The word 'Holy' is usually understood as 'pious', 'serene', 'complete', 'untouchable' beyond or above the everyday. But the sages taught that holiness is available to us in every moment, in every place. Holiness is not a state to be reached; its an ongoing act of creativity. In Hebrew the opposite of holy is chol, which is translated not as profane but as empty; in other words, not yet filled. the word for holy in hebrew is Kedusha. Amore accurate translation of Kedusha is life intensity. To be holy is to be intensely dynamic, ever changing and ever realizing. The Biblical command 'you shall be holy' is an invitation to celebrate what the philosopher Mark Taylor calls, ' a maze of grace that is the world'. Live as richly and passionately as possible; that is as close to meaning as you will get.
-Rabbi Irwin Kula, Yearnings,45.
Monday, June 8, 2015
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