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As I’ve been reading the recommended books and reviewing the course material, I keep seeing the teaching that when we recognize an egoistic desire or the consequences of it, the appropriate response is to sincerely ask the Creator for help in correcting it.
My question is: what about the egoistic desires we do not yet recognize?
It seems likely that there are many motives, habits, and tendencies within us that are egoistic, but that we are still unaware of or unable to see clearly. In that case, is it appropriate to ask the Creator not only to correct the egoism we already recognize, but also to reveal what we are currently unable to see and help us correct it?
I am especially interested in whether Kabbalah teaches a way of becoming more sensitive to these hidden egoistic tendencies before we necessarily have to encounter their negative consequences. What is the recommended approach when we know that correction is needed, but do not yet know exactly what within us needs to be corrected?
Michael,
Very nice.
Reminds me of what Baal HaSulam wrote in Letter 5.
<<“On the contrary, I rejoice in those revealed corruptions and the ones that are being revealed.
I do regret though, and complain, about the corruptions that still haven’t appeared, but which are destined to appear, for a hidden corruption is hopeless, and its surfacing is a great salvation from heaven.
The rule is that one does not give what he doesn’t have. So if it appears now, there is no doubt that it was here to begin with, but was hidden.
This is why I’m happy when they come out of their holes because when you cast your eye on them, they become a pile of bones.”>>
In short, in our work we are always clinging to the right side, to the good, the Creator will take care of revealing the evil that needs to be revealed and the more that you draw the light, the more you will see what was before hidden in the dark.
Good luck and I look forward to hearing about your successes,
Seth@KabU
Ok, so I feel like I’m missing The Creator so much these past few days that I literally almost cannot stop crying. Is this normal? Lolol. I just don’t know how else to explain what I am feeling.
Diana,
We don’t know you, we don’t know your life circumstances, etc
But it is natural that a person comes to a point where they feel that the filling outside of the them, the abundance, the love, the wholeness is more than they have the vessels for and tears come out.
Take a book from our site and read it, read the words of the kabbalists so that you can prepare higher vessels than the ones you have now, so all of that additional light will have a place to rest inside.
Seth@KabU
Hello Tony and team,
Thank you for these thought-provoking lessons.
Could you clarify what you mean by the statement: “The purpose of life is to create a creature and fill that creature with unbounded delight”?
Does this describe the Creator’s purpose in bringing creation into existence, or also our purpose as human beings? Are we meant to participate in that same process—to create, nurture, and pass on what we receive?
I’m also curious about the word “delight.” Does it mean happiness, pleasure, deep fulfillment, or something more specific in Kabbalah? How does it relate to the concept of “Light”?
Thank you,
Tim
Tim,
This is called the thought of creation that emerged out of “His Essence”. The kabbalists don’t speak about His Essence, only about what can be attained, which is what emanates from there.
What they discover is that the Creator is a force of complete good that bestows complete good.
Instead of the pleasure being felt in our belly or with our skin, these are all garments on a spark of light. The true pleasure is the light itself. And the spiritual pleasure is to feel that light regardless of the material garment that it is dressed in, even beyond the material garment.
What word to describe it? What is delight? Well how would a 10 year old enjoy a fine scotch vs how my grandpa enjoyed a fine scotch. It all depends on the development of the vessel and this is endless.Seth@KabU
How can the will to bestow help us with problems in our individual lives if the only time it can be practiced is amongst a group of 10 of our peers?
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