Machshava:

Mesilas Yeshorim 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: The Bilvavi On Mesilas Yesharim

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P. 272. The neshamah (soul) is a princess, and therefore not interested in physcial, common pursuits. If the neshamah did not want to be born, why would it resist going to the next world "bal korchachah atah meis - you will die against your will"? The soul's potential to accomplish in this world. One bird in the hand is better than two in the tree. Connected, like Yaakov's ladder, to the ground and to the heavens at the same time. How do we become a ladder to raise our mitzvos up? Loving Jews, admiring a Jew's positive traits and overlooking his faults - this is the way we share the ladder. The importance of connecting ourselves to the tzaddikim in our generation.