A Soulful Journey

A castle has many entrances.  They don't all lead the way in.  Most people do not find it.  It is the duty of the Rav to show the entrances.   - Moreh Nevuchim 53:3,  quoted by Gershon D. Cohen 1985

"There are three centers of what might be called mythological and folkloristic creativity in the Middle Ages.  One is the cathedral and all that is associated with monasteries and hermitages. A second is the castle. The third is the cottage , where the people are. The cathedral, the castle, and the cottage - you go to any of the areas of high civilization, and you will see the same - the temple, the palace, and the town." -Joseph Campbell , The Power of Myth Is this true of America as a whole?  What about your town?  Perhaps the same exists even in your family?   Roles are divided and played out... It is said that the greatest wisdom is in recognizing truth ; the one that lies before us.  

Rebbe Menachem Mendl of Kotsk once spoke to his acolytes about a parable in midrash: A man passed by a castle and saw it ablaze.   No one was trying to extinguish the flames.   He thought, 'the castle must be abandoned, without an owner.' Then, looking again, he saw the lord of the castle peering from a window.   The lord stated, “I am the owner of this castle.” When he repeated the lord’s words, “I am the owner of the castle,” Rebbe Menachem Mendl and all those around him were struck with a great reverence for they all felt, “the castle is burning but it has a Master.”