The Root of Human Suffering
The greatest pain is not what happens to you. It is living with a severed connection to your own Source.
“Why do I feel so empty even when I have everything? Why does the boredom and loneliness never go away, no matter who I am with?”
The greatest pain for a human being Does not stem from any external event. But from the internal disconnection from the Root of Life.
It is a state of living without Living Torah. Without the Joy of Wisdom. Without the Soul of Wisdom.
This is the root of human suffering. Torah is not just a system of commandments or intellectual wisdom. It is the revelation of the Divine Will that constitutes reality and animates it from within.
When a person is disconnected from the inner dimension of the Wisdom, Their Soul is in Exile. And the world is perceived by them as a sealed reality. Random. And painful.
All suffering stems from the Concealment of the Light. The root of “Evil” is not in existence itself, But in the lack of revelation of Divine Unity.
A person can continue to ask about their emptiness, boredom, and loneliness. But as long as the question is asked only on the psychological or social level, It remains closed within itself.
This is not a question about a mood. It is a question about the Root of Life.
The Soul senses its distance from its Source. And therefore, it experiences void, boredom, and loneliness.
Emptiness is not a lack of external content. It is the absence of Revealed Light. Boredom is not a lack of stimulation. It is the disappearance of Vitality. Loneliness is not the absence of people. It is the concealment of Connection (Devekut).
As long as the Wisdom does not live in a person as an inner soul, They will continue to ask. Not because there is no answer. But because the answer is not an idea. It is a Revelation.
We “must” reach the Source. Not because of an external command or threat. But because He is the root of the person’s own existence.
The Soul is a “Part of God from Above.” Meaning, the essence of man does not stand on its own. Every created being was created to cling to its Source. And as long as it is disconnected— It is lacking.
Therefore, we “must” reach the Creator like we must have air. Not as a moral duty. But as an Existential Necessity.
Without connection to the Source, A person feels empty. A stranger to themselves. And life does not settle.
Reaching the Creator means: Discovering the depth from which the world lives. Not by a mystical jump. But by Straightening the life with its Root.
The Return (Teshuvah) is not just fixing deeds. It is a change of direction. It is aligning consciousness with what has always been.
And when consciousness settles, It becomes clear that there was never emptiness, and never an “outside.” Only a covering. And Redemption is simply the revelation of the Truth that was always there: Presence.
✍️ Translated from the Hebrew wisdom of Ruth Kedem