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Our world is a reflection of the world above. Everything above, all that transpires in the spiritual realm is from us, dependent on our conduct. It is written Pirkei Avos (2:1), “…. dah mah lima’alah mee’mcha… (Know what is above of you…).” There are many angles to learn this Mishnah. We will explore one.
The Maggid of Mezritch ztk’l, the foremost disciple of the Ba’al Shem Tov HaKadosh teaches: Dah, Know – מה, mah, what, can also be read as מ- ‘ה from Hashem – ממך, mee’mcha, is from you. Our behavior down below is a direct mirror of what goes on in the upper realms.
When we move our bodies we are moving our spiritual counterpart in Shamayim. In Tehillim (121:5) it is written: “Hashem is your shadow,” meaning our actions mirror, so to speak, the nature of the influence that flows from Hashem to the world. Our thoughts, speech and actions bring about direct changes and have a profound ripple affect. This idea is both empowering and obligatory as it enables us to live out our role as ‘co-creator’ in the world.