T160 PNC - Pulse Knocks in Person — Divine Breath / Call to Service or Transgression (1 seg)

The pulse knocks and knocks in a person. Sometimes it knocks and reminds one of the service of God — as in the verse 'The voice of my beloved knocks' (Song of Songs 5:2). Sometimes it reminds one of transgression, God forbid. The pulse stems from breathing, which comes from the divine breath of life that God breathed into Adam (Genesis 2:7). The pulse is thus the ongoing echo of that original divine breath — it carries within it both the call to divine service and, when distorted, the temptation toward sin. The teaching: pay attention to the pulse, to the inner knocking. When it calls to divine service, follow it immediately. When it seems to call toward transgression, recognize that underneath that distorted call is still the same divine breath — a fallen form of the call to holiness — and redirect it toward God.