Rabbi Meir of Premeshlan once remarked that his
father had once had a vision. He saw two men brought before the Heavenly Court
for judgement. One was old, the other young. But the Court reversed this,
calling the old one "young" and the young one "old".
"Is this not the World of Truth? Why are you falsifying?" The Court
answered "For this one, he so utilized his time in Torah and Mitzvot, that
each day was like a year. This one (the older man) lived for eighty years, but
he did little. he's just a baby".
Similarly, one of Rabbi Natan's disciples remarked "Rabbi Natan wrote two biographies. One was on Rabbi Nachman, his teacher, and he called it "The Life of Our Teacher Rabbi Nachman". One was an autobiography, which he called "The Days of Rabbi Natan". Why? He saw his teacher's life as a life, and his own as only "selected" days. As for us, I fear our biographies would be called "Moments of..." Let us live a life of holiness and good deeds, that our lives be truly "Life".
Similarly, one of Rabbi Natan's disciples remarked "Rabbi Natan wrote two biographies. One was on Rabbi Nachman, his teacher, and he called it "The Life of Our Teacher Rabbi Nachman". One was an autobiography, which he called "The Days of Rabbi Natan". Why? He saw his teacher's life as a life, and his own as only "selected" days. As for us, I fear our biographies would be called "Moments of..." Let us live a life of holiness and good deeds, that our lives be truly "Life".
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