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According to The study of the Ten Sefirot, Item 155, we receive an abundance of “sanctity and purity.” What are sanctity and purity in Kabbalah?
Is it imperative to have a conscious thought that an action is intended to please the Creator? As I go about my corporeal life, and especially when interacting with others, I will get a feeling that ‘this’ gives me pleasure and I know it does the same for the Creator. This thought of pleasure may also give my ego pleasure but I feel that the Creator is pleased that I am pleased. That we are working in unison. There is no preface of a conscious thought that I am going to do this solely to please the Creator, it just happens. And I think of it afterwards as I reflect on whatever happened, and it feels like Lishma, for His sake.
Must I consciously think for His sake first in all I do, or can this truly just be in my heart and working all the time without ‘me’? An undercurrent of intention so to speak. Receiving pleasure with the inner knowledge that I am bestowing also to the Creator rather than a conscious intention.
Good question, Sheila (sorry I missed this). Simple answer: with Lishma, the Intention precedes the act. Now, explore this and you’ll come to see the problem.
Thank you Gianni. I have been working on this and have so many words I wanted to share with you about it, and my experience. I am held back here because of the instruction to not share your feelings so much, and I can well understand how it can be a negative impact to others on their path. I have no-one to tell and I guess that’s the way it is as it is truly a personal experience. When you have it you will know it. I finally joined the GE but there is no 10 or group or mentor for me yet. But I have attended Thursday night Grad Class with Mike and feel a strong connection there. I seem to know what he will say to others who share their questions and descents When he casually mentioned that he ‘doesn’t want to come back here’ I could feel his eyes on me and I shook my head and whispered, ‘me either.’ Sometimes I am grateful to be older, and aware. I just want to thank you again for the prayer we shared and for the answer to this question. What I have learned with you is in my heart.
You said that, and I quote, Malchut decided to divide her desire into 3 Â parts, which are, Rosh, Toch and Sof. And that we need to reach a state where the head, ( the Rosh, the intention) is completely detach from the body (the Toch, desire). Meaning I would detach from my desire in a way that I can use it but only in a very special way, in a very special style.
What got my attention was I need to detach myself from my desire and use it in a very special way. I wish to ask, what is this special way?
“Then, when the Upper Light was extended and spread to the emanated being, this Masach rejected it.”
Is Masach a sensor?
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