A Wheel in Society
From the Essay "Peace in the World" in A Sage’s Fruit, Essays by Baal HaSulam
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Man was created
To lead a social life.
Each and every individual
Is like a wheel,
Joined with numerous others,
All placed on one machine.
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A single wheel
Has no freedom of motion
In and of itself.
Rather,
It follows the motion
Of the rest of the wheels
In a certain direction,
For the machine
To do its task.
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And if one of the wheels is broken,
It isn't evaluated or measured
In relation to itself,
But rather
In relation to its function and service
Of the entire machine.
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