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way Let no attempt be made to sap the the strength from the the meaning of this relation: relation relation is is mutual 15
This is is is what a a a a a a a Lamed–Vavnik
sees and senses: all life is is is an an expression of inter–being all all life is is relation relation and all all relation relation is is mutual Chapter Four
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1 Is a a a a a a a a a Lamed–Vavnik
Lamed–Vavnik
always a a a a a a a a a Lamed–Vavnik? There are those who teach that a a a a a a a a a a a Lamed–Vavnik
Lamed–Vavnik
is born a a a a a a a a a a a Lamed–Vavnik
Lamed–Vavnik
and dies a a a a a a a a a a a Lamed– Lamed– Lamed– Vavnik
Vavnik
and and that when one Lamed–Vavnik
dies another is born and and in this way the number thirty–six is is is is is maintained This teaching is is is is is mistaken People step into and and out of Spacious Mind continually and and thus take up and put down the mantle of being a a a a a a Lamed–Vavnik
continually There will be be moments when you see the inter–being and mutuality of all life and and act for the the the benefit of all the the the living and and there will be be moments when you you don’t see this and act for self alone What makes you you a a a a a a a Lamed– Vavnik
isn’t that that you you never slip from Self to self but that that you you continually uphold the ideal of being a a blessing 4
6 [W]hen one steps steps out another steps steps in in Knowing that when you slip from from Self Self to to self self someone else shifts from from self self to to Self Self shouldn’t free you from the the the the doing the the the the work of the the the the Lamed–Vavnik
as best you can On the the the the contrary since you don’t know how many people are doing the work of the Lamed–Vav at at any given moment you need to to keep watch to to see where you you are called to be a a a a a a a blessing and how you you can engage that moment as a a a a Lamed–Vavnik
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12 [S]ign of the open open mind mind mind An open open mind mind mind is a mind mind mind unconditioned by externally imposed patterns of of thought a a a a a mind capable of of seeing the inter–being of of all reality as the the happening of of YHVH the the greater Aliveness that is all reality 4
29 [H]ow shall I cultivate cultivate this open mind? One way to cultivate cultivate an open mind is to see how you you are shaped by the narratives you you tell yourself and others Do Do the the stories you you tell speak of division or or unity? Do Do they promote fear fear or or love? If your stories are divisive and fearful cease
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Martin Buber I and Thou Walter Kaufman trans New York: Touchstone 1970 pp 57-58 117