Great post. A couple ancillary observations on your last line (“That path to deeper connection and a stronger sense of self is the recognition that we can make our life a gift the more singular we become.”):
1. Perhaps part Aharon and Miriam’s mistake this week was the desire to be treated as or like Moshe, instead of as themselves, in their own unique prophetic way. Eldad and Medad, by contrast, didn’t attempt to disrupt Moshe’s authority.
2. The path to being singular is paradoxically enabled by self-diminishment. Moshe was “most humble”, which seems to play a role in his singularity.
Great post. A couple ancillary observations on your last line (“That path to deeper connection and a stronger sense of self is the recognition that we can make our life a gift the more singular we become.”):
1. Perhaps part Aharon and Miriam’s mistake this week was the desire to be treated as or like Moshe, instead of as themselves, in their own unique prophetic way. Eldad and Medad, by contrast, didn’t attempt to disrupt Moshe’s authority.
2. The path to being singular is paradoxically enabled by self-diminishment. Moshe was “most humble”, which seems to play a role in his singularity.