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Paltiel 20 Cheshvan 5775
Page 72(13)
At
about middle of the page –
(line
begins: 'mayhakodem...') For text see below.
The level of
sechel/mind is always debatable. By contrast the student takes as
absolute the word of his mentor/mashpia.
This is because this
word/sechel is drawn directly from his soul, which is absolute.
For this reason the
mentor has to limit his sechel so it can be presented. Without the
limit, there is 'no question' and it is beyond presentation.
Think of a person who
sees living a Torah life as burdensome. The Torah mentor says to
him, “we are celebrating life instead of celebrating body and
bodily experience. We celebrate life! This is an encapsulation of
the whole principle of Godliness in the world. This is a minute
encapsulation.”
He is able to point
out to the student that life if superior to body. And the student
may concur and say, 'without life the body wouldn't last'. But life
is beyond this. Life is more precious than body. The value of
life is not your experience through the body. It is life per se.
The mashpia connects
the student back to the truth. And this is the only thing that is
real.
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