Brain is nerve center to healthy living - make sure you use it - Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

so good day we're on page 144 in Tanya we're beginning chapter 52 but we must give a general uh recap of 51 to appreciate 52 in 51 the AL mentioned albeit briefly that there are three three stages to the souls impact on one's body and he gave those he he spoke about that to answer a basic philosophical question which is where is Hashem where is God so we know one statement of God is all over his presence fills all the all of the Earth on the other hand we say there's another rests in the K and the holy of holies so make up your mind seemingly the is Hashem Hashem is the so is he the and nowhere else or he's all over and if he's all over what does it mean specifically that the is the and to answer this question and the reason why that was the reason why he mentioned even that how does that how does that come into Tanya to the first section of Tanya when we're talking about a b it's because in chapter 35 he he brings the Yuka from the Z that the actual deed is the highest thing when you talk about actual deed it draws down the that's what it says in the Z that's from the Z that's not the AL that's the Z so once he mentions that he say says let's look at the Z more carefully what is the significance of drawing down the if God is all over that's the connection between chapter 35 and chapters 51 and 52 so in 51 he starts explaining and he says that to understand the to answer the question and to reconcile the concept of God being all over and God being in and the being specifically in the k k and the holy of holies he says we need to understand what is this God and what is this and what is the soul so he talks about the soul because the verse says from my flesh I perceive godliness so we we're alive we have a body and we have a soul in us so let's understand that that's that's why spends a lot of time on understanding the mechanism of the soul and the body because that verse instructs us if you want to you want to have a vision in God you want to understand God you want to understand hem it will be by understanding yourself your own flesh so that's why spends a lot of time on understanding what's going on with a person's body with their flesh and in the same vein tackles it briefly in chapter 51 and he says there's three aspects to the soul there's what we call the the essence of the Soul that's equal throughout and basically is not limited not contained by any part of the body because it's an ESS the essence of the soul is essence essence is non-divisible as I've explained in the past then there is a level of the animation of the limbs of the body the eyesight is in the Eye Ear hearing is in the ears chewing is in the in the mouth etc etc in other words that's already the way the soul animates the body in a way where the container The Vessel the eyes the ears Etc they dictate how much energy of the Soul they can handle and that's why for example if God forbid someone is blind Etc it's we call them a sag right sag means an abundance of light it's a play on words the person is blind what are we saying sag he has an abundance of light is it just a a nice riddle a nice joke no that the power of light is too much for the vessel for the eye and hence the person's blind s it's too much light and the container can't handle it therefore there's a shutdown a breakdown I.E blindness so what do we see that there is a mode of the's relationship with the body in which the body dictates how much of the soul I can handle or I can't handle this is the lowest level of the relationship between the soul and the body but yet it's a relationship and guess what in that relationship the energy of coming from the soul is as I said I use the word dictated by the body it's confined by the receptacle that's why it's the third level the lowest level so we have the highest Essence we have the lowest what do we have between between we have something called I spoke about it last year means means life means Essence but it doesn't say the essence of life it's already within the confines of life but it it retains the ENT quality that it's not constricted to to any part of the body yet any part of the body and how much energy should come from it to the body is already in in potentia in potenti so that's why it's not is such a pure Essence that it has no more of a connection to the eye and the ear and the nose and this and that than anyone else because it's outside of them one second yeah one second one second I give me means that there isn't a k yet right you only if there's no K yet it's the potential for Kaye now as soon as you accept that notion except as as soon as we start thinking it's the potential for a k you're already caught in the web of Kaye you see there is the actual formation of the eye and the ear and the different limbs that's hardcore Kaye then there is Kaye the way the Kaye isn't in in potentia in idea and that too is a already a very distant um phase from the essence from the now in chapter 51 the AL focused on point one and point three and he reconciled the question when we sayem is all over we're talking about the essence of the Soul God's all over the essence is all over the illuminary is all over there isn't a place where the illuminary is not as I spoke about in the last year but so that's that's that's that's the that justifies the verse God's pre God's is fills the world God's honor fills the Earth what about the verse that says that the isn't the that ref refers that refers to the second level which we're going to talk about today in chapter 52 so which is the brain and the brain is the nerve center but guess what it's already a nerve center for the body in other words the brain the the brain in the head which we we say we learn that that's where is the Abode of of the Soul someone someone please SM whoever SM is please mute yourself the the the brain Center the nerve center as much as it's brain and it controls but guess what it's a nerve center for the body so H it's not yet the body the nerve center is not the nose is not the eye but guess what it's the nerve center that has the I don't know you know the whatever you call them for the future body so the that's the nerve center for the is not God in God's Essence now this is the answer to the question refers to God's Essence God's Essence is all over in the is not God's Essence it's a very high level manifestation of God like the nerve center and that's and that's where the is so you know we make this big deal about the and it should be made a big deal but we have to know so you say about the him the holy of holies once a year yes it's very very special but guess what what's even greater is the average man on the average Street in a day in in a week day who acts like like in accordance with God can experience what's even greater the essence so it's interesting because in in we talk about youer the highest level this on and on and on that's all true within the discussion of the ner the ner the nerve center and forward not the nerve center and backwards the nerve center itself came from somewhere where did it come from and the answer is from the essence and that's not part of the discussion and that's the Al's answer to the question is God and it in his Essence all over is is the level of which it calls malus the level that dwells and rests and animates and it's a very great level but you must know that it's still a manifestation that is in a nutshell the answer to the question and now let's learn this inside but before that Yi did did I answer your your question whatever you wanted to say yes yes thank you okay everyone please look inside and just as in the soul of man the primary manifestation revelation of the overall energy that comes from the soul to animate the body it's in the in the brain the nerve center and later as a result of that all limbs all they receive is only light and power and lad you see how he says lad that's that means M that this is a a limitation a downgrade all they get all that they get is of a they don't get essence because T because their Source their father is not Essence their father is nerve center nerve center is not Essence so how do you expect they the limbs to be animated with Essence if they're if where they're coming from is not a place of essence that's what the AL says here fascina idea which illuminates them from the source of revelation of of the energy within the brain now on one hand delb is saying you should know that the energy of the eye and the ear and all the limbs the animation is only it's lad it's only an emanation but in the first line of chapter 52 he says Gil why does he use the word ier the primary Revelation and as said earlier just to clarify again since we used out we learned Al's words Gil the brain Center is the ier the brain Center the nerve center is the control for the airplane to fly you need a control a controller you can be a great pilot but if you don't have the navigation given to you by the control tower you have big problems you don't know who's coming you don't know who's going and you can end up going down now or not going to the right area staying on course the Nerf Center is the control center and it knows how much this Lim needs and how much this Lim needs and that's what it gives so that's why it's ier that's why it's primary so yes it's not Essence but within the realm of Revelation and animation it's the primary aspect versus the limbs are the low man on the totem pole they're just the recipient of K of energy so and class in our terms just to bring it out a little better in our world in our life people Jews we we have Rabon rabbis Scholars Reb whatever they are like the Nerf Center if they are truly one of those categories not if they pretend to be but they truly are one of those type of people they're the nerve center and they know how much energy this person needs and this sh needs and this needs and it reminds me of a personal story that I had years ago when I was in yiva and Los Angeles RAB sh we've mentioned his name Yi knows him rabar sh may be well he was our he's was our rashash and he was a a big and along with that came a very strong discipline and although we were 20 21 years old you know and we were sent by the re from Marist toown to Los Angeles to be older students so we had this feeling of entitlement because after all we are the the re even though you could learn much better than we can and we came here to hear your Torah but nevertheless the re sent us to inspire the young boys in the missa in the high school and speak on shabas and shoes and make programs of All Sorts so you know we felt we're also as the word is in Gish or whatever a I don't know if you ever heard of that word but it means a big shot a yam we also felt the sense of entitlement RAB shat is the type of Jew that you don't get much entitlement with him you know now he's an older man he's 80 but in his younger years when we were there 1981 it's more than 40 years he was a fire brand I think I told you once we all had we all set a pill you know either in gamorra oras every week another We There were 10 of us 10 so once I set a p in on the idea of malus royalty the 10 sphere the 10th SPH and I expressed myself in a way that he went Bonkers I said there is no real malus because malus the zor says it doesn't have any of its own light it's a reflection of the nine spheros so I expressed that idea saying there is no malus when he heard that he jumped out of a seat with rage and he went over to me picked me up by my collar in front of everybody he said I'll kill you and he said it with a lot of love but he meant it and years later after I married and I worked for him as a Masia for a while in the Yesa he said to me said to me I wish I would have such students like you today who I can pick up by the collar and say I'll kill you because you're saying heresy well that's the type of jul is you know very passionate very outspoken you know so but that's not what I wanted to tell you that I think I've told you before it's it's it's just it was a fantastic moment you know a fantastic moment and a growth moment those those times when you're you're younger are those growth moments in life you know the peak experience that they talk about it's those type of moments but anyway so uh Rabbi shat he he he he want he didn't want to cooperate with something that I wanted to do on behalf of of balaba in Los Angeles of you know was it was a Jew learning thing but he was against it so I had no choice when I came we would come back to New York every six months to a year every year you know so I asked the rebba secretary reab Klein who was also the Secretary of RAB khov the Reb's most right-hand secretary I'd like to speak to him because he was kind of the one who you know uh you know was in charge of us going out to the Yeshiva onas and I went into him and and I said I have a complaint it happens to be that his nephew and I said I have a complaint about our rashash Shiva he said yes what is it so I said we we want to do this it's for the better betterment of the community it's a Torah project and he doesn't let he says we didn't come here to do things for balaba we came here to learn sit and learn soov took out him his little drawer I think he he was always you know quote and he quoted from the and then he said told me like this you know he said I think in the name of the previous Reb that he heard it from the previous Reb you know when an army like you know now is on the front they're they're protecting uh a border and they're all stationed there and one of the soldiers realizes that further down there's another opening and the enemy is about to infiltrate so he leaves his position here and he goes there to protect that area and because he lives his position here it allows the enemy to be able to to infiltrate where he was and said to me it's the same thing with you guys you you you him you think and you see one part of the picture that there's an opening over there and therefore do this program teach TI up good thing but you don't realize that by doing that you're allowing a breach at the border where you were and he says you're rashash rashash Shiva sees the big picture you see just a narrow picture that was the end of the conversation I'm saying he were learning in Tanya the nerve center sees the big picture it sees how much energy the nose needs and the mouth needs and the eyes need and the ear needs it sees all that the vessel each particular limb doesn't see that all it sees is I'm an eye and I want to see I'm an ear and I want to hear so give it to me I'm not interested about the eye the ear says I'm not interested about the eye and the eye is not interested about the ear each one is hogging the energy for itself metaphorically speaking you all understand that right but that's the way the bra the brain works the brain does see the larger picture and the Brain Hashem made the brain such a miraculous thing it understands how much it needs that's what the AL is say over here in Tanya that that middle phase between Essence and and the limbs is key that's why in the first line of of of of of the CH of the chapter 52 says the the primary Revelation manifestation of the soul is in in the in the nerve center okay I think that this is a a good explanation to understand and kind of um you know bring this down more to Earth at least this part now let's go on as far as the moral is concerned is the primary revelation of overall energy to enliven the world and the cre creatures that are within the worlds are invested and Incorporated in the will and wisdom and comprehens and understanding God Almighty that's encapsulated in one word called the brain over there is the primary source and they they are invested in the study of Torah in the torist in and its mitv and when this overall animation is revealed and drawn and given it becomes to it becomes no it becomes the source of energy that the worlds receive everyone in their individual capacity the energy that they receive are similar to the comparison of light that extends itself from the from the Sun and the power of the limbs of the body from the brain as we mentioned earlier so is saying that the nerve center is the seat and the and the and the body each individual Place receives from there it's animation so this idea this Source in we have a term is it's for the world Galia of Gil Revelation the world of Revelation three things Al one which is a level going to talk about it tomorrow a fourth thing the all of these things lower mother V are all within the world of Revelation they are all kind of the limbs of the world so since this needs explanation I'm going to explain it tomorrow not now cuz it's a it's a new a new idea new a new idea in the sense of we didn't have it before in Tanya so I want to you know spend a few minutes on it tomorrow to clarify it better but the the trajectory of the chapter the H is very important so once Del has set the tone that the difference between the nerve center and the limbs he goes on to talk about the world of the limbs the world of of that we live in in a sense what's going on here where are we getting our animation for from and he start and he mentioned said these four things and we'll talk about it tomorrow everyone have a great day be we'll see you all tomorrow byebye you're welcome shalom