Ask anything about week 3 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.

[Tony Kosinec- KabU Instructor]

Ask anything about week 3 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.

[Qeli]

I am at week 8, and this is getting harder to follow. The Creator has our lives mapped out for us. The only free will we have (basically) are the people we choose to spent time with and the social media feeds we read. The Creator is immovable, no amount of prayer will change what is unchanging – we can only ask to change ourselves. But only if it is in service to others, and the greater good. Anything else is for the ego, for the self alone. At the same time all of our “desires” comes from the Creator and so therefore we can’t avoid them, even though we shouldn’t have them for the self alone? Prayer makes no difference to the Creator, (s)he neither wields bad or good things, yet at the same time he wields everything?

At this point, I am wondering what the point of my life is? Showing constraint on the books I read, living with an intention to serve as Mother Teresa, while knowing I get desires (that I shouldn’t have, but can have because they don’t come from me, they come from the Creator). Desiring food and shelter are acceptable – but no more unless it is for the benefit of others. Meanwhile, while having an intention to be the best person I can I see others, oblivious to the Creator ….living their best lives, being bestowed great good fortune, while contributing nothing. They laugh, have beautiful meals, get their teeth whitened and take holidays.

The version of the Creator that I had been learning and relying on (there is no one other than him) feels more like my friend than the one I am learning through this course. I don’t mean to be confrontational, but I am not getting a feeling of getting closer to him, I’m learning to become confused,

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Qeli,
If you’re confused, that is a good sign that you have entered into preparation phase of the study, you stepped into something new and its not like the life I knew until now.
If you are asking what is the point of my life, then the writings of the kabbalists are working on you.  This question is exactly what the wisdom of kabbalah comes to a person for.
If a person does not have the question about the meaning of life  and can be satisfied by this corporeal world then they don’t need the wisdom of kabbalah yet.

I don’t want to calm you down, because your fire and questions are fuel to find answers, but I want you to know that everything is ok.
All that happened is that a stronger light was shined in the room and now you see dust that was there before but couldn’t see.  Nothing else changed but that you see more and that revelation causes you to feel the nature of our will to receive that He made, which is opposite from Him.
Now is the time for a prayer.  When a deficiency is born like that, that is the time to turn to Him.  As you said, a prayer is not to change the Creator, a prayer is to change us, talk to Him like your closest friend, tell Him what you feel and ask Him to open your heart to be like Him.
The truth is we are as far from the Creator as East is from West, there is no greater distance between us and Him.
(Of course He couldn’t be closer, but to us, we are 100% to receive and He is 100% to bestow and in spirituality distance is measured by quality and we are of opposite qualities).
So we are as far from Him as can be and before you didn’t feel that and now in the light that shone for you you illuminated that.  Now you can begin to feel some of the words of King David in the Psalms.

Live a normal life in this world, home, vacation, exercise, family, now, we are responsible for our spirituality in our free time.  When we have time that is not taken by work and family, etc. during the time that we set aside for our study, that is when we want to yearn for all of the things that you wrote.  If you can separate these two worlds inside of yourself for now, you will be able to advance in a practical and clear way.
Later as you become used to this work it will start to settle in your mind and heart and you will be able to live in both worlds simultaneously, but that is not for now.

Let me know how you are going and I look forward to seeing you in our live classes soon,
Seth@KabU

[Sharilyn]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I am confused as to how to answer the question. Would you please provide clarification of the very last sentence of the following.</p>
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Tip of the Week:

The Creator has your entire life planned out for you, down to what you will have for lunch today. But if the Creator has all of our decisions and moves mapped out in advance, in what way is free choice “free?” Tip for the Week: Look at yourself from the side throughout the coming days, and see what is driving your actions. Identify where you are driven by your will to receive’s calculation will help you locate the single point of freedom.

I appreciate your time and assistance,

Kind regards,
Sharilyn

• This reply was modified hace 2 semanas, 5 días by Sharilyn.

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Sharilyn,
Let’s take it step by step. You are embarking on an exercise that the great majority of people walking around are not thinking of and media and education are not directing us there either so it is unfamiliar territory, however it is the most natural.
Imagine that you are filming your life, you are sitting, then you have a desire for a cup of coffee and go get a cup of coffee, then you go make your bed, etc, etc.
Where do these thoughts and desires come from?  We discover that they arise in us from either biological needs or things we’ve picked up from society regarding what to wear to fit in or stand out and how to wear our hair and what to drive, etc. etc.
We are not looking to mull over all of these things, but to honestly look at all of these things that we just accept as “me”, what are they really?  Where did they come from?  Do I parent this way because that is how my parents acted or maybe I do the opposite to not be like my parents, or maybe we read a book or a video that gave us some insight that we are trying…so we discover that each of us is built by all of these influences and that we are not “choosing” from all possible choices, but from what we are given by genes or society, etc. (to explain it simply).
That is the first step, just to observe and identify, naturally, comfortably, without judging it as good or bad, it is not good or bad, it is nature, like every plant and animal that does exactly the same.
And the next step is to turn to the Creator and say, OK, I see I’m a biological body and a social creature and I eat based on what my body craves and my society offers me and I dress like this and work here and act like this and You arranged all of that, but now I want to be connected to You consciously.
…and you know, this is like in our body, you have layers of systems, for example, you can breathe without thinking about it and also simultaneously play piano which takes a lot of thought and effort.
So here we are saying, on the level of regular nature, You are in control, but I want to develop the level of my soul, the awareness of my soul, which is not my body and my corporeal thoughts and desires.  A new point in me has awakened, a spiritual point, a spiritual awareness that is eternal, that isn’t just what my body thinks and feels and from that point, I want to start relating to You.
Try, we will do exercises like this over and over and accustom ourselves to a new perception of reality, something whole and integral and all good.
Seth@KabU

[Farzin]

Hi. I have a question regarding the concept of prayer towards the Creator: through prayer, we ask God or the Creator to change their ideas or behaviour towards us, as if we are making a plea.  It is my understanding from the lesson that the upper forces don’t change or bend in response to our prayers. The only way is to rise above that need or wanting.

In the same video, it was said that Lishma is granted from above if we reach a certain state or level. Does it mean that the upper forces or the Creator respond to a certain state of being in an individual? Does it mean that we need to work our way through certain states to be ready for the Lishma to come to us? How does it work? The only way is to become like creator, the creator doesn’t do anything and unresponsive to prayers, and  we can not proceed unless we are ranked or chosen? Could you please shed some light?

 

 

 

[Sharilyn]

Seth,

Thank you for your time and detailed explanation.

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Farzin,
The Creator is standing waiting to fill us with everything, all according to our desire.
The work in prayer is to make our desire suitable to what He wants to give us.
The problem is first, we don’t even know who He is and what He can give us.  We think in small terms.
For example ask a 3 year old child if he would prefer an ice cream cone or a $100 bill.
To the 3 year old, they would always pick the ice cream, they don’t have any vessels yet to value the $100 bill.
We are the same towards the Creator.  He wants to give us the $100″ but we want ice cream, so in the meantime we get ice cream.
Seth@KabU

[Yeabsera]

I know i already asked some questions but i wanted to share, last couple days have been challengeing for my ego, where ive felt like people do me wrong, and certain things are unfair and unneccacary, like something always need to happen and go wrong(even though these are not monumental things) I assume the reasonfor my displeasure has been bc of my desire to recive pleasure through these circumstances and i felt/percived that i wasnt getting that pleasure at the time.

My only problem is how do we balance actually dealing wtih other people and knowing when to actually say “hey i didnt appreciat that abehaviour/ tone/treatment” vs saying “okay this is just my ego nature filtering this situation making me think this situatuion is an attack against me/this is personal. No need to make a deal of it.  I feel like the ladder rewspons is more in line with the idea of everything being something good from the creator, and if i act on the first example im basically saying “i dont belive this was good and from you HAshem”  (because why then would i dislike what happened and want the person to stop doing so?

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Yeabsera,
The answer to this question is very natural, but not obvious.
Let’s use an example from our bodies to help us.
We are breathing, unconsciously all through the night, and all day long, maybe we catch ourselves and so some breathing exercises, but for the most part, it’s totally automatic.
And also, you can prepare lunch and dinner with your hands very consciously, which ingredients, how to cut everything, at what temperature, etc.
These are two totally differnt, but very connected systems operating with seemingly no connection to each other.

Now let’s return to your example.  In the world, you need to behave like a regular creature.  What do you think happens if you poke a bear?!  You don’t want to find out.  What happens when you scare a bird?  It flies a way, etc, etc, etc.
We also have an animal part in us, that is the body that lives in this world.  Don’t confuse yourself with spiritual concepts in relationships that are very animalistic.  If someone pushes you so 1. Get away from them fast 2. Confront them 3. In an extreme situation maybe even hit them back and harder so that you are not in danger.
Of course we are not saying to hit anyone, but you have to be clear about how this world operates.  Maybe it’s more clear if you think in terms of an annoying fly instead of a person.  If a fly comes and lands on your food are you just going to say, “my ego doesn’t like it that this fly that was just sitting on a pile of dog dung is now on my sandwich”.
Of course not, you will make sure it doesn’t land on your sandwich.

So, this world is this world.
Now, spiritually, that is a whole other level, like you are living on two planets at the same time.
In your heart, you can make all kinds of calculations and understandings.  With your hands you can push away, with you heart you may be drawing close and vice versa.
Slowly slowly you will accustom yourself to this.
Seth@KabU

[Yeabsera]

so why do i feel a shrinking feeling in desire for spirituality, atlurism, getting to know the creator and adhereing to him, my corporeal desires have taken over this week, ive barely finished reading the texts for week 8, now mind you it wasnt evil desires, other things just occupied my mind and heart,  how do i balance living my corpreal desires and prusing those that are good for me (i.e buissnes and heatlh etc) and regain that main desire?    I saw the preparation question for this week was about clarifying the goal, how do we correct our goal? much gratitude !!

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Yeasbera,
This is natural and is written about 100s of times and more in the texts.
At first you are given an awakening from above.
And after that, as you are advancing and what you are experiencing is advancement, the development based on what your ego thinks it will gain from spirituality disappear a bit and then you have a chance to advance not based on the prize that the ego thinks he will get.
When the ego thinks he will get a prize, he has endless power to advance, even to forgo sleep and all kinds of things.
But as soon as the ego feels that maybe he won’t be awarded, so then he doesn’t give us any power to work and here we are given the opportunity to advance not based on the ego.  This is a sign of advancement and it happens to everyone.
And here we need the spiritual environment to provide to us the greatness of the Creator, the greatness of bestowal so that we will b able to advance.
The advice here is to advance out of habit, just keep going.  Make a framework for yourself, maybe you have 1 or 2 hours per week that you set aside to study, so maintain that whether your body feels like it or not.  And this state will pass and quickly and you will receive another portion of light and be filled with inspiration again.  The main thing is not to draw out the state you are in for a long time.
Seth@KabU

[Yeabsera]

Okay so correcting the goal means correcting and understanding whether I’m driven by ego desire to recive through the study or the desire to eventually become aligned with the creator in all the ways of  its meaning(to be aligned)?

 

Accidentally replied on someone else’s question don’t mind that

[Ngozi]

What is meant in the tip of the week to try and let the environment influence me? “Try and let the environment influence you – especially when spirituality feels distant, unattractive, unappetizing and dry. These are exactly the times when we hasten time. Full speed ahead!”

[Yeabsera]

Okay so correcting the goal means correcting and understanding whether I’m driven by ego desire to recive through the study or the desire to eventually become aligned with the creator in all the ways of  its meaning(to be aligned)?

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Ngozi,
An animal moves when he feels good and he moves away when he feels bad.
A person is above an animal and can plant himself in a place that affects him so that he doesn’t move just based on what he feels, but instead he moves based on what he already determined what was a correct place to receive influence.
Seth@KabU

[Ngozi]

Thanks Seth. For clarification, is the environment referred to, the kabbalistic group/environment or any place a person determines is a correct place to receive influence?

• This reply was modified hace 2 meses by Ngozi. Reason: To add a comma

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Ngozi,
Yes, we are referring to the kabbalistic group, the place where we receive the importance of spirituality, the place that always raises the greatness of the Creator in our eyes so that we can be lifted over all the obstacles and rise ever higher.
Seth@KabU

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