425. Korah Took

June 1980

“Korah took, he took a bad counsel for himself, for ‘The counsel of the Lord forever stands.’”

Normally, a person does what his intellect determines will be good for him, and this is what he can do. But what the intellect does not confirm is hard for him to do, much less if it is against the intellect. This is why he asked, if a Talit [Jewish prayer shawl] that is all azure still requires Tzitziot [fringes] or if a house full of books still requires a Mezuzah [a case containing a piece of parchment inscribed with specified verses from the Torah].

This is called a “bad counsel,” that which is clothed within the reason. Conversely, above reason is called “the counsel of the Lord,” and this “forever stands.”

It is as Baal HaSulam said, that since the Creator chose that the creatures will walk by the way of above reason, He must have known that this was the best way. This is called “the counsel of the Lord,” and precisely by this can one achieve the completion of the goal.