Latest / Rabbi Benjy's Shiur / Garden of Knowledge 3
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- 0:01The Garden of knowledge. Shit.
- 0:02Number three, The holy prophet. You Shire Isaiah in chapter. 47
- 0:08tells the Jewish people your wisdom and your knowledge are
- 0:12the source of your troubles. Individuals who try to overthink
- 0:18things rationalize things. Categorize things in scientific
- 0:21terms and attempt. Therefore, to make sense of
- 0:23what's going on, often can drive themselves, literally crazy.
- 0:27However, when a person puts that their imminent before their
- 0:32intellect, then life is much happier.
- 0:37Remember remember, remember remember.
- 0:40A Mona. In this understanding is
- 0:44teaching us that everything that happens to you in life comes
- 0:48from Hashem. And consequently, it's all for
- 0:51the very best. Now at this point, we will pause
- 0:54for a moment just to acknowledge the fact that this concept that
- 0:58absolutely everything in our lives is directly from Hashem,
- 1:02is something that is debated in Jewish thinking, there are
- 1:06streams of thought to say. Obviously there is Divine
- 1:08Providence in the big scheme but on the detailed level, That's
- 1:13only true of Saudi Kim and then there are other opinions.
- 1:17And this particular text follows that stream of thought and what
- 1:21can see dick mystical stream of thought, that absolutely
- 1:24everything down to the leaf. That might fall off the tree in
- 1:28front of your foot or the fly. That's blowing around your head.
- 1:33The tiniest detail is directed from Hashem towards us.
- 1:37That's why this book is coming from the person.
- 1:42Person makes decisions without her Mana without recognizing the
- 1:46everything that happens. Them comes from a chef.
- 1:48And as, for the very best His chant chances of success are
- 1:53minimal. But being that one has a story
- 1:56of the Seven Beggars about the son of a king, which is all
- 2:01about an allegory about the neshama of the Jewish people
- 2:04that fell into the Trap of heresy or intellectualism.
- 2:09And even though the King's son had positive character traits,
- 2:13And he pondered correct himself whenever he realized how far his
- 2:17deeds had gone. He nevertheless returned to his
- 2:20evil habits every single time that his intellect, gained the
- 2:25upper hand. What would be knocking this
- 2:30teaching? Is that intellect without her?
- 2:31Mama is Gravely dangerous. The intellect, distorts the
- 2:36truth. So that the intellect is Tainted
- 2:39with subjectivity and self-interest.
- 2:42Someone who makes decisions without ammonia is subservient
- 2:44to his body and he lusts appetites, and habits all of
- 2:47which have nothing to do with truth.
- 2:50Obviously, it's addict someone who has worked on themselves.
- 2:54The highest level is to make sure that our bodily desires are
- 2:58in sync with on the shomron only want to serve Hashem but almost
- 3:02everybody on the planet there's that battle between the body and
- 3:06the soul of the intellect is not first tempered by a monarch who
- 3:10will lead a person to doubt and to heresy as it does in the
- 3:14story of Robin, almond teachers. Suppose says are some Irish
- 3:19passing is having a challenge in life, whether it's marriage or
- 3:23children or work problems with the neighbors.
- 3:26Without first applying Amana, the situation will deteriorate.
- 3:31Since his intellect will always show him that he is right and
- 3:34Justified without her money, he won't even consider the other
- 3:38side. Whether it's the other side.
- 3:40That's really correct. And he is wrong, will be prone
- 3:43to arguments from here. The road ahead, will be strewn
- 3:47with grief and stumbling blocks, why?
- 3:49Because he felt to observe the first law of creation to put
- 3:53Emina before the intellect. Swipe the prophecy Shire says
- 3:58your wisdom and your knowledge of the source of your troubles.
- 4:01Because you failed to place a minute before you started to
- 4:03think and therefore your troubles are getting worse The
- 4:07wise individual who plays his immunity, why is it's not about
- 4:12your intellect, why does about applying the principles of
- 4:15spiritual science? Which says Emina then interact.
- 4:19The wise individual who places a minute before his intellect,
- 4:22season every one of life's challenges, a message from
- 4:24Hashem, Such a person seems the good side in everything and is
- 4:29capable of understanding that the other person could be right
- 4:31as well by placing a mother, before the intellect individual
- 4:35enjoys a large measure of self composure and Israeli Hasty or
- 4:39superficial in the choices that he makes consequently.
- 4:42His decisions are so much better.
- 4:45All as a result of his hermana becoming coming before his
- 4:49intellect. Making a big ask in this safe
- 4:53live. We understand what we meant to
- 4:55do. We can you start the Journey to
- 4:56trying to make this part of how we behave my friends have a
- 4:59fantastic day.