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We began yesterday chapter five in which
the BI discusses the foolishness as I'll
call it today of yelling at the hand
that slaps you, the rod that hits you
and not realizing that everything of
course is coming from above. God
standing there holding the strings of
the puppets, pulling the strings and
allowing everything to happen.
The BI continues on page number 12 to
read some of his incredible words.
When a person who has been harmed seeks
strategies
and he wants to get back at the person
that hurt him
and he doesn't stop for a moment to
think,
what am I doing? I'm running after the
guy who hurt me. I'm trying this. Why?
Stop for a moment. This came from God.
This is comparable.
This is like a person who's hit by a
stick and he finds that stick and he
picks up the stick and he starts
screaming at the stick and yelling at
the stick. What are you doing, you fool?
You go to the person that hurt you. What
are you screaming at the stick for?
There's no greater foolishness than
this. The Bley just called all of us
fools. And that's who we are. And we
have to look in the mirror and realize
that the way that we act is nothing
short of foolish. And that when we think
about it for a moment, what I'm getting
upset at my boss because he took away
one of my remotes. What? I'm getting sad
at a spouse because they asked me to
make an extra step. I'm getting upset at
this and that. what am I doing? We have
to realize that it's all coming from a
higher source. And with this in note
number 17, this is a beautiful
explanation that the uses why we're not
allowed to take revenge, why we're not
allowed to bear a grudge because it
makes no sense. What am I bearing a
grudge for? What am I taking revenge
for? It's foolish, says the Basy. What
are we doing? It's almost as if we're
thinking that that person I have to get
back at him and without him I would not
have gotten into this situation. Well,
that's completely and utterly ridiculous
because that's denying the fact that
Hashem determined this to happen. And he
continues in note number 17 quoting
dishes that writes the opposite the very
high and lofty level that when something
negative when something bad happens to
us in a small way we should rejoice and
we should realize why was I just ashamed
why was I embarrassed why did I just
have this negative situation happen to
me hashem is punishing me and rejoice
over the fact that it's small in those
cases in which it's insignificant and of
course it's greater punishment than
what's coming in the world to come. And
he continues in note G on the bottom
over here and he says an absolutely
incredible explanation from the and we
could see how far it goes, how sadikim
could live on such a level that when
they're talking to another person, they
completely realize that that person is
merely that puppet in the hand of God.
And it's a famous story we just finished
purm and Esther when she's asked from
who is the one that wants to harm you
and she says this evil man and she
points to and we all know that the med
says that really she wanted to point to
and she wanted to say that you are the
one harming me. The question is the
medish is beautiful but think about this
for a moment. What is she insane? She
knows she's talking to She knows that
Akash is the one with the ability to
determine the yes, the no. And she had a
thought to say,
"You're the one causing the harm." And
only the Malik, the came along and
pushed her hand. And she said, "H
explains the Mauy." And with this idea,
we could understand this so beautifully.
Esther Amala on the level that she was
at, she realized, yes, I'm having a
conversation with the king. It's true
the man in front of me that's talking is
a but he is just an actor on stage. He
is merely that puppet and therefore yes,
I could even say directly to him, you
are the one causing the harm. There's
nothing to be afraid of because God is
up there and he's pulling those strings
and if he determines it should end up
favorably, it will end favorably. And if
not not, what's there to be concerned
of? A very high and lofty level. But
hopefully the more we think about it,
the more we try to inculcate it, the
more we'll realize that indeed it's
nothing less than foolishness to get
upset, to bear a grudge, and to take
revenge against the person that did it
towards us, and rather to realize it all
came from a much higher source.
