Must not touch. He shouldn't go near a dead body
Health 03/27/2012
The modern world draws boundaries between the private and the general, alienating people from each other. It seems logical and right to us that strangers should not interfere in our affairs, touch us or come too close during a conversation. But do you know how important it really is to simply touch each other?
You probably remember how the Nutcracker came to life from Marie’s touch? What about Sleeping Beauty, who woke up from her sleep after the Prince’s kiss? And you probably remember the hands on Michelangelo’s fresco in the Sistine Chapel? And Apollo also extended his hand to the sick... This is from fairy tales and history.
Now let's return to modern times. That's what's interesting.
According to studies conducted by English therapists, the majority of respondents most often touch their children and spouses, a little less than half touch pets, close friends and the elderly, and only a few touch strangers. At the same time, almost everyone admitted that touching is more often associated with some kind of need and extremely rarely - simply with the fact that they want to touch someone.
A person is born with a huge number of tactile receptors and at first uses them as the only way to receive information about the outside world. After all, he doesn’t understand words yet.
Every woman will never forget the first touch of her child. My daughters are now 19, and I still remember with all my cells my first touch to them. It is probably impossible to describe this feeling in words. Probably everything is stored on a subconscious level. All these further strokes, massages, caresses give any mother and babies vital pleasure.
Kiss your baby - and his brain will develop! It has long been proven that a baby needs physical contact with the mother’s body no less than nutrition. I have read information that children deprived of touch in infancy experience delayed physical and mental development. Later, when such a child has the opportunity to get closer to another person, he cannot fully surrender to this feeling and express it in the usual way. So “under-loved” children are problems for them in the future.
Of course, when the child is already growing up, you probably have to be wise here. Not to “squeeze” him immensely and limitlessly, but to hug him when HE needs it, and not us.
Regarding the relationship between a man and a woman , then the first touch is a turning point in their relationship. I don't think anyone will dispute this. And everyone remembers perfectly everything that is associated with the touch of a loved one...
Of course, we do not allow every person to touch us. We can freely touch friends and loved ones, allow them a friendly pat on the shoulder, but we usually do not allow such behavior from strangers (unless, of course, you were brought up with certain values). It’s just that each of us has our own ideas about individual boundaries and our own autonomy. Usually we only allow friends and relatives to come within a meter of distance. We know what to expect from them.
Touch and longevity - it would seem, what could there be in common?
But Italian scientists studied the connection between the physical condition and emotional life of older people and found out: those who do not skimp on affection and hugs can live three times longer than those who are used to restraining their emotions. The same theory was confirmed by a survey conducted by Mac-Jill University. According to its results, spouses who do not give up kisses and hugs have greater resistance to many diseases and age more slowly. So draw your own conclusions...
Tenderness against stress.
Scientists have proven that calm touching a person's skin increases the production of the hormone oxytocin, which reduces the level of the stress hormone. At the same time, the level of anti-stress hormones such as serotonin and dopamine increases. A connection was identified between an increase in the number of tactile contacts that were pleasant to people and an increase in hemoglobin levels in the blood. This was simply surprising for me personally to find out.
Gentle touches and caresses significantly increase immunity and also stimulate the central nervous system, improving mental state. It turns out how wonderful everything is. So you can take it into account...
The same goes for pets. You've probably noticed how cats' purring and stroking affects you? What advice can you give? Chat with pets and pet soft toys!
Feel the closeness of warmth and soul. Very often we do not give our loved ones tender touches. It seems that this is no longer necessary, the stage of courtship has passed, you can do without them.
But psychologists tell us that in order to achieve a normal state of mind, you need at least eight hugs a day from a loved one. And for children - much more. Just as with a lack of oxygen we begin to suffocate, so without affection we begin to get sick. Of course, we won't count the number of hugs. We are not mathematicians, after all. But skimping on this is simply a sin, in my opinion.
Listen to Andrei Bandera's song. The song is called “Touch”
Don't forget about the simple pleasures of life. Don't be afraid to show emotions. All this is important for our mood. There will be mood, joy of life, and there will be health. Remember Tsvetaeva’s lines “Hands have been given to me - to stretch out both to everyone...” Touch is what binds us together.
It is difficult to find the imprint of age on a well-groomed face. Constant care and the desire to look good are responsible for its smoothness and beauty. Afterwards, thanks to the rich chemical composition, the result impresses with the freshness and youth of the skin. The fruit, consisting of 85% water, a number of amino acids and essential oils, gives the skin the energy of the sun. Pamper yourself with peach masks, and anchor the results with a series of procedures.
For dry skin, a watermelon mask will have a nourishing and moisturizing effect, reduce existing wrinkles and prevent the appearance of new ones. will be appreciated by women and girls who have tried them at least once.
Modern women want to look young and well-groomed. To achieve this, it is enough to use it regularly. To prepare, you will need one tablespoon of mashed banana, one egg white and a little lemon juice. All ingredients must be mixed and beaten, after which you can apply it to your face.
Touch is a powerful tool with which you can control people's feelings.
Man has one of the most advanced visual apparatuses. He has the ability to hear. Basically, that's all you need for productive communication. However, we still need to touch someone with our hands.
Why do we still shake hands when we can just wave? Why do we pat ourselves on the knee when we talk about something interesting, promising, tempting? What is the point of touching the shoulder of a person whose behavior we are unhappy with? After all, it is quite possible to use a stern, loud voice, and the message of our discontent will be conveyed.
Why do we need to touch our interlocutor, why do we touch ourselves and what does touch give in general - we will talk about this in our blog today.
Sex or not?
Let's consider a fairly standard situation. Two young human creatures of both sexes are talking. The essence of the conversation is to resolve some business issue. During the conversation, the young man periodically strokes his knee, and the girl strokes her shoulder with approximately the same frequency. From previous blogs of the “School of Nonverbalism” you already know that such stroking indicates a feeling of sympathy for each other, and young people thus simply replace the impossible touch of their interlocutor with a possible touch of themselves.
Let's take another case. Two serious businessmen at a serious age are discussing a contract. And closer to the end of the negotiations, having reached mutually beneficial agreements, they begin to stroke their thighs. There shouldn't be any sexuality here. Men are deeply straight and same-sex relationships have no sexual context for them. There is no sexuality, but there is touching.
Now the third situation. A fashionable business coach conducts team building training, known as team building. The training participants are employees of the same department, and there is a deep chasm in the relationship. At the very beginning of the training, the business coach asks everyone to hold hands and perform some exercises without breaking their hands. And this happens periodically during the lesson. As a result, relationships improve, and after some time the department shows the ability to work as one, cohesive team. Well, it wasn’t thanks to sexual energy that this happened?
From the above scenes we can draw some conclusions:
- Touching is not always exclusively sexual.
- Touching can not only facilitate sexual interaction, but also have a beneficial effect on basic business relationships.
- Touch improves any type of relationship, both sexual and overtly asexual.
Why are we touching?
The challenges that the evolution of human communication has posed to touching ourselves and each other are numerous. But the most important of them are:
1. Demonstration of friendliness. The very fact of invading another person’s living space causes rejection. But if this invasion is of a soft, cautious nature (which is very convenient to demonstrate with a light touch), then the participants in the contact are tuned to a positive attitude towards each other, even if they do not know each other.
2. Attracting attention. In a situation when everyone around is shouting or your subject is too concentrated on something of his own, touch helps to draw attention to himself, thus distinguishing himself from the surrounding information noise.
3. Restoring mental balance. Sometimes we need care and protection. In this case, touching someone we trust helps us feel the emotions we need.
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4. Gaining leadership. Touching helps in building a hierarchy of human relationships. With the help of certain gestures that serve to demonstrate status, we force someone to shut up, stop, or give in to our claims.
What happens to us when strangers touch us? The fact is that we only allow the closest people for a short distance, for whom we have warm feelings (except for cases when we ourselves invade the living space of a hated enemy in order to strangle him). From these people we often receive both psychological and purely physical touches. And we develop a kind of conditioned reflex “safe person = touch.”
When a stranger invades our living space, we experience anxiety and indignation about this. But only until the moment of touch. As soon as he touches us, our conditioned reflex forces us to change our attitude towards this person to a more positive one, because, again, “touch = safe person.”
This principle is often used in marketing. For example, in the catering industry. An experiment was conducted in one of the restaurants. One part of the waiters was supposed to lightly touch the client with their hand (the back of the hand) while serving clients. It was necessary to touch in the zone of neutral contacts - in the area of the visitor’s hand or forearm. That is, the touch should have been clearly neutral, as if random.
The second group of waiters were not supposed to touch customers under any circumstances.
As a result, waiters from the first group received 20-30% more tips than waiters from the second group. In addition, customers rated the work of the waiters who interacted with them as more friendly and professional.
Why was this particular effect achieved? The answer is obvious. A conditioned reflex is triggered. We feel the touch of another person and automatically begin to treat him the same way we treat everyone who has the right to touch us like that. We humans are generally quite automatic creatures. Many processes occur in us completely independently of our consciousness. Cunning waiters often take advantage of this.
Seduction and power
However, our manipulations do not end at catering facilities alone. One of the most saturated branches of human communication with manipulative techniques is professional seduction.
Seduction professionals try to touch their “victim” for any reason in the first few seconds of communication. This reduces natural resistance, increases confidence, etc.
Sex is generally involved in communication over a short distance, so touching in sexual or role-playing relationships plays a leading role. Moreover, we can touch not only the object of our interest, but also ourselves. And this is one of the most accurate diagnostic tools. If a girl or guy, while communicating with a member of the opposite sex, strokes himself, then this only means that he wants to stroke not his own body, but the body of the person standing opposite.
Another important area of application of touch is the area of power struggle. The struggle for power does not always involve the use of force. Often a light touch is enough to silence the interlocutor or retreat from their positions. Women most often use these methods of struggle. Men are more likely to have a straightforward and forceful style of demonstrating their status. Men are chasing showiness. A woman prefers a more economical way to demonstrate who is boss in the house. Its trick is efficiency.
Sometimes you can witness a scene where a married couple sorts things out with a representative of some service department. The man screams and waves his arms until the real leader—his wife—steps in. She gently but commandingly puts her hand on his shoulder (a gesture indicating her higher status in the system of their relationship) and the man wilts. Hands drop, shoulders drop, and mood also ceases to show signs of tone. A more senior individual arrived, and the leader’s yellow jersey moved to her, along with the authority to make the final decision. And all it took was one light touch.
How to Touch Effectively
From the above, you may get the impression that touch has magical powers and can act effectively in any situation and performed by anyone. This is wrong.
For touch to bear fruit, several conditions are necessary:
- Appearance. A person touching us should not cause us disgust or rejection, we should not feel fear towards him. In general, it should look either good or at least neutral. Otherwise, the strength of the emotion that we might feel for him will change sign to the opposite.
- The nature of touch. The touch should not be “forceful” in nature. It should be easy. A strong touch is perceived as pressure. And here a physical law comes into play in our psyche - the force of action is equal to the force of reaction. The duration of the touch also matters. Too much contact will result in loss of effect.
- Touch speed. Sharp, quick touches lead to a negative reaction. The smoother the touch, the greater the effect it can achieve. There is a legend that in a geisha school in medieval Japan, little girls learned to touch water without causing ripples on its surface. Such a touch was considered both a standard of state of mind and a sign of the ability to have maximum impact on the client with a minimum of contact.
- Place of touch. Touch a stranger or unfamiliar person only in a socially acceptable area. This is mainly the arm area in the area of the hands or forearms. Extremely rarely - above the elbow. It is advisable that the touch be made from the front. Of course, there are options when an unfamiliar waitress touches her chest to a man’s shoulder when taking an order or when changing dishes. But his companion is unlikely to like such a touch.
- Circumstances of touch. The calmer the environment in which the touch occurs, the greater the effect it will have. In an aggressive environment and in a state of excitement, we are unlikely to notice that someone has touched us. Well, except when our spouse controls us. But here the habit of obedience comes into force, developed and consolidated by years of joint marital battles for supremacy.
Touch allows us to improve relationships with other people, win them over, and create conditions for productive conversation.
Touch serves as a marker of an established relationship. If sparks of passion or at least goodwill constantly jump between spouses, then it will definitely find manifestation in touch.
Touch can reduce the effects of stress. It’s amazing how easy it is, it turns out, to disconnect from the hassle at work, everyday difficulties, sorrows and sadness - you just need your loved one to touch us.
Touch also allows us to manipulate and control other people. Subtle and true or rude and unprincipled. Touching serves as a reliable tool for achieving selfish interest in human communication.
Homework
To learn how to use touch and achieve more in the process of communication, I suggest doing some homework.
- Easy level. Try asking your colleague for something by touching him with your hand (using the recommendations given above). For example, you touch him and say: "Could you...". Do a similar experiment with different people and evaluate which of them smiled, who frowned when fulfilling your request, and who, after fulfilling the request, showed a willingness to do something else for you. If you have a pronounced off-scale sexual attractiveness, then try to perform this exercise on colleagues of the same sex, since the opposite sex will do everything for you.
- Average level. There are probably people around you who don’t really like you. Try talking to them about something that concerns both of you, using touch before you start the conversation. Just don’t try to talk to those who openly dislike you. Otherwise, the touch may turn against you.
- Extreme. If you are in a quarrel with your loved one, colleague, friend, use touch during a showdown. Only in no case at the beginning of the conversation, but closer to its middle, when you have already listened to your interlocutor (without interrupting him even once, if possible), but have not yet expressed your arguments to him.
Touching helps you control and manipulate another person’s attitude towards you. Communication is always a conflict of interests. Even if you are talking with your mother, friend, colleague or partner, the conversation still follows a script and on a topic that is closer to only one of you. Therefore, in communication, one is always the leader, and the second is the follower. So if you are trying to manage your interlocutor, do it correctly and effectively.
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“The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when pronouncing “Allahu Akbar,” raised his hands to the level of his ears.” And another hadith says: “He raised them to the earlobes.”
- Jama'at (reading prescribed prayers with the community).
- Azan (call to recite prescribed prayers).
- Qamat (saying Qamat before Farz prayers of the prescribed prayers).
- Raising hands to the ears by men (women - to the chest, shoulders) during takbir-tahrimi (exaltation of Allah before the start of prayer, symbolizing the entrance to prayer, after which all extraneous actions should stop).
Malik ibn Huwairis radyallahu anhu says: “The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam raised his hands to the level of his ears when saying “Allahu Akbar.” And another hadith says: “He raised them up to the earlobes” (Muslim).
- The man places his right hand on his left, wrapping his thumb and little finger around his left hand and holding them under the navel, the woman also puts her hands and holds them on her chest.
Alqama ibn Wail ibn Hajar reports that his father Wail ibn Hajar said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he put his right hand on his left under the navel” (Ibn Abi Sheiba; Asar As Sunan).
Ibn Qudama writes: “The hadith, which says that the hands should be folded under the navel, was narrated by Ali, Abu Hurayrah, Abu Midjliz, Ibrahim Nahy, Sufyan Sauri, Ishaq ibn Rahwiya radiallahu anhum, because Ali radyallahu anhu says: “Fold the right hand on the left under the navel is sunnah." This hadith was narrated by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Abu Dawud (al Mughni).
- Reading Sanaa (praising Allah) after takbir-tahrimi in 1 rak'ata.
From Aisha radyallahu anhu: “When the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam began, he read: “Subhanakallahumma wa bihamdik, wa tabarakas-smuka, wa ta ala jadduka, wa la ilaha gairuk” (Abu Daud; Tirmidhi).
- Ta"avuz (pronouncing the formula "A"uzu bi-Llyahi minash-shaitanir-rajim" (I resort to Allah from the shaitan who is stoned) - 1 cancer before "Fatiha".
- Bismillah (pronouncing the formula “Bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim” In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful) in every rak before “Fatiha”.
- Say “Amen” to yourself after “Fatiha.”
Abu Hurairah narrates to Radiyallahu Anhu that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “When the imam says: “...gairil magdubi alayhim walad daaaaliiin,” then you say: “Amen” (Bukhari).
In this and similar hadiths, the pronouncement of "Amen" for the one following the imam depends on the pronouncement of "walad daaaalliin" by the imam, and not on the pronouncement of "Amen" by the imam. It follows from this that the imam will say “Amen” to himself and the muktadi will not hear. The words “valad daaalliin” will be heard by everyone because of reading aloud, which is why the muktadis must say “Amen” (to themselves) after the imam pronounces the words “valad daaalliin.”
- Takbirat intikalyat(saying takbir “Allahu akbar” before going to ruku,” sajdah, straightening up from sajdah to sit on ku’ud (sitting on the knees between two sajdahs) and rising to his feet on the qiyam for the next rak’ata.
- Ruku" masnun (bowing from the waist as required by the sunnah): tilting the body 90 degrees, hands on the knees, eyes looking at the soles of the feet.
From Abu Barzi Aslami: “When the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam performed the hand,” the back was so straight that if water were poured on it, it would not flow” (Tabarani).
- Sujud masnun (bowing to the ground as required by the sunnah): feet, palms, nose, forehead should touch the ground. The head is located between the palms, the elbows do not touch the ground, the hips and should not be pressed to the ribs or to the stomach.
During Sujud, a man's elbows are spread, his stomach is away from his knees (elbows should not touch the ground, hands should be near his face), women's elbows are pressed and touch the ground, and the stomach is close to the knees.
Abdullah ibn Malik quotes Radyallahu Anhu: “When the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam committed soot, he spread his hands wide” (Bukhari).
Yazid ibn Habib reports: “The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam passed by two women who were reciting prayer. He said to them: “When you perform sajdah, then press some part of your body to the ground, because in this women are not like men” (Abu Daoud, Marasil).
- Ku'ud masnun (sitting on your knees between two sajdahs, prostrations, as required by the sunnah): a man in ku'ud (sitting after the 2nd, 3rd and 4th rak'ata, depending on the prayer) sits on his left foot, bending to the right , the right foot is placed in a vertical position on the toes, which are directed towards the Qibla, the hands should be on the hips.
The woman sits on her buttocks, bending both legs to the right and pointing her toes towards the Qibla.
If a person cannot sit like this due to illness, injury, etc., then he sits down as best he can.
Quoted from Abu Hamid Saidi: “Then raise your head and place your left leg, sitting on it, during sajdah leave your toes spread, then, saying “Allahu Akbar”, make the second sajdah.” (Abu Daoud)
Abdullah ibn Umar narrates to Radiyalahu Anhu: “From the sunnah of prayer is to place your right foot on your toes so that your toes are directed towards the Qibla, and sit on your left leg.” (Nasai)
- Tasbih ruku": "Subhana rabbiyal-"aziym" is pronounced 3 times.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud radiallahu anhu narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “When one of you makes a ruku,” let him say in it three times, “Subhana rabbiyal-“aziym,” and this is the least amount” ( Tirmidhi).
- Tasbih sujud: “Subhana rabbiyal-a” la is pronounced 3 times.
- Tasmi." When straightening the izruku (waist bow), the following is pronounced: "Sami"Allahu liman hamidah."
- Tahmid. After straightening the arm, it is said: “Rabbana lakal hamd.”
Abu Hurairah radyallahu anhu said: “When the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam began to pray, he always said: “Allahu akbar,” then, leaning into his hand, he said “Allahu akbar.” Straightening up, he said “Sami” Allahu liman hamidah”, and then, already straightening up, he said “Rabbana lakal hamd” (Bukhari; Muslim).
- Salawat: after reading the tashahhud in the last rak, the salawat of Ibrahim is read. Bukhari gives the following salawat: “Allahumma salli “ala Muhammadiu wa” ala ali Muhammad, kama sallayta “ala Ibrahima wa “ala ali Ibrahima innakya hamidum majid.” Allahumma barik "ala Muhammadiu wa "ala ali Muhammad, kama barakta "ala Ibrahima wa "ala ali Ibrahima innakya hamidum majid."
- Dua (a prayer to Allah) before salam (a greeting symbolizing the exit from prayer).
- Salam to the right and left. Say: “Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.”
Amir ibn Sad reports from the words of his father Sad to Radyallahu Anhu: “I saw that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was giving salaam to the right and left. Even the whiteness of his cheeks was visible” (Muslim).
- Niyat salam: Salam is given with the intention of greeting the angels and all those who were present at the prayer on the right and left sides.
- Jahrul adhkar: takbir, tasmi", salaam must be pronounced out loud by the imam.
- Ikhfaul adhkar: the remaining dhikrs of the prayer are pronounced silently (the muqtadi (standing behind the imam) and the one reading the namaz alone pronounces all the dhikrs to himself)
- When sajda, the knees touch the ground first, then the hands, then the face; when lifting, it’s the other way around.
Wail ibn Hajar narrates to Radyallahu Anhu: “I saw the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he performed sajdah, before putting his hands, he lowered his knees to the ground, and when he rose from sajdah, he raised his hands before his knees” (Tirmidhi).
- Mukaranatul Imam: The muktadi (standing behind the imam) performs all actions together with the imam during prayer. Performing any action before the imam is considered incorrect; delaying the execution of an action for too long is makrooh (strictly not recommended).
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The third aspect of the Nazarite vow is described in Num. 6:6: “All the days that he has dedicated himself as a Nazirite to the Lord, he must not approach a dead body.” And, again, this was important for a normal person: to bury dead relatives. However, the Nazirites were limited by God in this matter as well. A dead body was considered unclean by Jewish law, and any person who touched it was defiled for seven days. As for the Nazirite, if he approached a dead body during his vow (even the body of a deceased parent), it was considered desecration, and his vow of consecration was immediately broken.
The Nazarenes were a symbol of the people's calling to absolute purity. There was nothing wrong with burying the dead, but the Nazirites were given higher rules of life. It must have been very difficult, both externally and internally, to make such decisions. But no pressure from outside, no influence from friends or relatives could force them to become defiled.
Are you touching something that is killing you spiritually? Windows into pornography are killing thousands of believers spiritually. Nazarenes cannot and should not touch the dead. Are you susceptible to influences that pull you towards compromise? Pressure from the entertainment industry, fashion, and the expectations of family and friends are applied to force the Nazarite into a pattern of compromise. Delilah's seduction awaits you everywhere. A Nazarene even avoids clothing defiled by the flesh. He must not touch the dead.
But the Nazarites of the New Testament go even deeper, to the internal manifestations of this limitation. When Jesus confronted the Pharisees, He said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, while inside they are full of robbery and unrighteousness. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside appear beautiful, but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and all uncleanness” (Matthew 23:25,27).
My friend Mike Bickle writes:
The danger of Nazarite initiation is that a person may appear holy on the outside, but inside have a hard, self-righteous heart that hides behind a mask of righteousness and impressive outward actions that try to hide the bankruptcy of the soul. Only the fire of inner intimacy with God, being filled with the Spirit along with receiving God's mercy and pleasure from us (even when we fail) can save us from the heart of the Pharisee.
Nazarenes who do not live intimately with the Lord also face the danger of self-righteousness when they rejoice in their own dedication more than they rejoice in Jesus Himself. Like the Pharisee who despised the tax collector (Luke 18:9), we will admire our own dedication and look down on others. Too often it happens that we judge others by their actions, and ourselves by our intentions. The heart of those who rejoice in their own strength will fall into one of two pits: either arrogance of achievement, like that of the Pharisee, or self-hatred, like that of the unworthy son. Only a humble acceptance of God's grace to us can help us avoid this.
If a disciplined life were the most important achievement, then the Pharisees could be the perfect model for us! They knew the Scriptures well, they carefully kept the law, but their hearts were far from the Lord and from people. Discipline, by itself, has neither the power nor the ability to satisfy the human heart. The human heart comes alive with romance, intimacy and mystery... It lights up with passion and anticipation. If we replace these feelings with discipline, we will get the cold and hard heart of a Pharisee. When discipline takes the place of love and intimacy, we only feel loved when we feel we are meeting God's standards. When we fall, we believe that we are no longer loved. The separation and discipline of the Nazirites must flow from a heart filled with the Spirit and the fire of God's zealous love.