Do you ever feel empty or hollow inside?
As if there is a fire burning inside of you that refuses to be quenched no matter how hard you try?
If so, you’re not alone.
Whilst psychoanalysts have tried so hard to define what lies at the core of a human being with urges such as lust and power, the wisest of all men, King Solomon gives us a profound and simple insight.
‘The soul of Man is the candle of G-d’. Inside us all, at the very core, lies a soul, which works a lot like a candle. Just like a flame is perpetually reaching upwards, so too our soul will never be quenched until it unites with its source above, in G-d.
Now, this might sound like seriously religious stuff, but in reality, our Kabbalists explain, it is surprisingly simple to achieve.
You see, man is created in the image of G-d. But this is only when man is united with his other half-another human being. Be it in marriage or in a deep friendship, when we connect with another, we return to the image of G-d in which we were originally created .
On our own, we are like half of a treasure map, practically useless until it is united with another, only then the map is complete. Now we have completed the image of G-d. Now, finally, our soul’s yearning is finally quenched.
This is why it feels so amazing to be in love.
So the next time you feel empty and without purpose, stop thinking about yourself and try thinking about others. Stop thinking selfish and think selfless. The deeper you connect with your fellow human, the deeper the image of G-d you’ll be forming, and the better you’ll feel on the inside!
You see- when the Jewish People were ready to stop being slaves and start becoming a free people, the very first instruction from G-d, through Moses, was that they should go to work to make a living. But it wasn't an instruction to just start working. Moses tells them a great secret: 'its how you work that counts, not how hard you work that matters'