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Seth, I watched There Is None Else Besides Him Part 1 again carefully. In my own words this is what I would say to myself after asking G-d for forgiveness in terms of stating that I made my own bad decisions: “How arrogant of me to think/believe that I had the authority to make my own faulty decisions;” that was a sin. There are so many things that I am discovering, learning, and experiencing.
I want to give you an example of my understanding of receiving and bestowal. My Papa was my sage, full of wisdom and faith and I loved him immensely. My Mama was the example of courage and faith and I followed her example. My children and I had to flee my country because a leader of a mafia had already given the order to execute my children and me. We escaped and that is why I entered the USA. After my mother and little brother died, my Papa did not want to return to Mexico City. I suffered from many PTSDs after the car accident, mostly being in the dark since the car accident happened at 8:30 pm. I could not sleep with the lights turned off and was still afraid. I would ask G-d to touch my head and give me intelligence, wisdom, and serenity. Then I would stretch out my hand with my eyes closed and ask my Mama to put her hand on my heart and give me peace and to accompany me. As soon as I said that out loud, I was asleep.
I was able to support my children completely in Mexico City. My Papa would visit me sometimes and was proud that I had accomplished what I had. After having to come to live in San Antonio, TX, My Papa helped me find an apartment because nobody would allow me to rent because I did not have “credit.” The manager was a friend of my Papa’s and that is how I was able to stay for three months and then move out. When we moved to a better apartment complex, my Papa came to me and told me that he would take me to all the stores to help me buy everything I needed for the apartment. I reminded him that I had looked after myself and my children for 18 years. His reaction was sad and he left. The next day after he left, I realized that he just wanted to help (bestow), but I did not want his help (not want to receive). I felt so terribly bad. I called him and told him that I did need his help. He came immediately and took me to all the stores to furnish the apartment and kitchen tools. He was so happy and so was I. I would never imply that my Papa was like the Creator. I am explaining my understanding of me as the vessel, rejecting the gift and bestowal that my Papa wanted to give me and me as the receiver rejecting his bestowal. After that experience, my Papa and I were one like we used to be and I learned to be humble towards him and his wisdom and love for us was incredible and solid up until he passed away.
Therefore, does this real life experience explain The Creator’s want to give us, the creatures, His light and bestowal and us, as creatures reject what the Creator wants for us?
Elisheva,
First of all before an action we have to say that it is in my hands to do whatever I can do and I must make effort to do what I can.
After the action we can say that even if I didn’t do anything it would have all turned out exactly the same since it is all in His hands.
But you cannot mix up the order or you will have a lot of confusion and lengthen the path.
Seth@KabUI just finished watching Part 2 video. I have commented earlier that I have made bad decisions that I had considered them to be from my own free will, consciously knowing that they were my bad decisions. I cannot think of a time in my life that I doubted the existence of G-d. I do remember when there were times in which I was on the edge of the cliff where the only way was going down. At those times, I followed my Papa’s advice, “put your life in G-d’s hands.” I did; whatever it was going to be, it was going to be G-d’s will. However, as I am learning Kabbalah, I have to ask a question. Stating that I made some bad decisions which caused me suffering and that I knowingly still made bad decisions for which I would ask G-d to forgive me. Were those bad decisions part of the Creator’s plan for me? Are they considered “sins?”
I have talked to G-d for a very long time in my life. I talk to Him about everything in my life. I have asked Him to grant me wisdom and intelligence in my mind. I would also ask Him to grant my heart peace and to accompany me. I would ask for a bracha, blessing, for anyone ill in my extended family and my children if they were ill. I have had pets since I was six years old, poodles, toy, miniature, standard because they are hypoallergenic. I am very allergic to a lot of things such as pets and in the air. I have a miniature poodle, two years old that was gifted to me one month after my YorkiePoo of 16 years old had to be put to sleep, 2023. Hence, I also thank G-d for my little pet, Athena, because she keeps me company. I am disabled and I receive a small social security check. I am not from this country, USA; hence, I did not have enough work credits to receive a larger social security check as do people who have worked their entire life. My son brought me to live with him and my two grandchildren, 8 and 5 years old from San Antonio, TX to Ashburn, VA. However, he is going through a very difficult time, soon to be divorced and he lost his job two months ago. He has been applying for 70-80 jobs online since then. I ask G-d to please help him find a job when I talk to G-d everyday. I was not taught to talk to G-d. I began doing that naturally. However, I remember that my Papa would always tell me that when I was going through uncertain times, to put my life in G-d’s hands. I have. And I recognize that I have made some very bad decisions in my life that have caused me to suffer. After listening to Part 1 of Tony’s video, I learned about the corporeal and the spiritual. And as Seth explained, making free will decisions does lead to a bumpy road, suffering. I also, when I talk to G-d after my prayer, I thank Him for my life (parents, siblings, children) and as I talk to Him about my life, I smile and tell Him that He knows me. It is correct that G-d cannot be fooled. What I did not expect to know about is Kabbalah; what it teaches one. Then all of a sudden my life is not over, even at 74 years old. I have so much to learn both corporeally and spiritually. Knowing what I knew, in terms of how my life has been, I can now learn and see my life through the wisdom of Kabbalah, which is a completely different way of knowing G-d. Thank you, Seth, for the great explanations and examples you have stated.
I have been taught that to “ask” for something in prayer is to further distance yourself from it. That we already have everything we want and need and its only our belief that we do not that keeps these things absent from us. So to ask is to further reinforce that belief. With that said is it believed appropriate in Kabbalah to “ask to receive” from god?
Terry,
There are thousands of belief systems and religions in the world.
Each one has its own approach.
In the wisdom of kabbalah we are always praying, asking as often as possible.
The desire for food renews itself automatically, the desire for sex and money renew automatically, all of our natural desires grow and renew naturally. However we are in the business of eternity. How can we receive eternity, we don’t even want it, so we accustom ourselves to want it. The praying does not change the Creator. The asking, the praying constantly formats our desire to the shape of the Upper Light.
The Creator is closer than our closest friend, our closest lover, we can speak to Him all the time, ask of Him what we want, tell Him how we want to be with Him, how we want life to be good for everyone, etc. Don’t be shy.
Seth@KabU
Hi Seth, colleagues, my question is this:
Can regular everyday people connect with the upper worlds without the Torah?
For example: a caveman fulfills his lower desires, for food, shelter, family…he then picks up a stick and carves a flute. he creates songs on it. Later he picks up some plants and creates dies, and draws what he sees in nature, animals, plants, everything in his visual field. There’s a kind of satisfaction of a higher desire, a feeling of connections with the creator. There is no social expectation for him to do these, things, so it seems that this is an exercise of free will.
The second example has to do with intuition. A flight is fully booked but only a quarter of the people who bought tickets arrive. The plane crashes and everyone who took it dies. Through some inexplicable force, the people who didn’t take the flights describe a gut feeling guiding them not to take it. Some are sure the creator was communicating with them, so they acted on their desire to be closer to the creator by abandoning their plans. Are they exercising free will?
Dana,
Later after education is corrected and the family unit is corrected and a person grows up in healthy psychological and emotional environment where he learns how to work with these forces, then it will be the most natural thing to connect with the upper world. This is of course due to the light of the Torah that raises the person, but not everyone will sit with The Study of the Ten Sefirot and work like we do today.
Everyday people today can experience all kinds of phenomenon, some very “magical”.
What we are working on attaining is something else.
We are talking about ascending to the degree of the roots of the forces that manifest in this world. To become equivalent to that force of bestowal and love.
This takes place through many efforts and an inner transformation. It doesn’t happen accidentally or by chance.
Seth@KabU
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