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I am humbled by this. I’ve always thought that my actions will justify me. I have understood that it’s only that desire to be filled with the power of the Creator through prayer that keeps me empty. My actions doesn’t even matter. Whatever I feel as a limitation, pain or trial isn’t what it really means, it’s just a phenomenon to prove the worthy. I’m so grateful to God for this day. I had actually felt despair and abandoned. I thought there was something I wasn’t doing better. Now I understand that my efforts doesn’t matter at all. May God help me!
Michael,
Well, we are in the wisdom of kabbalah. Of course your efforts matter. That is what matters.
But, unlike this world, we are not looking for the results in the same place.
In this world, if you work for an hour, you want an hour of pay.
But in our spiritual work, the Creator wants our efforts. He doesn’t need us to move rocks from here to there or for us to save a tree (it’s nice to plant a tree, but it’s not correcting our soul). But through many efforts, we come to need Him. Through many efforts of trying and trying we get to the bottom of our heart, where we gave all that we could give and then we have a true prayer from the bottom of our heart that only He can help us and we discover Him there.
Seth@KabU
I do not have a question. I am simply sharing what I feel.
The creator is all, so we simply perceive. It is our arrogance from our Ego that puts power into our actions. That power does not exist in us but is from the creator. We grow farther apart from the creator because we perceive what is real. We are not powerful. When we let go of this “knowledge” we become sad. We realize we are alone because we relied on ourselves to make changes (which is impossible). When we become truly alone the creator sees this as a genuine prayer of brokenness and despair. At that moment the creator sends mercy in the form of the beginning of unification. The creator sends some message in our life to seek true spirituality and stop relying on ourselves. The creator never leaves us, we simply never thought he was there because we relied on ourselves and this is why our efforts failed. Our perception changes and we perceive that all is the creator and we do nothing. This is when the natural forces present themselves in a manner in which we can surrender and truly understand our roles as powerless creatures. It only seems like abandonment because we abandon ourselves eventually (since we have no power). But in reality the creator waited patiently until we experienced our purpose was for his pleasure. The creator finds pleasure in my accepting his gifts of bestowal. I find nothing in rejection of this and eventually seek to receive the intended gift. Nothing about the natural forces change, my desires become the creators because I understand I am the one changing and the creator is the one changing my perception out of mercy. Mercy is given because upon this realization i can stop making myself miserable by relying on power I dont have and witness the true power of the creator who does. When i stop focusing on myself, but accept my true nature of selfishness is also pleasurable to the creator, I take on behalf only that it is pleasurable for me to do so. This allows me to think of the creator rather than myself and should lead to the understanding of my non broken screen. But Malchut is a state of maladaptation, therefore when i receive some light it will never be enough until i reach 100% and am one with the creator. Again the creator is not pushing me away, my perception and natural nature just feels like he is.
Hi Seth (or Tony),
In the Tip of the Week for this week, we are advised to try and see that “There is none else besides Him” in our daily lives. But we still don’t have any screen or attainment, and I have a very vivid imagination and tend to see all kinds of connections.
Is there a trick (a crack) for us, who don’t have the screen yet, to discern what stems from animal imagination and what not? Or do we just observe, without any judgement and trust?
Thank you for your answers! And for “The Great Transition” – I love it!
Greetings,
Ralitza
Ralitza,
Hi! 🙂
Also you animal imaginations come from the Creator.
First things first is to attribute it all to Him.
It’s not a reckless, religious fanatic principal.
We’ve been studying, we are examining ourselves, we can observe the will to receive working in us, we can start to understand that we are observing nature in four developing degrees of inanimate, vegetative, animate and speaking. We can see how the wind affects the water and together they affect the weather and the moon affects the tides and the birds and bees and in short, we’re in a closed system that functions on laws of nature. So that I don’t see all of the connections with my eyes doesn’t bother me and even if I had hawk eyes, I couldn’t yet see how every planet and star and galaxy are also connected in the same system.
So from now, I’m going to start to attribute everything to this system that we call the Creator.
Good luck,
Seth@KabURalitza,
Hi! 🙂
Also you animal imaginations come from the Creator.
First things first is to attribute it all to Him.
It’s not a reckless, religious fanatic principal.
We’ve been studying, we are examining ourselves, we can observe the will to receive working in us, we can start to understand that we are observing nature in four developing degrees of inanimate, vegetative, animate and speaking. We can see how the wind affects the water and together they affect the weather and the moon affects the tides and the birds and bees and in short, we’re in a closed system that functions on laws of nature. So that I don’t see all of the connections with my eyes doesn’t bother me and even if I had hawk eyes, I couldn’t yet see how every planet and star and galaxy are also connected in the same system.
So from now, I’m going to start to attribute everything to this system that we call the Creator.
Good luck,
Seth@KabU
As understood: ANYTHING, ANYTHING COMES FROME HIM. Ok, would this mean that my present moment/shape (physical/mental/and such) is the result of the desires that throughout the years I’ve strived to fulfill along my life without stop, until have arrived/achieved to this point here I’ve sicken of something badly, and thus by realising that my past nonstop placer full-filler gives me no more placer, or at least has gotten outta hand, cause my desires has grown to great that this Earth’s/life’s placer it ain’t enough no more. And now after following my father’s footsteps and advice, I am back to Kabbalah as my Hedonistic self can not longer be fulfilled anymore.
It might sounds rough, but this is me.
Has all of this process of mine, been exactly planned and structured by HIM all the time, in order to get me back on the path of the studies of his Science?
Does every inch of pain achieved by years of nonstop placer obtainment , and today manifested in me in physical disorders, are been his Will and plan? Meaning that unconsciously I’ve been forced by my untaming need to obtained placer to walk on the path of pain (left side) many years, to now start SLOWLY not even to walk on the right side, but rather start studying it, in order and hopefully to one day walk ok it aiming to to do the work within a Ten, to thereby finally amd truly grace him and connect to him?
Sincerely,
Pedro.
Pedro,
Yes, but calm down.
The whole thing is all the Creator operating you.
You are like a puppet, His hand is inside of you controlling you.
The purpose of all of these experienced that you wrote about is in order to develop your emotions.
The emotions become like our fuel.
We cannot disregard anything that happened.
And we are not permitted to say, “It’s all Him and I don’t need to take responsibility for anything”
At the beginning of each state we need to approach it as if I need to do my best to advice.
And at the end of each state we need to say, He was the one who did everything.
This is our approach.
It is not philosophy or mysticism.
We are working with different forces, malchut and bina.
Review the weekly lesson material multiple times, wash yourself in these materials it will help you a lot.
Seth@KabU
Hello Seth,
“Revelation is the degree to which we perceive the goodness and unconditional love of the Creator. This is our true level of connection with the Creator.”
“If we can feel the sorrow that our detachment causes to the collective soul and the joy that our connection causes, we are in a state called Lishma.”
“When we give joy to the collective soul, even though each feels the joy and the closeness individually, this reception becomes bestowal.”
“When we use our will to receive in order to give joy to the Creator, we have attained the quality of bestowal.”
I understand that these statements relate to spiritual states/attainments. Do I understand correctly that those states can be only felt in a vessel, which I, as a mere desire with a point in the heart, am only being prepared to gain? By studying Kabbalah, reading the Zohar, Shamati and Baal HaSulam texts and course text books, listening to the guidance of Dr. Laitman and the fantastic instructors, graduating from the carefully designed set of KabU courses, hopefully getting assigned to a 10 of fellow students, work with them on our intention and only then can I get a true feeling of these states through connecting my point/seed in the heart with those of my 10? Or can these be felt individually, too, while still being in the preparation stage?
Thank you.
BTW Seth, are you the Teacher of the Youtube course: Enter the Zohar full course?
I simply love it!.
Pedro.
Hi dear Seth.
Thanks a lot. Your words are rather warm.
All of this just fits in me. I’m not scared, disappointed or frustrated. As a matter of fact, your answer is rather a language I have been understanding ever since I was little.
I don’t mind being a Puppet to be honest. I actually believe that it is such an act of humbleness to accept it with joy as well as awareness. And I think I do it.
In today’s class, the Rav said, that those whose drawing themselves close to this Science (even more the ones already in a Tent) will slowly experience coneccruon with the real spirituality upon the material world.
This advances, or tries for connection, will make to one to enter in spiritual stages that are beyond the reason’s comprehension, but that at all costs, we got to always remember, that there’s nothing beside Him.
This answers to beyond boddy experiences that my father and I have been experiencing (he lives in México, and I in Sweden) lately. Sensations of not been alone in a room, and kind of quite unique dreams.
For either way, we share our experiences and feedback each other with saying, there’s nothing to be afraid of, as There’s nothing beside Him. So we in order to not got nuts and trying to rationalise these experiences, we are just trying to not fear them. Have yourselef Seth experience things in all these years of your studies in Kabbalah, thins that you simply cannot describe with words? Sensations, thoughts or dreams? But that you know that it is the result of the process of you spiritual work?
In the other hand. I do agree entierly dear Seth in regards of saying: There’s nothing else beside Him, it shouldn’t be used to excuse oneself from the responsibility of his acts!
I am already in week 2, and Deeping into the texts and getting ready for week three.
Kind regards,
Yours Pedro.
Pedro,
Your desire is strong but you have some confusions that need to be clarified.
The best is if they are clarified from your own efforts and experiences that way they will be built and stabalized in your perception.
Read and re-read the texts each week and make notes. Do NOT philosophize or extrapolate on what is written, your work is to simply identify and clarify the main points. Write out the main points, not with all kinds of dressings and commentary, but just clarify what the main points of each text are.
You will save yourself a lot of time and confusion by making these efforts now.
Seth@KabU
Hi dear Seth.
Thanks a lot. Your words are rather warm.
All of this just fits in me. I’m not scared, disappointed or frustrated. As a matter of fact, your answer is rather a language I have been understanding ever since I was little.
I don’t mind being a Puppet to be honest. I actually believe that it is such an act of humbleness to accept it with joy as well as awareness. And I think I do it.
In today’s class, the Rav said, that those whose drawing themselves close to this Science (even more the ones already in a Tent) will slowly experience coneccruon with the real spirituality upon the material world.
This advances, or tries for connection, will make to one to enter in spiritual stages that are beyond the reason’s comprehension, but that at all costs, we got to always remember, that there’s nothing beside Him.
This answers to beyond boddy experiences that my father and I have been experiencing (he lives in México, and I in Sweden) lately. Sensations of not been alone in a room, and kind of quite unique dreams.
For either way, we share our experiences and feedback each other with saying, there’s nothing to be afraid of, as There’s nothing beside Him. So we in order to not got nuts and trying to rationalise these experiences, we are just trying to not fear them. Have yourselef Seth experience things in all these years of your studies in Kabbalah, thins that you simply cannot describe with words? Sensations, thoughts or dreams? But that you know that it is the result of the process of you spiritual work?
In the other hand. I do agree entierly dear Seth in regards of saying: There’s nothing else beside Him, it shouldn’t be used to excuse oneself from the responsibility of his acts!
I am already in week 2, and Deeping into the texts and getting ready for week three.
Kind regards,
Yours Pedro.
Maria,
We are going through all of the processes that happen in spirituality, but in an unconscious way, like a mother lowers the child and raises him up to nurse and lowers him back to the ground and raises him up to nurse and she performs the ascents and descents for him until such time as he grows enough that he can move on his own.
In relation to spirituality we were not even born yet, so we are even before the embryo. Nevertheless, we are going through all of these processes in a passive way.
To feel something in spirituality is only felt in a common vessel. You can feel something individually, but only according to your inner integration and connection with the others.
Seth@KabU
Hi Seth!
I have to say that the video in Part 1 ABSOLUTELY describes how I felt life before discovering the Kabbalah. Which gets me to my question. In your comment #57237 you mention 5 steps of ascent & descent.
At the current moment despite the constant confusion and knowing I am utterly distant from the final goal, the feeling of this journey is of an utmost pleasure. I feel as if I have a cause, a True reason to wake up everyday. At the same time I feel as if more distant from the physical world – my own interior self cannot understand much of anything anymore. It is strange.
However the pleasure stays. Considering the 5 steps you have mentioned, is this the wrong feeling? Am I being misguided by the ego?
Francisco,
When the sun is shining is the time that you buy insurance.
When the rain is pouring down and the flood waters are filling the house, that is not the time for buying insurance, that is the time to hold on through the storm and after, everything will be cleaned and even better.
While you are illuminated and feel all of this power and inspiration, make a framework for yourself. Start small. Maybe you make 20 minutes everyday to read your favorite kabbalah article or to study our lesson material for the week. But this 20 minutes happens every day, if you feel good or if you feel bad, this becomes part of your spiritual framework, above your animal emotions. It is not important the quantity of hours now. What is important is that you will be able to increase as you grow. Better to start with 20 minutes for example M-F at 10am and Sat & Sun at 4pm.
You do something that works for your life, maybe it is 4 times per week.
But what is important is that now you are on fire. Use it!
Don’t disregard what you have been given.
Write about it in your notebook.
Seth@KabU
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