B"H
Chapter: Shouldering No Responsibility
Think before you do, and be sure it's true. Presently under
investigation is the issue whether I should feel obligated to fulfi l l
the mitzvah of Tefilin, or whether if the adherence to ritual and
tradition can be supplanted with an intellectual pursuit. Under
introspective lenses, I herein contemplate w hat it feels like to
become religious, having growing up as a renegade against
cultural co mpulsion: Governmental authority, religious authority,
the entrepreneurial authority, and family authority . Let me ask
thusly, if our prayer obligations can be fulfilled on the level of
rabbinic decree, can one's own choice of words, trained to One
Almighty accomplish the Torah obligation ? What is the reason that
both are correct? We have so little reason to feel good that when
it's proper and fulfilling, and everything associated with the
opportunity to express love is such a happy opportunity , it should
be considered to one's merit that he or she accusto m themselves to
thus behaving.
Is it obligatory participate in prayer, to join a congregation for
prayer services, to yield to a superior force obliging us to put on
tefilin, daily at an early ho ur of the morning in order to be
considered an observant Jewish man , to be accepted amongst the
me mbers of the congregation of Israel! Would anybody refusing
to accept that standard be guilty for not doing so, and even though
so many others may act similar ly, is that an excuse for such
behavior as pertains to me? Question number two is whether by
adhering to the cultural stricture there is a variable that changes
the internal expanse within my soul essence. Were that I'll
experience the influx of spiritual love, or the physiology of my
brain more adapt to shluff (drag) through my days of existence as
I meander across the desert of loneliness . Could should would
mobilize the investment of energy? I, for one, have experienced
both viewpoints first hand and am making this text in real time as
I heighten my concentration to a vector in timeless energy that
contains the spirit within, as eternal light.
While we're on the subject, this fourth birthday of my twin
grandchildren and loyal companions. I took up the responsibility
of cleaning their porch (dirty details spared) and created a shelter
from the pigeons takin up residence thereupon. Accepted the offer
to lunch with my other fa mily of grandchildren, and have
freshened up after a haircut. The deep thought myths portray a
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