Demand of GodI thought about what he’d said. "That’s magnificent. So, you mean by fulfillment that a person, as much as possible, does the demand of God in a growing and developing way? Obviously, the term ‘demand of God’ is not a very popular phrase out there in much of religion — I’ve rarely heard anyone use the phrase ‘demand of God.’ What do you mean by demand? And, how do you know this demand?" The Rabbi answered me with a question. "What is it that impels a mother to protect her child, or a father to guard his child against attack?" "This is what you mean by the ‘demand of God?"’ I asked. "There is that sense that you don’t have any choices. You have this internal force that compels you to move in a certain direction. Now, there are some mothers who neglect their children, and some fathers who brutalize their children, and parents even abandon their children. So, it’s not automatic, and yet I think most parents can understand the feeling they have of wanting to respond if they feel their children are somehow endangered. In a sense, this is the same kind of push, the internal push," the Rabbi explained. |
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