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Is the gate of tears neccesarily something i feel as sadness or grief, or can it be frustration and anger? Like how a child can be frustrated at not understanding a situation or how to progress, and at this point she reaches a point of pure request and not before. Are there other gates i should be reading about?
I have found that prayer and asking for help happens differently with each cycle, yet through it all i am continuously pushed to search and experience what the Creator provides.The gate of tears is one of immense joy. All the other gates are closed, and when I reach the gate of tears, it’s a true prayer. Before, I was trying, but it wasn’t yet a true request, and so the Creator couldn’t answer.
HI Gianni,
I ve arrived at this grade, but cant find the way to the Young Group.  What is happening that I dint know about? Do I have to wait for the next one to start ?
Thanks.On the one hand i have a series of corporeal actions and thoughts at my disposal with which to ‘play’ in the group, and pretend as if we are already within the final correction, but on the other hand how can i know if these actions are true or correct, since i probably have no sensation of the upper force with which i aspire toward? For example i may have an idea of what a sensible and loving action is, that is informed by my life experience and reason, but i have no idea (unless i test it?) if it would lead me away or closer to Him. Also my idea of a thing is usually different to your idea of a thing… how do i reconcile this?
When one stands before the Upper court, the only question they ask is, “Were you expecting salvation.” This is what matters, and not if my action is right or wrong.
Being saved from one’s state, which I realized was hopeless. Like one who doesn’t want to pick up his luggage and asks someone to help him, will not get help; but one who already has the luggage on his back and is about to drop it – if he asks for help, most would be willing. The Creator helps when I’ve done what I can, and then request help.
If bestowal is indeed intolerable/ opposite to the will to receive, the substance of my being and (current) perception, then how can i possibly rise above such discomfort to be like Him? How do i learn to tolerate such contradiction?
We need to add something to what we have. It’s something opposite, yes. Instead of a bone, it’s a heart, for example. To become something more complex, less amoebic. It’s not that it’s unpleasant; it’s that I don’t long for it, like I don’t long for a sixth finger. But I can long for it through the influence of the society and the Reforming Light.
so what i first see as contradiction (from the perspective of growing pains), i discover was deficiency/ a lack which the upper light comes to fill provided i meet certain conditions? And what i once had no desire for I discover is an integral part of my body (like the friends) ? And so clinging to the society is vital no matter which state i find myself in?
Hi Gianni,
in many of the articles of Rabash and Baal HaSulam, they constantly mention that we should observer ” Torah and Mitzvot”, however all we do is read the articles. In what way then are we observing ” Torah and Mitzvot”?
Thanks
How do we know/feel we are giving contentment to the Creator?
How do we know/feel we are not giving contentment to the Creator?
First of all, we’re all giving contentment to the Creator, and we’re at the end of correction. What’s missing is that we don’t feel any of that. Therefore, we need to feel and know that we are giving Him contentment. And until that enters my feeling and clear attainment, I can’t say that I’m giving Him contentment.
If I want a criterion by which to know that I’m not giving Him contentment, that’s easier. I’m not giving Him contentment if I’m not relating to Him and the friends as one, and aiming to give Him contentment through this.
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