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[Gil]

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[Zealot Mines]

Hi Gil,  I posted a question on today’s Zoom session, but I think you missed it or time was short.  A good friend of mine asked me about the serpent in the bible..(Adam & Eve), Was the serpent was deceitful? honestly? I really found it difficult to answer him now that I know it means more than just what we read. I tried to share a link/blog to how Kabbalah depicts it…about the ego.. etc..  He somehow got offended and angry that I am trying to introduce him to other things.. as he wants to answer it as per the scripture..  I found it sad and a pity also almost angry… Why can’t he just get it.. How can you comment on this…? What is scripture..? How deal with such?  Thank you.

[mrc s]

If Im feeling very guilty what should i do?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey mrc,

Recognize this is the Creator giving you this sensation. He wants you to feel what you’re feeling and He wants your attention. He doesn’t want you to enter deeper into yourself, rather He wants you to exit yourself, and exit being concerned with yourself and acquire a greater need to be like Him.

Chris

[mrc s]

if a person already in spirituality whats happen in the mind body and surrounding? is it instant happiness etc?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey mrc,

This is equivalence with the Creator–enjoying His position, His thought, His intention to do good to the created being. However, if there is more to be corrected, then this is just momentary and the next “layer” of the will to receive is revealed for a person to work on and come even closer to the Creator.

Chris

[mrc s]

Is the step saying to want spirituality first or wanting it?

[Joseph – KabU Instructor]

Mrc,

In the beginning, a person does not truly want to attain spirituality. Hence, one must work on acquiring the desire for the desire for spirituality through integrating with the environment of books and friends.

Joseph

[mrc s]

does a kabbalist choose to do good more than pleasure?

[Joseph – KabU Instructor]

Mrc,

It’s not a matter of choosing good instead of pleasure. Rather, the good actions one does leads to the attainment of the eternal pleasures of spirituality. So by choosing good, meaning bestowal, one receives greater pleasures, but this is specifically in his vessels of bestowal and not his vessels of reception.

Joseph

[mrc s]

what’s the analogy of a being or thing which is pleasurable but cannot have it for long at a time?

[Joseph – KabU Instructor]

Mrc,

The reason a person cannot receive lasting pleasure is because of the tzimtzum, or restriction, which prevents the light of hochma from entering the vessel unless there is an intention of bestowal. Until we acquire this intention, which is the screen, it is not possible to attain lasting pleasure. This help from above ensures that each person will eventually come to the decision that they must attain the quality of bestowal.

Joseph

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