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Daily Thought
In
the non-physical world of emotions, ideas, and the soul, many things can
overlap in time and space.
But
a physical world is a place where each thing says, “In my space, nothing else
can be.”
When
a human being doesn’t allow the spiritual light of his soul to shine, he too
becomes a physical object. So he says, “You are taking up my space.”
How
large is the space of a human being? As much as he can grab and more. We’re all
reproductions of Adam, and there was only one of him occupying the entire
world.
But
when a human being rises a little higher, a little more spiritual, a little
more sensitive to a world beyond him, then he says, “Let’s share this space.
There’s room here for all of us.” Maamar Issa B’Zohar...






