Daresh Moshe (Noso 7:20) And he heard the verse speaking to him Rashi explains that it means Moshe heard G-d speaking to Himself. This alludes to the idea that is relevant to everything that happens in the world that men do, in reality it is a result of a heavenly decree as it states in Chullin (06b) No person is hurt in the slightest unless it is first decreed in Heaven even though we don’t hear the sound but we observe the results. This what I explained concerning the verse In all things your ways you should know Him that everything that happens is G-d”s choice An example is we who have left our birthplace to move to America we also fulfilled G-d”s command like Avraham did when he obeyed an explicit command of lech lecha. While he was fully aware of the command we become aware of it only after it happens and we think we are doing it of our own free will when in fact we are following G-d’s command. Therefore a truely wise person and G-d fearing man will have conscious awareness that everything he does is fulfilling G-d’s will and not his own. This is especially true for marriage that he should know that besides fulfilling the explicit mitzvos of marriage mentioned in the Torah he is also fulfilling a private mitzva even though he was not aware that it had already been decreed in Heaven. By deliberately thinking this way he enriches himself concerning having children; length of life and parnossa with this wife he has chosen.
There's a case of the "faller" falling from a flat roof without a maakah - parapet. So one interpretation is that it's predetermined.
ReplyDeleteWhat about when we don't take advice, eg not to walk under a weak wall as proscribed in the talmud.?
So if we do something risky, is the outcome determined?
It's a good way of thinking religiously but at the same time we have to also make decisions based on correctness and getting the best possible outcome.
Certain behaviours cause harm, both to oneself and to others around him. we may not be aware of our behaviour patterns
ReplyDeleteSo we need to engage in some type of psychotherapy to understand our behaviour patterns and then modify them.
Perhaps this is called being a Rasha and doing teshuva.
Or maybe it's being a shoteh if we're unaware.
But in this case, was it decreed that we are damaged? Psychologically?