The Heart Understands

The Heart Understands  

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Allegories

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The things that really matter
Are hidden from view...
Only the heart understands.

05-Compass In The Midst of The Sea

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Compass In The Midst of The Sea

Michael Laitman

A person with the point in the heart

Is like a ship in the ocean.

He does not know where to turn,

There are no landmarks.

Only when he connects

With the friends

It is like a compass,

That shows him in what direction

He should advance.

06-One Love

One Love

Rabash

Through the wearing out of the hearts, 

Even of the strongest ones,
Each will bring out warmth
From the walls of his heart,

And the warmth will ignite
The sparks of love
Until a clothing of love Will form.

Then, both of them will be covered
Under one blanket, Meaning a single love Will surround and envelop the two of them,

As it is known that Dvekut [adhesion]
Unites two into one.

07-The Fire of Love

The Fire of Love

Rabash

Each gift that he gives to his friend

Is like a bullet
That makes a hollow in the stone.
And although the first bullet Only scratches the stone,
When the second bullet hits the same place,
It already makes a notch,
And the third one makes a dent.

And through the bullets that he shoots repeatedly,
The dent becomes a hollow in his friend’s heart of stone,
Where all the presents gather.
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And each gift becomes a spark of love

Until all the sparks of love accumulate
In the hollow of the stony heart
And become a flame.

The difference between a spark and a flame is
That where there is love,
There is open disclosure,
Meaning a disclosure to all the peoples
That the fire of love is burning in him.
And the fire of love
Burns all the transgressions one meets
Along the way.

09-Who Am I?

?Who Am I

Baal Hasulam

I feel and I know

That I take up space

In the world

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And that I am solid

And warm

And that I think

And other such manifestations

Of the operations of my essence

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But if you ask me

About my own essence

From which all these manifestations stem

.I do not know what to reply to you  

10-Freedom of Will

Freedom of Will

Baal Hasulam

I sit, I dress,
I speak, and I eat.

I do all these
Not because I want to sit that way,
or talk that way,
or dress that way,
or eat that way, But because others
Want me to sit,
Dress, talk, and eat
That way.

It all follows
The desire and fancy of society,
Not my own free will.

Furthermore, 

In most cases,
I do all these against my will.
For I would be a lot more comfortable
Behaving simply,
Without any burden.

But I am chained
With iron shackles,
In all my movements,
To the fancies and manners
of others,
Which make up the society.

So you tell me,

Where is my freedom of will?

12-To Be Free

To Be Free

Michael Laitman

We, in this world,

Have absolutely no freedom at all

Only when one comes out of this matter

And begins to feel the forces

That work on his nature

On our world

Then, by these forces

One already has a choice,

To guide his life

And be free.