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Random thoughts on Morality and War

Posted on   August 24, 2014   by   Rabbi Manis Friedman A.  Morality is meant to save lives and bring peace. One does not die for ones morality – Self sacrifice should be reserved for religious issues. B.  Morality should make you stronger not weaker, it should work for you not against you. C.  The only excuse for war is self defense, the only purpose of war is peace. D.  Morality that is nice on the surface but ends in death is not morality at all. E.  We cannot control our enemies misbehavior, but we may not contribute to it. F.  Self defense is a moral obligation not a right. G.  Peace comes not for the love of peace but from the dread of war. H.  Self defense means: to do whatever it takes to insure the safety of your people. I.  The west fights every war with one hand tied behind their back, nice sentiment but not morally correct. The moral form of war is : A war fought to conclusion not to ...

TRUE PRAYER

The kitten mews and the mother cat runs and carries it away. Even so, the devotee cries and  the Lord  comes to his rescue. Prayer  is depending on God for help in distress. Prayer is giving an opportunity to God to comfort the devotee. Prayer lightens the heaviness of your heart by opening it to God. Prayer is expecting God to decide what is best for you when you are in a dilemma. Man learns to pray through despair. A mystic state Prayer is not asking, but a communion with God through single-minded devotion. Prayer is nearness to God. It is tuning of the mind with God. It is fixing the mind on God and meditating on Him. Prayer is surrendering oneself to God completely, and melting the mind and ego in silence, in God. Prayer represents a mystic state when the individual consciousness is absorbed in God. It is an uplifting of the soul to God, an act of love and adoration to Him. It is worship and glorification of God. It is thanksgiving to God for all His blessings. P...