In today’s Tanya, the Alter Rebbe, explains that in order for us to merit spiritual ‘gifts’ from Above, we must do our inner work, as a necessary foundation.
“A man’s soul is stimulated from above only in response to the spiritual service that he initiates here below. Even an effusion of Divine benevolence that comes exclusively from above, and can neither be brought into being or drawn down by man’s service alone, also awaits a previous arousal from below.”
What the Alter Rebbe is explaining here is that everything that comes to us from above is really created from us here bellow. If we live our lives down here guarding our thoughts, our speech and our actions Filling our lives with love and kindness this is what we are going to elicit from H”S.
We are the architects of our lives. So every time you are tempted to go the other way, just think about this.
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