Ask Anything

[Gil]

Ask, connect, inspire.

[Magsy Kapoor]

Gianni, do I have to hate the ego? Can I come to spirituality because my current affiliation with it torments me to an extent that is unbearable? Isn’t that a selfish reason? See, it’s everywhere :/

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

The ego is way too much a “good” Pharoah over us for us to hate it. But eventually we see all its councils as bad, and start to go against nature. Away from the ego and toward connection is nevertheless toward spirituality.

[Kimadigital7]

Is this a good observation: that my friends need me?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Yes, we need each other because we belong to one system, and no one really stands by himself.

[David Bruce]

Is there any such thing as Kabbalistic Astrology?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

No, if I rise to the Upper World I’ll understand what’s going on in our world; and if I don’t, I can only make speculations, more or less informed ones.

[Ed]

In Shamati 64, there is an acronym “SAM.” I’ve also seen it in other writings. What does it stand for or mean?

Thanks!

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

It’s the Other Side of the Creator, meaning which works against us, as “help against.”

[Greg]

Hi Gianni,

Is Lo Lishma to Lishma in every degree, and then it resets back to Lo Lishma when we advance, meaning that we must then put in the necessary effort with prayer(s) before the prayer in the next degree, or are we in Lo Lishma until the end of the correction?

What is meant by “her” in “For her sake” or “Not for her sake”?

Thanks!

Greg

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

There’s something like the transition from Lo Lishma to Lishma in every degree. But there’s later a real transition between these. And that’s not the final correction, but before it. There’s also the work in Lishma, but an opposite work.

[Greg]

What do you mean by opposite work?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>If here I have to work above pain; there it’s work above pleasure.</p>

[Greg]

Thanks Gianni!

[Magsy Kapoor]

Dear Gianni,

Here is a question that has been tormenting me lately – is the work an examination of my intention in anything I do/think/feel? Is there any merit in analyzing why I think/do/feel the way I do or is it just a psychological rabbit hole? Is trying to find out why the same as examining my intention? I feel like there is a difference but I can’t pinpoint it so I am becoming more confused in what is the work and what is not. Help!

Thank you!

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

I can only examine my intention upon an action that I preceded with an intention to bestow. It’s useless to check other actions. But if I tried to have an intention, I can briefly check and see if it was really to bestow.

[Magsy Kapoor]

A few days of munching on this reply has given me the clarification that I shouldn’t be analyzing why I’m doing/thinking/feeling what I am, but rather whether my intention to do/think/feel for the sake of the Creator was successful. Thank you, Gianni!

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