knowing vs. doing
exploring the difference between having knowledge and being able to act on it. the difference between reading a lot and being able to integrate and embody those learnings.
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knowing vs. doing
Daily choice to live in God’s oneness, prioritizing embodied spiritual experience over detached knowledge as true redemption.
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But the Alter Rebbe says there, it's a choice every day to either embrace that God is one and start experiencing the world as his or not. So make that choice right now. What do you want? Which world do you want to live in? Because you could choose both. There's evidence for both. You can choose both. You're going to have to choose it.
And I remember
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The problem, as we all know, is the gap between what we know and what we do with what we know.
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1965 letter from artist Sol LeWitt to sculptor Eva Hesse on overcoming self doubt