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I’ve been revisiting Pticha and have a question about the screen. The screen is described as having two qualities: aviut(coarseness) and kashiut (hardness). I understand aviut, but I’m a bit confused about kashiut. Specifically, does having a harder screen make it better or worse in terms of being an effective screen? One source I read suggested that the harder the screen, the more stubborn we are, making it harder to correct. But I also got the impression that a harder screen might actually be more effective in resisting the light for self-gratification. Could you clarify this for me?
I also have another question about the screen in relation to the light. The text states that the screen ‘strikes the light,’ rather than the light striking the screen. In corporeal terms, we usually understand the light as always striking something, not the other way around. Why is it written this way? Is there any significance to this phrasing? Thanks!
A harder Screen is better, more resistant, able to reject the Light. This rejection, we can say is the Screen striking the Light. You’ll find throughout the wisdom of Kabbalah that it talks from the side of the Kli sometimes, and sometimes from the side of the Light. Usually we say the Light strikes the Screen.
Hi, I thought that this world is only our imagination, and when we reach spirituality it will disappear. What societies are we talking about now (in the retreat)?
And if there is no spirituality without corporeality, and corporeality is only a fiction of an uncorrected will to receive, don’t these two cancel each other out?
Thank you in advance!
Does only engaging in the wisdom of Kabbalah “when I feel like it”, when it is pleasant to do so defeat the point of doing the work?
What about when i feel resistance before engaging in lessons, readings, and meeting with the ten? I know that it’s important to engage no matter the feeling, and that the feeling can indicate where i am relative to “what brings me closer to the Creator”. I know that joy is a great commandment, so enjoying the work is not necessarily a bad thing. I know that engaging with Kabbalah is generally always a good thing. It’s just there is a thought that says “I will only engage on my terms when it suits me” which seems antithetical to what I’ve learnt so far. Advice that I have heard many times is to make a consistent time everyday to dedicate toward studying, yet this is really difficult for me to achieve. There is something missing here…
A few months ago, one of my friends asked you a question…and you replied him and said, and I quote, “to be in kabbalistic thought” then, I asked you, What does it mean to be in Kabbalistic thought? You replied and said, to think about the friends.
When reading the Book of Psalms, should we focus our intention towards connecting with the friends?
What does kabbalah meditation mean?
Here’s an explanation of Kabbalistic meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8SsQJkZNhE
Generally, we want to always think of the connection with the friends. It’s easier to do with the writings of Rabash. It’s not so easy to tie Psalms to this, even though that is what Psalms is about.
How do I increase my propensity to pray when stressed out in the corporeal? It seems I become critical of the ten and then it spills over into me actually criticizing the friends when stressed. How do I teach myself to pray more? Idk what it is but it seems deep down inside that I don’t think it will be productive to pray, does that make sense? I mean I believe the sages but somehow the idea of prayer is not part of my deep nature and I have to remind myself to do it.
It’s not just you – the last thing one wants to do is turn to the Creator. For this, I have to cancel myself, which is against my ego. We have to practice this with the ten, the Light will work on us, and eventually we can turn to the Creator.
Stress is usually just an intensified concern for myself – more of the usual. If the spiritual goal will be higher, the stress will reside down below and I will live above it.
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