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I am trying to discern what might be the recognition of the evil inclination and how to navigate the next steps, I find myself increasingly noticing egoistic qualities in the people around me. This heightened awareness is unsettling, and I realize I am seeing these negative traits more than I have before. I have read that other people can act as mirrors, reflecting the qualities I need to address within myself.
In my journey, I am part of two groups: the public and my spiritual society. Within my ten, I see my brothers actively trying to put aside their egoism for the goal. However, in my public life, I struggle with how to interact with and love my friends and family, who are not on the pathway of Kabbalah and are not consciously addressing their egos.
I understand that focusing on the work within my 10 is essential, but what should I do about my public life? I have heard from our sources that we should not mix our desires with outsiders specifically for this reason. However, I deeply love my friends and family, and it is hard not to be affected by them.
Is this increased recognition of egoism in others a normal part of the initial pathway to spiritual attainment? How should I manage these observations and maintain my spiritual focus without being knocked off my path by those close to me who are not engaged in this wisdom?
Hi,
Yes, it’s a stage along the way. We understand. However, you’ll see later that you can balance both without either intruding upon the other. A person who doesn’t have a Point in the Heart lacks any counter-vantage point from which to see that they are within their ego always. Thus, I should only be concerned with correcting myself, whatever else needs correction – if anything – will be corrected according to my correction.
Hi Gianni,
Thank you for a great YG class on 12/5. From that class you mentioned that those with a point in the heart are blocking the pipeline of light? What practical actions do i take to take my thumb of the pipeline to allow the light to flow?
Thank you
2nd question
I feel like since I grew up in the church and been studying and searching for the Creator since I can remember. Even feel like I went through a state of giving up a few years back before I found kabbalah, that the thought of “falling into dispare” seems so far off. Like almost unattainable because I am basically learning to yearn for something that I’ve never had. How do I build this desire to want something I’ve never seen, felt or tasted?
For some reason I am finding it real difficult to pray for the friends. Not because of anything they did. But because I feel corporeal. So I feel like a poor man praying for the wealthy. If that makes sense…
So my question is, how do I pray for the friends? How can I build the desire to pray for them correctly? How should I start, like, build a habit, and then eventually it will be real?
In the introduction to the wisdom of Kabbalah, it’s mentioned that we work towards attaining “vessels of bestowal” through the influence of the surrounding light.
However, the term “vessel” typically implies something used for receiving. How, then, can a “vessel” be associated with bestowing rather than receiving? How does a vessel function to bestow?
Is the answer in the aim of the pleasure? Whether it is directed inwards or outwards?
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