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Maria,
The smallest spiritual unit is made up of 10 subunits called 10 sefirot.Ohr Makif is light that surrounds the soul.
When we, through many inner actions draw the influence of the Creator upon us our intention inverts from for the sake of our ego to for the sake of the Creator. That is called Lishma,
Then some amount of surrounding (makif) light (ohr) enters the partzzuf/soul as inner light.
Seth@KabU
I think I’ve always believed in God/Heshem/An Upper Force. But I’ve never felt the need to pray … which is odd. I think I doubted that God would “give” me something because I prayed for it. Hearing this lesson put a huge puzzle piece in place for me. I was sort of right. But I was very wrong about prayer. I should pray. But I’m not praying for God to do something for me. I’m praying to align myself with God. I just had it backwards. I think prayer makes a lot more sense to me now.
Elliot,
Nice insight.
For sure the usage of words like prayer and love over time it wears away the power of these words until they don’t carry power and it make it very difficult to use these words and feel what they mean in the writings for the kabbalists.
Nevertheless, you found something very nice. It’s not as if we are going to pray to God and He’s going to change His mind and do us a favor.
Slowly we are discovering that He created an ideal world for us to come to spiritual realization and our prayers work to calibrate us to His reality.
🙂
Seth@KabU
My question is I do not undertand why bestowal/ lishma and receiving is one because we are allegedly one being when we all unite?
Hi Delayne,
Bestowal is the (+) force that extends from the Creator.
Reception is the (-) force that resides in all of creation. This – force is the only thing that the Creator created.
We are unable to bestow, we can only receive.
And because of this situation, we are as far as possible from the Creator. We are opposite.
He is 100% (+) and we are 100% (-).
But there is a correction that we can use our reception in order to bestow.
That we receive in order to give contentment to the Creator.
That is called that we are in lishma, that we do it for the sake of the Creator.
Seth@KabU
Over several months frustration has been building that’s connected to how limited my perception is. I feel like I’m completely blind and alone fumbling in the dark. I deeply yearn for a spiritual environment and a family of people who can be in a reciprocal relationship with me that’s decorated with love. I live alone and study psychology and statistics at the University of Auckland. My question is this; how can I start building a spiritual environment now? I find myself in a depressive slump – I wish that I can change to be molded into what I think I need to be to reach my goals in life but I don’t know if what I’m doing is right and I’m struggling to be consistent. Some advice or a point in the right direction would be much appreciated, thank you
Ricki,
Yes, these are very intense and strong states that you are going through.
There is something to be happy from here.
You have a very strong desire to find meaning and answers.
This is the fuel that drives us to discover this wisdom.
You are in part 2 of a 4 part introduction series. After you complete the first 4 courses, you can join other students in live classes and also begin work in a virtual group where we learn how to practically work with these lights and forces between us.
Find confidence that you found an authentic method, an ancient method passed from sage to disciple for thousands of years. The materials we are studying each week are the fundamental building blocks that everything that comes next will be built on.
Try to work with the materials that we are studying with.
Rewrite articles in your own words or draw or paint or write a song with it.
Work with the material each week so that you live with it for more time during your free time and you’ll feel how already the light in it starts to work on you slowly.
Seth@kabU
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