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[Gil]

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[mrc s]

If a person is working lo lishma is it means that he works for himself and not for the creator..?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Yes but directed at achieving Lishma. Lo Lishma is not the same as a person on the street working for their own ego.</p>

[mrc s]

Is it like a person who works in others company/business (using the tools of the company (others)) giving benefit to both but still working for oneself..? Or like owning/running he’s own business/company..? thx

[mrc s]

Is a person should feel grateful if they’re just in the stage of lo lishma..?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

<p style=”text-align: right;”>You receive every moment perfectly tailored to your degree, to bring you closer to the goal. So every step is from Him, and if you recognize this then this is certainly something to be grateful for.</p>

[mrc s]

Is the vessel of bestowal: the need/desire to bestow..?

[Antonina]

The “receiving” of the egoistic type always takes, diminishes the giver or a brother somehow. The Creator only “gives” (benefits all, increases all) never “takes” (diminishes anyone). The “Bestowal” is a state of being. By transforming our receiving for egoistic purpose to receiving to “please the Creator”, we invert out sate of being an egoist into a state of being an altruist (one who bestows).

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

It would be more accurate to say the will to receive is the need and the vessel to bestow is the ability.

But that’s also not completely accurate since the desire to bestow is a desire, and it’s all done with the will to relieve – the question is how you use it.

Chris

[David J]

Yesterday I listened to a Hebrew reading of the Zohar. I know nothing about the language. During the reading I began to feel/sense a very strong radiance that went completely throughout me. It was wonderful and a bit frightening. The fear diminished but the sensation lingers.

Now my ego is trying to corrupt the pleasure. Will the ego stop telling me it was hypnosis or imagination?

[Joseph – KabU Instructor]

Hi David,

The ego will always corrupt our pleasure. This is why we must learn to receive pleasures of bestowal. By acquiring the nature of bestowal, there is no limit to the pleasures I can receive.

Joseph – KabU

[mrc s]

Is the study of Kabbalah gives pleasure according to the amount and quality of the reading, or there are stages that brings displeasure by reading it..?

[Antonina]

Your ‘pleasure’ is your very personal interpretation of the sensed material. Say you’re blind, I show you a painting – that you love the most now. What do you feel? I show the same to a myope, a nearsighted, and one with 20/20 vision. What does each feel when beholding this amazing painting? Do you have the masach (screen) to discern spiritual masterpieces? Developed, in what degree? A Kli? A Soul? Your feelings (of pleasure) depend on many factors, including likes, dislikes, habits, preferences, prior experiences, purpose for being here, etc. I am a bookworm, I read this kabbalah (on the KabU site) for hours and just desire more and more. I enjoy when it makes sense, I enjoy when I don’t understand and search deeper (some answers come 2-3 days later – what a radiant joy!), I argue with the ideas in front of me, disagree a lot, etc. I’m reading the Zohar commentary from 2 sources, the Ashlag is more mature, the one on KabU is like baby food, each small piece grinded down to puree so it will make sense for me. This tells you NOTHING about you. My purpose is to talk with (commune) the Creator face to face 24/7. This means NOTHING to you. Except: I am here to honor our oneness (I am part of you), and you benefit from my joyful involvement. The more light I receive, the easier is for you to progress.

[Joseph – KabU Instructor]

Mrc,

If a person engages in the study in order to correct one’s qualities and come closer to the upper force, which is pure bestowal, then one can appreciate the opportunity to make efforts.

Joseph – KabU

[mrc s]

My activity mostly reading kabbalah and the bible.., why I don’t feel good..?

[Antonina]

The Bible – the original Torah (Bibles today have been so edited that much truth is distorted) is written in the language of kabbalah. If you like the Bible, learn the language first, then, a new horizon will open up. KabU has explanations of Bible passages – translations from kabbalah into English. Rav Michael Litman is great at explaining so many things.

I was 13 when a light went on in my mind. The pastor was reading in Exodus (I think) how god told the Israelites to go kill the Canaanites, including all the women and children. In that moment my whole being ‘stood up’ (inside), without any doubt, a deep knowing, stating: “this is NOT TRUE, my GOD (my Creator) only gives life, He is NOT a killer. Some day I will understand what this means.” Now, more than 4 decades later the answer came: in kabbalah language those are not literal, material stories at all.

Your “not feeling good”, I believe, you’re most likely advancing rapidly. We’ve been so brainwashed so far, so long, that the truth makes us sick, we feel like we are dying. Yet, we are just being born anew, in the truth of the Love of out Creator. Stay here, we are holding you up, the feelings will align when it serves your best interest. Do you feel the love of the instructors answering you, it blows me away! This is my Creator’s family! Namaste.

[Joseph – KabU Instructor]

Mrc,

I cannot answer you specifically because it depends on different factors. Generally, a person feels dissatisfied with life because one approaches life through one’s ego, and we learn that the ego does not allow one to hold on to fulfillments, but rather it presents one with various fleeting pleasures. True fulfillment comes through pleasures of bestowal which we learn to acquire through the guidance of a Kabbalist and under the influence of a society of people who aspire for the same goal.

Joseph – KabU

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