In his official farewell to outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates, U.S President Barack Obama honored the plainspoken Kansas native on Thursday with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor.
What is freedom and why is it so important? Animals appear free but they are not because their actions must conform to their instinct; the human being, on the other hand, is constantly trying to exceed their limits, contained only by the limit of imagination.
In America freedom is defined as the unfettered ability to make money – a very limited view of freedom; even freedom of speech is stifled by many voices amplified by money. The Talmud-Book of Law notes, The more money one has, the more worry for his possessions.
Money is a means and not an end; it is not money that makes you free – money only greases the wheels. The Torah states, There is no freedom other than the Torah. How can the Torah make one free when there are 613 Commandments to adhere to and to perform?
The only choice in life, in perspective or in action, is to chose to include God into one's life – all other things follow from that juncture. However we chose to live with God, brings God into this world; the Cabala reminds us, God wants a dwelling place in low.
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