Although stars look to our eyes like small dots of light, our minds peceive them as whole solar systems, many light-years away. When we look at our fellow-Jew, he looks roughly three cubits tall, but in our mind's eye we must see him in his full stature, reaching through all the Worlds, all the way up to the Throne of Glory. If we would view ourselves the same way we would realize that our spiritual horizons are practically endless, and we would behave accordingly.
In a factory, when one of the many workers doesn't come to work things don't grind to a halt, but when the manager doesn't come in and has no replacement, havoc ensues. Each one of us conducts a vast orchestra of spiritual entities, singing their praise to Hashem: Every movement, every thought, activates legions of heavenly angels. We must remember that.
When we see large numbers of people, we tend to belittle the significance of each one seperately; their individual significance seems to be only in terms of their capacity to make up a crowd. But when kings congregate they do so with utmost diplomacy. Klal Yisroel in the desert did not camp haphazardly. Each and every Jew has his own dynasty, his own particular relation to The Divine. The four directions in which they encamped made up the Holy Four-Letter Name of Hashem, elevating His Name and making it manifest in this World. The three Tribes under the Banner of Reuven, encamped in the south, and composed the Holy Letter "Yud". The three Tribes under the Banner of Dan, encamped in the North, and composed the Holy Letter "Hei". The three Tribes under the Banner of Yehuda, encamped in the East, and composed the Holy Letter "Vav". And the last three Tribes under the Banner of Ephraim, encamped in the West, and composed the final Holy Letter "Hei".
When each person knows his place and knows his full worth, only then does each person reach his full potential; only then is there true peace.
Based on Rabbi Vali's book on Vayikra. Questions can be mailed to: the Yeshiva