The idea of watchfulness is for a man to exercise caution in his actions and his undertakings; that is, to deliberate and watch over his actions and his accustomed ways to determine whether or not they are good, so as not to abandon his soul to the danger of destruction, God forbid, and not to walk according to the promptings of habit as a blind man in pitch darkness. This is demanded by ones intelligence. For considering the fact that a man possesses the knowledge and the reasoning ability to save himself and to flee from the destruction of his soul, is it conceivable that he would willingly blind himself to his own salvation (Mesilat Yesharim/Path of the Just Chapter 2) Let us carefully ponder over the wise and truthful words of the Ramchal and scrutinize all of our actions, to determine whether they are proper and straight in the eyes of Hashem (G-d) so that we don’t, G-d forbid, harm our precious souls. If animals escape and run away from anything that is harmful to them, how much more so should intellectual human beings, be required to open our eyes and act accordingly.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:21:20 +0000
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