A long while back you had posted the following in another thread -
Stak wrote:Here is a quote from Abraham Heschel's "A Passion for Truth", I think you might like. The author is speaking about one of the Hasidic Rebbes from eastern Europe called the Kotzker Rebbe, and the reading is part of a Jewish Studies seminar I'm in.
Heschel' wrote:
In the Kotzker's thought the aim of reflection was to overcome the dualisms within a person. Self-knowledge implies honesty, wholeheartedness. Self-inspection is necessary technique for the purpose of attaining Truth because we know that a person may sincerely believe something about himself that is not true.
I bolded dualisms there because we are having a sometimes heated discussion about what kind of dualism is he speaking about; the ideal versus the real, truth versus falsity, the self versus community, I versus the Other, or what have you.
At any rate, this Hasid thought self reflection was a crucial part of living a life for God and that seems to be what you are hitting at.
I was wondering how the last year of schooling has influenced your thought on this, if at all? And if you can give an update on how this discussion ultimately ended?
The world is always full of the sound of waves..but who knows the heart of the sea, a hundred feet down? Who knows it's depth? ~ Eiji Yoshikawa
I went back to my notes, and I ended up concluding that introspection was to conform one's actions with one's thoughts. Hypocrisy was a big thing to the Kotzker, and I think it's a blatant fact that most of us don't bring our actions into alignment with out ideals on how we should act and live.
MrStakhanovite wrote: Hypocrisy was a big thing to the Kotzker, and I think it's a blatant fact that most of us don't bring our actions into alignment with out ideals on how we should act and live.
Pahoran does. Just ask him.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.