Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and so is the intelligence of one's mind.

That which truly brings one honor above all other things is one's ability of clear and lucid thinking.

One does not have to be a scholar, nor does one have to be a professor. How many things one can memorize does not define one's level of knowledge.

True knowledge comes from the place where the perceiving mind merges with the intuitive heart. True knowledge and intelligence must be one. For one without the other leaves both incomplete and leaves one lacking.

We are commanded to place the Words of Torah upon our hearts. How does one take the Source of Life and place it upon the Source of Living? This cannot be done by any mere physical act alone.

In order for one to bond Torah with heart and heart with Torah one must do more than raise one's hand; one must raise one's consciousness.

One raises one's consciousness when one learns to see the greater world with greater eyes. The first vision of the greater world makes one realize that they are not the world's center. The first acquisition of true intelligence where mind and heart merge is the realization that there is more to life and more to living than merely fulfilling my own desires and pleasures.

I am only a small part of a greater whole. I find myself, my true identity and my destiny only when I look beyond myself and see where and how I fit into the greater scheme of things. This is true knowledge and wisdom.

When I see how I am one with Torah and how Torah is the universe, then I see myself as being the agent, the messenger, the servant and the chariot. I carry within me the Simplicity and Source of Life; I bare it like a torch. I shine its Light even into the darkest of places, even into the clouded minds and confused hearts of others.

In this there is praise, for praise is the relief and gratitude of the blind that are given Light enabling them to see. One who brings Light, brings true knowledge; true knowledge cultivates intelligence, the merger of the clear mind and the open, pure heart.

One's who allow the heart to become perverted will forever live without Light. For Light shines first from the heart; only then does it shine into the mind. A pure heart will bring forth a clear mind. This is the Way of Heaven; its direction and flow cannot be reversed.

Place these words upon your hearts and allow the transformation to arise from within. The pure heart will clear the most clouded of minds. The pure heart will bind that which is most broken.

Why bring upon yourself further disgrace? Why allow yourself further perversion? The heart is the center of all. It is the beginning and the end of Torah. All is found within, from its first letter Bet to its last letter Lamed. From beginning to end and from end to beginning, both are the same; both spell Lamed Bet, heart.

Know the pure heart and you will know the true Torah. Only in this is true knowledge; only in this is proper intelligence.