Chasidus discusses the importance of keeping the “light” of CHOCHMAH within the “palace” of BINAH.
Ever since you were a young child you wanted to become a doctor. You were fascinated by the taught, you could not stop imagining how great it must feel to spend years of studying the science of medicine, to know that you are empowering yourself to help other people.
You finally make it into medical school. The first few days are great, as exciting as you expected if not more thrilling. But after a while the excitement wears off and you are struggling to assimilate all of the details. The thrill is gone you are left spending your time on details that fail to inspire you. You wonder "why did I ever get into this in the first palce? what was I thinking?"
What has happened is that you left the realm of CHOCMOH, the general idea with all the “light” and excitement that comes along with it, and you moved in to the realm of BINAH, where the focus is on breaking down the general idea and understanding the various details.
To live a meaningful life you must have both Chochmoh and Binah. Even more fulfilling is to have them both simultaneously, being able to maintain the “light” and power of the general idea while immersing and focusing on the details.
My biggest challenge is the following: after someone is finally excited about learning, after they are excepting to hear life changing words, I sit down with him and begin to tell him details. What to do if two people are fighting over a gourmet.
I must bring the “Light” to the details, if I can feel that every word is the word of Hashem, the way I speak will be different, the words will shine. It will be evident that these words are part of a whole. These words are a detailed expression of the true essence, the source of all happiness and the source of all of life.
If I can have experience the “point” of Chochmoh in my own life, in my own learning, then it will express itself in the Binah, in the details.
And let’s not forget, the “Light” is irresistible.
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You remind me of a video of Itche the Masmid farbrenging in America and how he dances with everyone. You see he's alive. I think that's what your point is. To be alive. Because in order to be alive you must enjoy the details, for inspiration can hardly last a lifetime.
How do you enjoy the details? Even a detail oriented person who loves details will be missing the “general light” of CHOCHMOH. It is an art to be able to have “NEKUDAH B’HEY’CHO’LOH” CHOCHMOH and BINAH simultaneously.
Anyone who masters this art will have a great, meaningful and enthusiastic life.
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