Thursday, December 13, 2007

The Gnawing Yearning


Many evils exist in the world,
whose root is the great yearning, that is hidden deeply in the human psyche,
to be satiated from the light of wisdom and the perception of truth,
which is actually the light of G-d.
It is because the souls do not find the way that leads to the quenching of their inner thirst,
they become full of sickness and anger,
and at times they err and try to break their thirst with things that do not help at all,
rather they dull their feelings so that not to feel the hurt of their inner heart.
Fortunate is the one who lowers his shoulder to bear the yoke of seeking God and his power
and does not quiet his thirst with anything but the source of living water
God, the Lord of truth.

Rav Kook Pinkas Rishon Leyafo 8

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