Preparation Question: What does it mean to connect with others? In what desire are we connected?

[Julian Edwards- KabU Instructor]

Preparation Question: What does it mean to connect with others? In what desire are we connected?

[Luke]

It means to live by the commands do not do to others that which you hate, and love your neighbour as yourself

[Scott]

Developing the intention to bestow and seeing us all as one

[Annmarie]

1. To shift from an egoistic perception of reality to a perception based on bestowal one must want to please the Creator more than the desire to please oneself. However, one may keep the desire to receive, but the desire to receive must be for the pleasure of the Creator (therefore one is now in bestowal). When one wants to receive for the “sake of the Creator”, the receiving of pleasure for the sake of the Creator has changed egoism to altruism.

2. To connect to others is to work with a Kabbalist group to develop an altruistic point-of-view for one’s friends desires (in the group) without contemplating on one’s own desires. This is a desire of bestowal which is similar to the Creator.

[Zorica Kostadinovska]

In the desire to go back home, reveal the Creator, be one with the Creator… whatever you wanna call it

[Amirhossein]

It means to not focus on the self but our friends, others and the nature as a whole structure that need be in harmony. Trying to be a part of it rather than acting only for our own benefit.

[Jennifer]

Developing the intention to bestow instead of the default of desire to receive.

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