True Individuality
[Moses told the Jewish people that
in contrast to the rebels among them, who had died out,] “all of you who are
alive today are [lovingly] attached to God.” Devarim 4:4
One might think that the more we are
devoted to G-d, the more our personal individuality disappears. The Torah
teaches us here that the opposite is true: Our true individuality depends
directly upon the depth of our attachment to G-d. What we normally mistake for
our personality is really our secondary, animalistic side. Since we share the
same animal drives with the rest of humanity, the personality born of these
drives is, at best, a variation on the common theme by which everyone lives.
Thus, the apparent individuality of this aspect of our personality is in fact
an illusion.
In contrast, since G-d is infinite,
the avenues through which
His Divinity can manifest itself through us are also infinite; thus, it is only
our Divine personality that makes us truly unique. It follows that the more we
allow the animalistic side of our personalities to dissolve as we draw closer
to D-d, the more we allow our unique, Divine personalities to shine forth.
Lubavitcher
Rebbe, Daily Wisdom, p. 365
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