Continuing with the theme of the ten soul powers, we learn about the importance of bringing Chochmah (wisdom) and Binah (understanding) into one’s being in order to arouse a fear – and then a love – of God.
Ultimately we are striving to develop such a love of God that it becomes rapturous – Kalot HaNefesh. The love we need to feel for God is such that we are ready to expire into Godliness itself. But still, we hold ourselves back from expiring into ecstasy because we realise that our lives here are about serving God through the physical things of this world and not through simply meditating into a state of spiritual bliss.
We are using the Lessons in Tanya produced by Kehot Publication Society and made available online through www.chabad.org. Viewers have the opportunity to see the text and take part in the actual lesson by seeing the words for themselves!
