Menachem Mendel z Kocku citáty

Menachem Mendel Morgensztern z Kocku, známý také jako první kocký rebe byl chasidský rabín a vůdce. Vyznačoval se zdůrazňováním, že člověk musí bojovat proti svému vlastnímu egu, protože naše ego je tím, co brání tomu, abychom se přiblížili k Bohu. Dodnes se v jeho jménu učí: „Existuje velké nebezpečí, že člověka naplní domýšlivost, sebeuspokojení – pocity, které nejsou ničím jiným než modloslužbou ...“ Jeho zdůrazňování odporu vůči lidskému egu bylo naprosto nekompromisní, nelítostné až fanatické. Sám svých posledních dvacet let svého života žil téměř v naprosté izolaci. Wikipedia  

✵ 1787 – 27. leden 1859
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Menachem Mendel z Kocku nejznámější citáty

„Lidé jsou zvyklí dívat se na nebesa a přemýšlet, co se tam děje. Bylo by lepší, kdyby se podívali do svého nitra, aby viděli, co se tam děje.“

[(en) People are accustomed to look at the heavens and to wonder what happens there. It would be better if they would look within themselves, to see what happens there.]
Zdroj: [Berk, Sally Ann, The Big Little Book of Jewish Wit & Wisdom‎‎, 2000]

„Pokud jsem já, kým jsem, protože jsem, jaký jsem, a pokud jsi ty, kým jsi, protože jsi, jaký jsi, pak já jsem já a ty jsi ty. Ale pokud jsem já, kým jsem, protože ty jsi, jaký jsi, a ty jsi, kým jsi, protože já jsem, jaký jsem, pak já nejsem já a ty nejsi ty!“

[(en) If I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you. But if I am I because you are you and you are you because I am I, then I am not I and you are not you!]
Zdroj: [Buber, Martin, Martin Buber, Tales of the Hasidim: The Later Masters, 1948]

„Všechno, co je v myšlenkách, by nemělo být vyřčeno, všechno, co je vyřčeno, by nemělo být napsáno, všechno, co je napsáno, by nemělo být vytištěno, a všechno, co je vytištěno, by nemělo být čteno.“

[(en) All that is thought should not be said, all that is said should not be written, all that is written should not be published, and all that is published should not be read.]
Zdroj: [Berel, Wein, Triumph of Survival : The Story of the Jews in the Modern Era 1650-1995‎, 1993]

Menachem Mendel z Kocku: Citáty anglicky

“God is only where you let Him in.”

As quoted in Innerspace : Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy‎ (1990), by Aryeh Kaplan, p. 160; This expression is said to have originated when he was five years old and asked his father "Where is God?" to which his father answered: "God is everywhere!" Rebbe then responded "No, I think God is only where you let Him in."
Variants:
Where is God to be found? In the place where He is given entry.
As quoted in The Sayings of Menahem Mendel of Kotsk (1995) by Simcha Raz and Edward Levin, p. 10
God is where you let Him in.
As quoted in Everyday Kabbalah: A Practical Guide to Jewish Meditation, Healing, and Personal Growth (1998)

“Do not be satisfied with the speech of your lips and the thought in your heart”

As quoted in T'he Season of the Witch : Le Couer Dechire (2008) by Etienne De Mendes http://www.etiennedemendes.com, p. 545
Kontext: Do not be satisfied with the speech of your lips and the thought in your heart, all the promises and good sayings in your mouth, and all the good thoughts in your heart; rather you must arise and do!

“First, a man is created in his own image, and only afterwards in the image of God.”

As quoted in Leaping Souls : Rabbi Menachem Mendel And The Spirit Of Kotzk (1993) by Chaim Feinberg
Variant translation: Man must "guard himself and his uniqueness, and not imitate his fellow … for initially man was created in his own image, and only afterwards in the image of God.

“If I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you. But if I am I because you are you and you are you because I am I, then I am not I and you are not you!”

As quoted in Tales of the Hasidim : The Later Masters (1948) by Martin Buber as translated by Olga Marx
Variant translations:
If I am I, simply because I am I, and thou art thou, simply because thou art thou; then I am I and thou art thou. But if I am I because thou art thou, and thou art thou because I am I, then I am not I and thou art not thou.
As quoted in The Rift in Israel: Religious Authority and Secular Democracy (1971) by Samuel Clement Leslie, p. 145
If I am I, because you are you, and you are you, because I am I, then I am not I, and you are not you. But if I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you, and we can talk.
As quoted in Let Us Reason Together (1970) by William Berkowitz and William Leonard Laurence

“All that is thought should not be said, all that is said should not be written, all that is written should not be published, and all that is published should not be read.”

As quoted in Triumph of Survival : The Story of the Jews in the Modern Era 1650-1995‎ (1993) by Berel Wein, p. 96

“When a man makes a reverent face before a face that is no face — that is idol worship!”

As quoted in Tales of the Hasidim : The Later Masters (1948) by Martin Buber as translated by Olga Marx

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