FulfillmentFascinated by the classification of different worlds and the ten basic attributes of a human soul, I asked, "How does a Hasid become fulfilled?" "The question is how does a Jew become fulfilled. Hasidism is only a tool. A Jew becomes fulfilled by observing God’s commandments," he underscored. "So, in fulfilling God’s commandments, what happens?" I asked. "Then you raise your spiritual state and, more importantly, the spiritual state of the world," he said quietly. "How does that work? When your spiritual state goes up, how does the spiritual state of the world also go up?" "When you do a mitzvah, when you do God’s command, you bring holiness into the world. For example, if you take food and eat it, the strength and energy you get from eating a piece of meat, for instance, gives you energy for a higher purpose. You have elevated that meat to a higher level of existence. There are four levels of existence — there are dormant things, growing things, living things, and human beings. So, each level is dependent on the level below it for its existence. The fourth level is mankind. We call mankind the communicator," he added. |
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