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Preparation Question: Our entire work in Kabbalah is only to attract the light that reforms. By this we receive everything we need for our advancement. Furthermore, I’m told that if I will help the others, I will advance myself even more towards spirituality. How does this work? What does it mean to help the others, those with the point in the heart, on the spiritual path?
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I would want (as best I can), to act as a CONDUIT, a pipe, to help the others by bringing and sharing (reforming) LIGHT.
An analogy comes to mind, in which I’m using a faucet, water, a hose, flowers, and a garden.
The water is representing reforming LIGHT-the Upper Force
The hose/conduit is representing “me”
The turning on the water faucet is representing my INTENTION
The flowers are representing the Points in the Heart of Friends
The Garden is representing Friends” in Kabbalistic Group
I have an INTENTION of bringing water to the flowers in my garden.
So I turn on the faucet, (using my altruistic INTENTION), enabling me to connect to the source of the water-the Reforming LIGHT- and the hose acts as a CONDUIT a pipe. The water begins to flow through the hose, and delivers/shares the water/LIGHT with all the flowers in my garden! As long as the “faucet” (altruistic INTENTION) is open, the water can continue to flow endlessly!
My INTENTION has been for the water to be used/enjoyed by the flowers (love of friends), NOT for the water to be used selfishly by me. But interestingly enough, “I”( the hose), cannot help but “feel” and “reveal” the water! The more water delivered by the hose/conduit to the garden, the more water passes that through the hose! And it is all done without exploiting anything/anyone!
So, (A) as the hose, I enjoy the giving of the water to the friends and (B) I can “please” the Source/Water (which is behind the faucet waiting to be released) by connecting with and bestowing to the “flowers in the Garden”. A Win-Win situation!
No doubt a flawed analogy: simplistic, and probably not the best way for explaining Spiritual forces and concepts, 😉 but, I find it helpful when “dealing” with the egoistic reasoning mind!
What does it mean to help the others, those with the point in the heart, on the spiritual path? We connect as much as possible with the others who have the point in the heart so we can attract that light that reforms. Through these interactions we achieve correction and the unification of the collective soul.
Dear friends,Thanks to KabU, I realize that I can’t go out of my desire to receive pleasure. I feel that I actually don’t see my relatives or my friends “by themselves”, but only regarding what good they give me or make me feel. The same regarding the Creator: I can’t feel Him as Him, only if He gives me good sensations, only if I feel Him giving me confidence, strength, forgiveness… I can’t see out of it, I can only feel my desire to experience pleasure and my relationships and my reactions to the given situations are measured only in comparison with how they make me feel, if they give me pleasure and satisfaction or the contrary.
I see the difference between what the others may do and my evaluation of their behavior. I can see that I may get upset at their actions, but I can’t be sure of what their intention was, I am only reacting to the pleasure I was expecting to get from them, or the quietness I think that they are taking away from me. So I can’t be sure anymore that I am understanding what is “really” happening.
So my “guiding system” is useful to drive me to where I think I can get more pleasure/avoid pain, but it is not appropriate to know people, God or the purpose in every situation of my life.
So what is the point of reacting and defending my own interests?
To know this helps me to wait and to not judge what I see. I may be wrong in my conclusions.
The same applies to my communication acts: I only explain how I feel regarding the events, how they make me feel. So my mind is inside the box.
I think that through joining the group we can build together that spiritual device (the kli) that will enable us to rise above our egoistic perception, by learning to feel the other friend’s wishes and needs as mine, and attracting the Light of correction upon us by the work in the group.
Looking forward to working with friends!
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