Today’s Heavenward Gaze -1447 – Staring at God

Today’s Heavenward Gaze -1447 – Staring at God

 

Here is the sentence from Tanya (Chapter 42—about contemplations to arouse יראת שמים-constant awareness and awe of God) referenced in the voice note to say as a mantra, to learn by heart, to use as a lens through which to see every day life.

אֶלָּא הָעִיקָּר הוּא הַהֶרְגֵּל, לְהַרְגִּיל דַּעְתּוֹ וּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ תָּמִיד, לִהְיוֹת קָבוּעַ בְּלִבּוֹ וּמוֹחוֹ תָּמִיד,
אֲשֶׁר כָּל מַה שֶּׁרוֹאֶה בְּעֵינָיו, הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ, הַכֹּל הֵם לְבוּשִׁים הַחִיצוֹנִים שֶׁל הַמֶּלֶךְ הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא,
וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה – יִזְכּוֹר תָּמִיד עַל פְּנִימִיּוּתָם וְחַיּוּתָם.

The essential thing, however, is the training to habituate one’s mind and thought continuously so that it always remains imprinted in his heart and mind,
that everything one sees with his eyes—the heavens and earth and all they contain—constitutes the outer garments of the King, the Holy One, blessed be He. In this way, he will constantly remember their inwardness and vitality (which is G‑dliness).