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    • #311901
      Scott
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      What’s the actual goal of the creator causing all of this to occur and is it equivalent to a god level of egoism? My mind is boggled as I think about the topic of infinity, yet I have to understand that it’s probably not linear time in the perception of the creator. I have so many questions that I don’t even know where to start, but I’m loving this training.

      • #311994

        Scott,
        Let’s say as the kabbalists do that we are in a field of endless light right now, complete fulfillment.
        But let’s say for example that you brought a cat to see your favorite band.
        The cat sits there licking her paws and you are dancing, singing, reminicing, crying, jumping and the cat…nothing, no reaction.
        So, similarly the cat is in a room filled with energy and doesn’t feel a thing.
        We are in a field of endless fulfillment and don’t feel a thing.
        Why?
        The cat doesn’t have vessels to feel what you feel.  She has ears, but the vessel is not the ear itself, the ear is the preparation for the vessel, the vessel is the desire to enjoy that is developed in you to feel so many more nuances in the air then the cat can feel.

        Now let’s go to our second point.  The kabbalists write to us that the Creator wants to create a creature and fill it with all of that endless light.  Since there is no time in spirituality, that “action” is done the moment that thought arises.  So opposite that bestowing force of fulfillment appeared a receiving force big enough to receive endless fulfillment.  That complete receiving desire is called Malchut of Ein Sof.  We are not yet talking about anything material, there is no big bang yet, not this world, nothing material yet.
        We will learn all of this in great detail in later classes.
        But when you wrote about some god level egoism, you’re barking up the right tree we can say 🙂
        Seth@KabU

        • #312141
          Scott
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          Many thanks for your answer Seth. I appreciate you and the other teachers very much

        • #312227

          Thank you Scott.
          Looking forward to good things from you.

    • #311896
      Sharon Aloni
      Partícipe

      Hello and thank you.

      I think that I understand the concept so far.  However, I am in a position in my life of imbalance.  I am not receiving what I need to continue bestowing.  What is needed for that correction?

       

      • #311900

        Sharon,
        First, you need to clean up the previous concepts that your brought with you to the wisdom of kabbalah.
        We are not bestowing yet.  To spirituality bestow is a very high degree that means that a person acquired a spiritual screen and is working in two worlds, this world and the spiritual world.
        You are referring to how people behave in this world.
        According to this world, you need to take care of yourself like every creature must.
        In the meantime, separate the spiritual definitions from earning a living and taking care of your necessities.
        On top of your necessities you can build your spiritual life.
        Like a house that has a foundation in the dirt and upstairs is a beautiful table set with all the delights, but nevertheless, it sits on a foundation of rock.
        We also need to stabilize, food, family, money, etc and when we have at least what we need to be healthy and stable we can acquire the Torah.
        Seth@KabU

    • #311839
      Sean
      Partícipe

      This isn’t a question, just more of an observation. The more I’ve learned about Kabbalah over the past week, the more I find myself questioning what pleasures I get from doing every little action, like taking a drink. I also found it curious that God has to … pardon the poor paraphrasing … corrupt Himself to help us get closer to Him.

      • #311957
        Sharon Aloni
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        Thank you, Seth.  True, I come to this study program with the teachings of The Maharishi behind me.  However I am very excited to finally be on the path of Kabbalah.

      • #311899

        Sean,
        Nice observation.
        You’ll see when we start studying the structure of reality how accurate your depiction is.
        Seth@KabU

    • #311768
      Jennifer
      Partícipe

      …does the desire to bestow lead to the will to bestow? They are not one in the same, are they? Personal example. I don’t like public speaking or being the center of attention. Yet, I’m involved in my local politics and agreed to become the next president of a organization I belong to. If it’s for the good of the people in my community and I’m asked to do it, I do it. The phrase that runs in my mind and that i tell others is, “it’s not about me.” I am certain i have a desire to bestow and i push past what would keep me from doing that. So, is that my desire to bestow creates in me the will to bestow?

      • #311792

        Jennifer,
        We can use the expressions, will to bestow and desire to bestow interchangeably.
        You gave an example from corporeal life where something is so important to you that you were able to do something that you otherwise wouldn’t.
        This is a natural conduct of the world.
        I don’t want to wake up early to go to the gym, but I want to be healthy and being healthy is more important to me than sleeping in.
        This same conduct happens in towards our spiritual work however, within our will to receive it’s impossible to truly have a desire to bestow.  We can behave like we do and this is correct, this is like what children do when they learn to be like adults, they play.  And when the time is right, nature makes the child into an adult, releases new hormones, grows the physical stature, develops the mind, the small teeth fall out and larger teeth come in.
        So in spirituality, we play bestowal and the light comes and it gives us the will to bestow, actually it’s the intention to bestow.  The will to receive will remain, as the purpose of creation is to fill the creature with endless delight, so we must receive, but with the intention to bestow.
        Seth@KabU

        • #312099
          Jennifer
          Partícipe

          Seth, I don’t fully comprehend but I guess that is expected because if I did I wouldn’t be here. Thanks for your help.

    • #311458
      Todd
      Partícipe

      Hi Seth,

       

      I love that song “the greatest”.  I looked into kabbalah about ten years ago and I think there was a different version then, is there any way to see that one also?

      So since I started studying bnei baruch again I have periods of thinking this is the only way foreward for all of us, these guys know what they are doing and this is for me and the most important thing I can ever do ,and then thinking there is no way this can be real there has to be something else going on here i don’t want to be some sucker.  What am I to make of this?

       

      • #311787

        Todd,
        Hi.  :))
        That was a fun song.  I don’t think anyone has edited it or updated it in many years, so whatever you found is probably what there is.
        Regarding your question, the answer is to brick by brick build your foundation.  And as it is known in this world too, the deeper the foundation, the higher and more stable the structure will be.
        Maybe after 10 years you take the time now to put in a serious amount of time in KabU, read the materials and most importantly, take notes, test it on yourself and in your life.
        For example you learn that the kabbalists write to us that reality is a will to receive on four degrees.  So examine the world, examine yourself.  If you feel it’s bullshit, so close the program and go find something that works for you.  If you test it and verify it on yourself, so put that brick in the foundation and move on.
        Slowly, slowly you will build a framework, a foundation in your inner world where the light can begin to enter.
        However if you wake up in a bad mood or if you go wandering in a social media environment where they bash kabbalah for example and then you come back and question your first brick and your second brick, then you are back to zero, or even less and waste a lot of time.
        The point is, if you make a sober decision to build a brick and a second brick, etc. then you don’t go destroy your foundation every time you wake up in a bad mood or every time you hear some critic somewhere speak agains it.
        You can count on your mood changing.  You can count on there being those against kabbalists.
        We are building something eternal.
        You need to decide what you want from life.
        Seth@KabU

    • #310784
      Marcia
      Partícipe

      What are we to bestow? Please give examples.

      • #311028

        Marcia,
        Imagine that a child made her first finger painting.  It is a big wet mess on paper and she brings it to you so proud.  She is giving and you are receiving the painting.
        Now if you deny it, if you look at her with disgust at how messy and dirty it is, and you don’t receive so what happens?  But if you receive it, you are actually giving her love and support and confidence.
        So in this example, by receiving, you are giving to the child.
        By this we start to understand that bestowing is not something that happens with the hand and feet, it is an inner attitude that whatever I am doing, giving, receiving, etc, but my inner attitude inverts from one of self-love to love of the other, which leads to love of the Creator.
        We will learn about this more soon.
        Seth@KabU

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