Din sees everything as it is. Standing alone. Superficially. It doesn't examine the inner workings of a person to determine what may be the obstacles to better performance. Whatever is on the table is what is seen, and is where the demands are made. This is symbolized by the תרועה, a string of many separate sounds. It is akin to a gathering of actions that are disconnected, and are not focused on any one goal. These are external behaviors which reflect the person's immersion within the physical world. Each action having is's own restraints. Each action driven by another lust driving the person. Each one to satisfy another craving. Separatedness is a result of superficiality. It lacks an inner purpose and a pure drive that would offer a central purpose.
What must we do? To seek out the root of all actions, to reveal the machinery that drives all behaviors. That is the good desires that lie at the root of all our ambitions and that move us to act. This is the תקיעה, an act of gathering everything together. In the desert the blowing of the trumpets was a sign to gather the entire camp. It symbolizes a union of all behaviors for one inner purpose. This is entry into the inner recesses of our lives.
We demonstrate that even though superficially our actions seem separate, in reality they all emanate from the same source. Within our hearts we have one will, it just gets lost in translation and manifests itself in myriad, mutually contradictory, behaviors. We don't truly have conflicting will within, nor do our wrong doings have roots in our hearts. All the evil is a byproduct of our inability to see our true will. It is so faint and difficult to see that we begin to believe that we want to do those things that are wrong. In truth, we have no desire for them, they are born of mistaken self-understanding.
What must we do? To seek out the root of all actions, to reveal the machinery that drives all behaviors. That is the good desires that lie at the root of all our ambitions and that move us to act. This is the תקיעה, an act of gathering everything together. In the desert the blowing of the trumpets was a sign to gather the entire camp. It symbolizes a union of all behaviors for one inner purpose. This is entry into the inner recesses of our lives.
We demonstrate that even though superficially our actions seem separate, in reality they all emanate from the same source. Within our hearts we have one will, it just gets lost in translation and manifests itself in myriad, mutually contradictory, behaviors. We don't truly have conflicting will within, nor do our wrong doings have roots in our hearts. All the evil is a byproduct of our inability to see our true will. It is so faint and difficult to see that we begin to believe that we want to do those things that are wrong. In truth, we have no desire for them, they are born of mistaken self-understanding.
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