do not allow external things that come into your world to confuse you; they will not be absorbed correctly, and you will not be able to gather them into your unique life. Those external worlds will find what they need in order to reach perfection on their

This mysterious jealousy is the jealousy of God. Humans are jealous of God’s endless happiness and perfection. This jealousy causes knowledge to be twisted, the mind to be darkened, the intellect to be distorted, and the spirit to be angered. And when all efforts are unsuccessful in containing this rage, a person is driven to absolute denial of God

people who are excited to be immersed in mitzvot that are ethically centered (bein adam l’chavero), yet mitzvot that are God centered (bein adam la’Makom) and the holiness of faith may not be as strong inside them. In fact, that same natural strength in one’s soul that drives a person toward poetry and music is what motivates a person to be involve

There is a type of person whose spiritual essence is expressed by focusing and specializing on one thing at a time. The more such a person concentrates the mind, learning, understanding, and emotions in a specific way, the more complete and perfected this person will feel. However, there is another type of person whose spiritual essence is expresse

One should not be discouraged when one sees that one is not able to focus and specialize in one specific field. This is true whether one is not able to go into depth and develop one topic, one attitude, or one singular type of learning. Sometimes one has a unique personality trait that causes one to be attracted to reaching for the unknown, and uni

The belief that God is only relevant within religion has caused us to perceive the world in an extremely empty way. God must be evident within all of life and existence; and as a consequence, God will be experienced within all of life and existence. Religion is simply a way to train one’s actions, personality, and feelings . . . so that life and al

So too, there are people who have a natural desire for connecting to God through mitzvot that are directly focused on God (bein adam la’Makom), while they may not strongly desire to be involved in mitzvot that are directed toward ethics (bein adam l’chavero). Conversely, there are some

Each Person Is Called Upon in a Unique Way All people must understand that they are being called to serve in a way that is unique to their intellectual and emotional personalities, according to each person’s unique root soul.