Rebellious love.
When a child feels the love of their parents, they feel the confidence to do as they please or rebel against them. When the parent gets upset or distances themselves from them, they then no longer want to rebel, their hidden love coming out into the open, crying out when they can not reach their parent.
So too, spirituality, ("ki nar Yisrael ve'ogavehu," "Yisrael is my child whom I love") when our minds are relate to the divine in a childish, unthinking way, "katnus ha'sechel," our natural love to the creator is in a hidden state. However, when we are distanced from that relationship, do not feel divine involvement ("ve'halachti itchem be'keri...,") feeling distanced from our father in heaven, then we recogniz ethe hidden love in our hearts ("ahava misoteres".)
There's another way to feel this, however. If we do not approach this relationship as an impulsive child but as a thoughtful adult, "mochin de'gadlus," we can feel the proper reciprocal love and listen and act properly according to the loving guidance from above ("shma bni musar avicha...").
Ohr Hatorah Va'era
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