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Hi Humehr,

See my earlier response since this is related, but again you’re referring to the physical and not the spiritual. Secondly, you should only be concerned about the others here that are starting the path with you, in this environment. You’ll gradually build this kind of “mirror” where you will see that they are actually you, you see them however you “build” them in your eyes.

Also, don’t forget the fact that whatever state you’re in, you’re in that state because the Creator placed you there – made you feel and think whatever you’re feeling and thinking – the question is what are you doing with that? How are you reacting to that in order to use what He’s given you to build a bigger desire for correction? Are you concerned only with how you feel? Do you now recognize that you can only about how you yourself feel and thank Him for showing you the truth? What’s your direction after that, do you now need Him to help you attain strength to think about Him?

Thanks!

Chris

Hi Humehr,

How you live your life in this world has no influence on your spiritual progress. The ego has developed since the times of “eat bread and sleep on the floor” – these kinds of limiting lifestyles that bring a person to only focus on spirituality. Kabbalists before us have already made those corrections and we exist in an ego that is much harsher and this approach to bestowal doesn’t work on our modern-day ego.

Live a regular life while simultaneously yearning for life above what you see and feel before you, above the ego. This is how we correct our ego in the last generation.

Thanks!

Chris

Hey Ty,

Mmmm….not exactly sure what you mean here. As a rule, it’s best not to try and not use your brain to grasp spiritual concepts. We understand this is completely normal for beginners as it’s kind of the only way to feel like you’re advancing since that’s what we’re used to in our world when we think of stuffing more knowledge into our brain and if I can rationalize it and make it fit into the “big picture” it feels like I know more and understand more.

However, this isn’t how it works in spirituality, which I’m sure you’ve heard multiple times. As I’m typing this I think maybe you have the right direction as far as translating one language into another, but making this connection doesn’t help you a bit. If you really want to use the story of the exodus, then try and locate these things within you emotionally instead of in your brain. Find where you have a desire to receive for yourself while also having the sensation of wanting to escape it since you are beginning to become aware of how this is actually harming you. Where do you go? How do you navigate? Towards what? Etc.

Good luck!

Chris

You’re right! Thanks for bringing this to my awareness. Faith above Reason.

Hi Humehr,

I think you’re getting “energy” and “intention” confused.

If you want to talk about your daily life, how you interact with human society, I suppose you could categorize this interaction based on how you distribute your “energy” meaning, the allotted calories – mental and physical – in engaging with what you choose and don’t necessarily choose to encounter with each day. If you pay money to receive food, then that energy is coming back to you in the form of food, and that energy is then again being used as ATP for you cells etc. etc..

If you want to talk about what you’re doing for others, you can only refer to the extent you were able to rise above yourself and ask for the quality of bestowal for others. If you’re asking for others and not yourself, then you have no calculation about what’s coming back to you since bestowal in spirituality means you’ve risen above that calculation completely.

Thanks!

Chris

edit: If i bestow energy to someone ….

Hi Ty,

I believe here Baal HaSulam is referring to how each attribute needs to coexist with other attributes, that there needs to be a contradiction and “mixing” of them and the “laws” of these attributes allow for this.

Thanks!

Chris

Makes total sense! Thank you Chris I appreciate you!

Hi Niklas,

Pharaoh is an inner force, not an external one. Even if you wanted to relate it to one particular individual as a certain “force”, Kabbalah will only refer to it as the inner force within a person that the Creator uses to exhaust those who want to reach bestowal. It’s the force that ultimately shows a person that they only want for themselves and they will never be able to leave (exit) Egypt, the land (desire) that serves only the ego.

Thanks!

Chris