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Seeing a Beautiful Garden LESSON 1 Seeing a Beautiful Garden Many a scientific study has concluded that people who tend to view things through a positive prism lead happier and more successful lives. But is it possible to see goodness in everything? Even if feasible, is it a naïve and unrealistic approach to life? A sophisticated understanding of reality uncovers a world in which opportunity, positivity, and goodness abound. Lesson Introduction Half Full or Half Empty? LEARNING EXERCISE 1 In the charts below, choose your most and least likely responses to the situations described. (Ignore the numbers on the right side of the charts.) A. Your child is not conforming to classroom rules and also instigates others to disrupt class. most / least Every child has ups and downs. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least I’m not a good parent. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least I wish he were like his sister. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least He has lots of energy that 1 2 3 4 5 needs to be channeled. most / least Kids are not as well mannered 1 2 3 4 5 as they used to be. most / least He has leadership qualities. 1 2 3 4 5 2 JLI Paradigm Shift B. A newcomer opens a competing business within a mile of your own. most / least I’m not good at my job. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least I’m going to have to work harder. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least This can bankrupt me. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least The demand for my goods/services has 1 2 3 4 5 risen recently. most / least I can’t believe there isn’t a law that 1 2 3 4 5 forbids this. most / least This will compel me to improve the quality 1 2 3 4 5 of my product and service. C. You are approaching your seventieth birthday. most / least Older is wiser. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least My best years are behind me. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least I’m unable to be very productive anymore. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least I need to retire. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least I look forward to many more happy years. 1 2 3 4 5 most / least The younger generation does not “get it.” 1 2 3 4 5 Lesson 1 Seeing a Beautiful Garden 3 LEARNING EXERCISE 2 Where on this continuum would you put the realist? Pessimist Optimist I Have Come to My Garden LEARNING EXERCISE 3 Match up each entity on the left with the most suitable metaphor on the right. (You may use the same metaphor multiple times.) You Desert Your family Farm Your social circle Field Your job Forest Your daily schedule Garden Human beings Jungle Your synagogue Park The political arena Yard Planet Earth Zoo 4 JLI Paradigm Shift Text 1 The Rebbe, Sichot Kodesh 5732, 1:361–362 אז מ'הייבט זיך אן ארום קוקן בעיני בשר, מיט פליישיגע אויגן, זעהט מען דאן די "פלייש" און די גשמיות שבכל דבר, ווערט מען דערשראקן: וואס טוט זיך אין דער וועלט? וואס מדור לדור ומשנה לשנה איז "אכשור דרא בתמי'". אז מ'גיט א קוק, איז ניט דער חלק הטוב איז גובר, און ניט דער סדר ווערט אלץ שטארקער, און ניט קדושה ורוחניות איז מושל ושולט, נאר לכאורה להיפך. ובפרט אין ענינים וואס זיינען פארבונדן מיט אידן. אידן זיינען דאך אלעמאל "אתם המעט מכל העמים" )דברים ז,ז(, על אחת כמה וכמה איצטער. לויט דעם חשבון קאן איינפאלן על פי טבע, לויט דעם חשבון פון עיני בשר, אז דאס איז אן ענין פון א יער וואו עס געוועלטיגן חיות רעות, ניט א גארטן וואס גיט פירות מאכל אדם . מ'קאן דאך ווערן ביי זיך אראפגעפאלן, ווי קאן מען האבן א האפענונג אויפטאן מיט דער וועלט און איבערמאכן וועלט ווען מיר זעהען אז מדור לדור ומשנה לשנה איז הולך ופוחת, "אכשור דרא בתמי'"? אפילו אז ער וועט דאס טאן מיט קבלת עול . ביי אים ווייזט זיך אויס אז ער וועט זיכער ניט מצליח זיין, ווארום די וועלט איז א יער וואו עס געוועלטיגן חיות רעות, איז טוט ער טאקע כל עניניו, אבער ניט מיט דעם חיות, על אחת כמה וכמה ניט מיט שמחה ווי ס'דארף זיין בעבודת ה'. hen we look about with physical eyes, we only Sichot Kodesh Transcripts (mostly in Yiddish) of perceive the physical aspects in all that we see most of the Rebbe’s public addresses (farbrengens) between 1950 and 1981, and we naturally wonder: what is happening with published in 50 volumes. For the talks Wthe world? The situation is steadily deteriorating, from one that the Rebbe delivered on Shabbat and holidays, when audio recordings generation to the next and even from one year to the next. and taking notes are proscribed, a team of trained memorizers (chozrim) Goodness does not prevail, conditions are not improving, would reconstruct and transcribe the Rebbe’s talk from memory. holy and spiritual values do not dominate. This is especially The Rebbe did not edit or review true with regard to Jewish concerns. Our nation has always these transcripts for accuracy. been a small minority among the world’s inhabitants, and this is certainly the case today. Lesson 1 Seeing a Beautiful Garden 5 Such thoughts easily lead to the conclusion that this world is but a jungle dominated by vicious animals, and that it certainly does not remotely resemble a garden that yields edible fruit. Such thoughts also lead to dejection and despair. How can we hope to affect and change the world for the better if the situation is consistently degenerating? If we reach this conclusion, even if we dutifully obey [and continue to study Torah and do good deeds] . we will lack the zest and happiness that is necessary in order to fulfill our mission and properly serve God, inasmuch as it appears that we will certainly fail, for the world is no more than a wild jungle ruled by vicious beasts. Text 2 Song of Songs 5:1 ָּב ִאתי ְלַג ִּני ֲא ִחֹתי ַכ ָּלה. I have come to my garden, my sister, [my] bride. 6 JLI Paradigm Shift Text 3 The Rebbe, Sichot Kodesh 5732, 1:362–363 מיר זאלן וויסן זיין אז די וועלט . איז א "גן". דאס הייסט, ניט סתם א שדה עושה תבואה, נאר דאס איז א גן עושה פירות. און דאס איז ניט סתם א גן פון אבי וועמען, במילא איז דאס בערך לבעל הפרדס והגן, איז פאר עם גענוג אז די פירות האבן די און די חשיבות וואס זיי האבן. זאגט מען גלייך מלכתחילה אז דער פסוק זאגט: "באתי לגני". דאס איז א זאך אין וועלט וואס דער אויבערשטער זאגט אז דאס איז זיין פרדס. e must know that the world . is a garden. Not just a field that yields grain [which is necessary in order to subsist], but a garden that yields luxuriousW fruits [that provide enjoyment and pleasure]. Moreover, the pleasure provided by a given entity is subjective, its extent determined by the needs and taste of its owner. This world is not just anyone’s garden; it is God’s garden, as the verse states, “I have come to My garden.” [Its goodness is therefore measured according to His infinite terms.] QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION What philosophical concept(s) underlies the assertion that our world is a beautiful garden? Lesson 1 Seeing a Beautiful Garden 7 Text 4 Sidur Tehilat Hashem, Morning Prayer, p. 41 המחדש בטובו בכל יום תמיד מעשה בראשית. כאמור: "לעושה אורים גדולים כי לעולם חסדו" )תהלים קלו,ז(. Sidur Tehilat Hashem n His goodness, God renews each day, continuously, the One of the prayer books that follow the tradition of the Arizal, as established work of Creation, as it is said (Psalms 136:7): “[Give by Rabbi Shne’ur Zalman of Liadi. It was first published in New York in 1945. thanks] to Him Who makes great luminaries, for His Ikindness is eternal.” LEARNING EXERCISE 4 List phenomena that challenge the notion that this world is God’s garden: 1. 2. 3. 8 JLI Paradigm Shift Text 5 The Rebbe, Sichot Kodesh 5732, 1:363–364 דעמולט, קוקט ער אויף וועלט אנדערש. און אז ער קוקט אנדערש, דערזעהט ער אז דאס וואס בעיני בשר, בשטחיות, אויף דעם ערשטן קוק, באמערקט מען ניט, איז אבער ווען ער דארף זוכן, און ער זוכט, און זוכט אין דער ריכטונג - אויסצוגעפינען וואם ס'געפינט זיך אונטער דער קליפה, אונטער דער אויסווייניגסטע שאלעכץ, די פירות פון דעם גן, איז בשעת ער זוכט אין דער ריכטונג - איז צום אלעם ערשטן איז ער זיכער אז ער וועט דאס זיכער געפינען, ווארום תורת אמת זאגט עם אז ס'איז דא, און וויסנדיק אז ער וועט זיכער געפינען א אוצר יקר מכל יקר - פירות וואס דער אויבערשטער איז אויף זיי מעיד אז דאס איז פירות פון זיין פרדס אין וועלכען ער געפינט זיך, "עיקר שכינה בתחתונים היתה" - איז לפי ערך פון יוקר הפירות וועט עס אים ניט אפשרעקן און ניט אפשטעלן פון קיין השתדלות און קיין יגיעה און ער וועט זיך ניט לאזן אפציען, אפרעדן און פארנעמען זיך מיט זייטיגע זאכן וויסנדיק אז אויף אים ווארט א אוצר יקר מכל יקר ער זאל עס מגלה זיין אין וועלט . מ'זאל וויסן אז מ'געפינט זיך אין א טייערע וועלט, נאר דער יצר הרע איז זיך משתדל בכל האופנים אויף צודעקן די טייערקייט וואס געפינט זין אין וועלט, כדי מיר זאלן זיך מייאש זיין חס ושלום, אדער על כל פנים טאן מער ניט ווי אויף יוצא געווען וכו' . און דורך דער התבוננות, גייט ער לבטח דרכו . וויסנדיק א זיכערע זאך אז מ'וועט צוקומען און געפינען די פירות פון דעם גן.
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