Rav Tzadok (Resisei Layla #3): According to the degree of perfection that a person has, there is a corresponding potential for imperfection. From the time of the sin of Adam, good and evil have become intertwined and there is a direct correspondence of one to the other. Whoever has a great imperfection has the means to acquire a great perfection - if he merits it. We see this in the words of the Zohar (3 216a) that in generation of the Flood - that was destroyed because of their sin - they had the potential to be the ones to receive the Torah. Similarly Sukka (51a) states that proportional to one’s greatness is his lust which is called foolishness… Thus the greater the person’s wisdom is also the greater is his potential for foolishness. Consequently, at the time when idol worship existed we find that prophecy also existed. Just as there were revelations of the light of prophecy to see spirituality with the eye there was a lust for other gods that were visible to the eye.
Idolatry still exists, so does that mean Nevuah also still exists?
ReplyDeleteI think Rav Tzadok means external idolatry, as in the deity in that rock or statue over there.
DeleteIdolatry today is internal. It's what I've written before
1) God wants me to be happy.
2) "X" makes me happy."
3) "X" is permitted.
One internalizes the idol and engage in self-worship.
Provide examples to make your case.
DeleteLet's say I want a nice car, instead of cheap Chinese rubbish. A good luxury car. Idolatry?
Rabbis claim that the taavah for idolatry is gone.
That could be that it's gone out of fashion, unless you are into Hinduism. Then the rabbis investment all kinds pantheism and claim it's part of the mystical tradition.