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YOUR illusion of choice | Ten Minutes of Meaning | Tanya #29

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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  1. 0:31layers of the divine soul, the godly soul, the godliness that is inside each and every…
  2. 2:02consequence. The animal just says drive. The animal wants to eat. It doesn't say, "Do I…
  3. 3:35true even for thoughts. Our thoughts can be elevated or our thoughts can bring us down.…
  4. 5:11highlights this and points this out. We mentioned it last week. We alluded to it. Ordinarily…
  5. 6:44forbidden. Is it a mitzvah? We justify it. We rationalize it. We convince ourselves of it.…
  6. 8:17you can eat a donut out of ego or out of elocus. Let's start with the…
  7. 9:49not the side of holiness. In other words, on the most basic level, there are two…
  8. 11:20side of godliness says, "No, God is here. He's there. He's everywhere. God is in everything.…
  9. 12:53this other side says there's infinite and there's eternal, but the here and now is pretty…
  10. 14:24about to purchase something. I'm about to share something. I'm about to do something. to ask…

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