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Hi Gianni,
I cannot link into my Young Group from the Young Group page (the red live link that activates when the group begins). When I do, I get ‘waiting for host’ that never forwards me into the room.
The other links in the the other rooms have always worked, but when the Young Group started for me, it hasn’t let me in since the beginning.
Not a real big deal since I can still get in through the links sent to my email, but thought I would mention it.
Thank you
From everything until now, I can summarize the whole study/work as try-fail-beg. And then nothing happens, nothing that I can see/feel anyway, and then again, try-fail-beg… Does everything end in begging the Creator??
And, you know, when we love someone in this world we change their diapers, we cook for them, we clean for them, we do things that please them and we can see how our actions make them happy, we see a difference, they bloom under our care.
But what does attending spiritual need mean, what is a spiritual need that needs to be satisfied, what is changing spiritual diapers, what actions should be done to fulfill spiritual needs, and how to see the progress and whether you are doing good or not, whether the friends bloom spiritually or not?
Thank you in advance!
Zorica, your question is my question also. Thank you for raising this question. Especially the one about changing the spiritual diapers, and “how to see the progress and whether you are doing good or not, whether the friends bloom spiritually or not”? How can we change our innate, but impure, yearning for unity, equality and independence to an aquired, realistic transformation to completion? No more diapers, adult programs to be fullilled!
You’re partly right. Except it’s not that nothing happens. A mom can be in the kitchen from morning until night preparing food, cleaning, and so on, for the baby, and to the baby it appears that mom is doing almost nothing for her, but is instead busy with all kinds of who-knows-what. With older kids too we see that they’re not all that understanding of all that the parents do for them, how they devote their entire existence to the family. But if you’re not engaged in something that is directly pleasing the child now, it’s like mom and dad are busy with everything except me.
Similarly, we relate to the Creator’s love and care toward us. Every prayer gets an answer. The child has an overall general prayer to be happy, pleased, and so on. The parents are always working in the direction of what they know will lead to that in the broadest possible way. The Creator is also engaged in that, for us. The child maybe wants that to mean ice cream this minute or something like that. That’s not always right for them, for the broadest possible benefit, all things considered. We too have prayers like that to the Creator: “Give me ice cream!” You’ll get an answer to this prayer – instantly. However, it will only be a change in you (ALL good is contained only in these internal changes), and it will probably entail the need for a new prayer out of the new state that I’m now found in (because my prayer certainly did get an answer, though it’s not exactly the proverbial ice cream I requested).
How do you be the nanny for your friends? Pour yourself into the advancement of your ten toward the goal, in ways that are pleasing to them and work on them, and you won’t be wrong – and to the extent you’re wrong, the Light will correct it.
I don’t know where you are in the YG, but generally I recommend 15 minutes. It’s up to the ten. But 15 min has three benefits in my view: (1) almost anyone, regardless of their job, with proper maneuvering and preparation, should be able to dip out of work or whatever it is for 15 minutes. That’s not long to go missing from most life situations. So, this limit turns being on the call into a matter of the importance of the spiritual goal. That doesn’t mean I get to judge friends who don’t show up and surmise whether it’s the result of importance or capability, but it’s a catchall that provides the possibility for most. 30 minutes is already a big ask, for busy people. (2) a time limit forces us to be purposeful – spirituality doesn’t take a long time, it takes intentionality during the time the Upper Force provides each one. (3) If I know the meeting will be 15 min every time, in states where I’m weaker, I deprive my ego of the argument that “god knows how long the meeting will take,” which is a powerful excuse to avoid the meeting and spiritual correction.
If I read “the gatehouse of intentions” by myself would it help me? If so, how will it help me? What is the purpose of the article “gatehouse of intentions”?
Hi Todd,
We translated and published it for a reason, and “One studies where the heart desires.” So, go for it. There’s a special Light in it. However, the question is whether I’m studying the works of Baal HaSulam in the order he wanted me to, and if not, is it actually the most beneficial? And I can’t speak for Baal HaSulam, but it seems that he tried to get simpler and more accessible over time. He wrote The Study of Ten Sefirot much later, toward the end of his life, and by comparison it is far simpler. And it’s what Rabash studied all the time with his students. And Baal HaSulam wrote several “beginner articles” – “The Freedom,” “The Teaching of Kabbalah and its Essence” and so on – all of which are required reading first. Certainly, one can follow those more than one can follow “Gatehouse of Intentions” and so I’m more immersed in them, and so they work on me more. Moreover, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah” one needs to learn prior to having any hope of understanding The Study of the Ten Sefirot and The Study of the Ten Sefirot is probably a prerequisite for “Gatehouse”.
21. When One Feels Oneself in a State of Ascent
When one feels oneself in a state of ascent, that he is high-spirited, when he feels that he has no desire but only for spirituality, it is then good to delve in the secrets of the Torah in order to attain its internality.
Is the Torah it’s speaking of here the 5 books of the bible? Or the articles and the Bible anything in kabbalah?
The prayer must be a complete prayer, and not have other things mixed in the middle of the prayer.
What are some examples of these other things? Is it speaking of corporeal matters?
Thank you 😊
Hi Naomi,
Torah is from the word Ohr (Light). It’s the study of the Light. We need to study what’s adapted to our generation. That’s the writings of Rabash and Baal HaSulam. Once, they would read those you mention as we read about Partzufim, Sefirot: they knew for certain they were not stories, history; they were from a different Aviut (coarseness) of the soul. We’re from the coarseness of Level 4, related to Malchut, and thus the Light we need, for it to affect us, needs to be much greater. These again are only the writings of Baal HaSulam and Rabash – and other writings that contain their commentary.
Some examples of other things that might intermingle with and spoil the prayer include literally anything that is unrelated to connection for the sake of revealing the Creator. For now, that’s whatever you’re able to include; but later you’ll see that everything in the world gets included in the correct prayer.
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