Thursday, April 3, 2014

Satan is against dreams


What's the force/#adversary that makes people give up on their #dreams? An energy influence making people feel weak, unsure, diminished like Superman being exposed to kryptonite.

What's kryptonite?

#Kryptonite is a material from the #Superman mythos—the ore form of a radioactive element from Superman's home planet of #Krypton. Within the mythos, it is the ultimate natural weakness of Superman and most otherKryptonians. In popular culture the word Kryptonite has since become synonymous with an #Achilles' heel—the one weakness of an otherwise invulnerable hero.

Ironically kryptonite came from Superman home, meaning the substance itself originated where he was born. What's our kryptonite? What's the force/Egypt/adversary that destroys dreams and hopes?

#Maimonides read #Genesis 8:21 to refer to the evil inclination (yetzer ha-ra). Maimonides taught that the three terms — the adversary (הַשָּׂטָן, ha-satan), and the angel of death — all designate the same thing. And actions ascribed to these three are in reality the actions of one and the same agent. Maimonides taught that the Hebrew term שָּׂטָן, satan was derived from the same root as the word שְׂטֵה, seteh, “turn away,” as in Proverbs 4:15, and thus implies the notion of turning and moving away from a thing. Thus, the adversary turns people away from the way of truth, and leads them astray in the way of error. Maimonides taught that the same idea is contained in Genesis 8:21, “And the imagination of the heart of man is evil from his youth.” Maimonides reported that the Sages also said that people receive the evil inclination at birth, forGenesis 4:7 says, “at the door sin crouches,” and Genesis 8:21 says, “And the imagination of the heart of man is evil from his youth.” The good inclination, however, is developed. Maimonides taught that the Sages refer to the evil inclination and the good inclination when they tell that every person is accompanied by two angels, one on the right side and one on the left, one good and one bad.

So it's the "evil inclination" that's makes dreamers turn away from Gd's destiny for them... giving up, quitting, turning away . Superman had kryptonite; we have an evil inclination, both challenging us to grow and transform ourselves.

The question is: how do we overcome our "evil inclination"?






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