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[Gil]

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[Todd]

Is having a screen like lifting weights?  In the sense that you push yourself for a while then you go into a deload to let your body recover for a week or so and then you start ramping it up again for a few weeks or so you progressive overload and then you deload for a couple weeks and so on.  So what I am saying is you work work get to a level then go down a bit but you are still better than you were and then you are on a plateau for a while even though you are working then you jump up high, go back down some and then plateau for a while.  This is in George Leonards book called “mastery” where he talks about mastering anything if you by some chance are familiar with this line graph he shows.

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Not exactly, Todd. The spiritual work is an ever increasing acceleration. One you ‘stop’ or ‘slow down’, you’re just limiting the discernment you need to continue forward. The “energy” you need to do the work depends on that supply you get from the environment. So really, the main thing is to keep that connection live.</p>
Thanks!

Chris

[Todd]

So someone very very close to me died last year of covid.  Thinking about “there is none else beside him” I cannot see why this had to happen so I am pretty pissed at the creator knowing “he” did this.  What is a proper thing to do with these feelings?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Hey Todd,</p>
At least your not blaming other forces. This is certainly Him causing you to feel such things towards Him. Certainly you should be working to correct that, but we won’t understand the “why” usually till much later. Just like children with their parents. The intention cannot be grasped by the children and usually its clear only after the children have grown into parents themselves.

Try to find the place that doesn’t agree and ask Him to change your attitude. Not that He will provide the understanding, but that your attitude will change. This is the correction. Best of luck and sorry for your loss..

Chris

[khalid]

Thank you

[Sarah]

Nice question Todd, look forward for the answer

I think it’s all about how’s the spiritual path and goal you set, and shape the situation based on that…

[Todd]

Hello

Rav was talking about using your screen and if you lose it you have to work on building it again.  It seems very difficult to keep the screen in place with your intent all the time.  How can a person even do this?

 

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey Todd,

This is why working in a group is the only way. We help one another keep this “ball afloat”.

This is the only way.

Chris

[Todd]

Does a person have to be in Israel the physical country, to make certain corrections?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey Todd,

Absolutely not.

 

[Todd]

Hi

 

So I read on wiki that Baal Hasulam was a day laborer.  Also Rav said that Rabash would grab his tools and go to work in those days.  I am wondering if there is something connected to physical work in the corporeal world and Kabbalah.  Baal Hasulam could have gotten a better job could he not have?  A better paying more prestigious job.  He was very smart and capable no?  Why didn’t he establish himself.  I read that he could not afford enough paper and ink to write.  Could you explain this please?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hi Todd,

In general, many Kabbalists in the past chose laborious jobs so their mind would be free to engage in spiritual thoughts, whereas if they were to take jobs which demanded them to be more devoted in other ways, this would be less appealing for them. This usually meant the physical work was pretty difficult, especially in previous centuries, but now most of the jobs take most of the “mind space” so, this approach is a bit more difficult for students in this era, but the idea is still relevant.

Thanks!

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