The Search for God: Journey to mySelf
My friend, Rabbi Schwartz gave a very interesting analogy to someone at my Torah study class. It was a beautiful analogy from the teachings of the Sages. To paraphrase: The student asks the teacher how do I know how close I am to God? The teacher said, "put you arm out in front of you with your palm open to your face. Can you see your hand?" The student said yes. The teacher said "Move it towards your face about 6". Can you see your hand?" The student said yes. The teacher said "Move it towards your face another 6". Can you see your hand?" The student said yes. The teacher said "Move it towards your face another 6". Can you see your hand?" At this point the student's hand was covering his face. "Rabbi," said the student, "I can no longer see anything." "And so it is with God," said the Rabbi, "when you think you can't see or feel Him? He's so close He's right on top of you....