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?

[Steph]

To intellectualize less, and focus on inner heart connection.  Truly feel with others, and set the focus of what will I get out of it aside.  To allow.

[NAT]

To relate to everything and everyone as part of one organism/collective self that is lost until its parts reconnect and journey together from separation to unity.

[Denys]

It means to connect with others with love.

[Tracey N]

It means to connect above the ego. We are connected by our common desire for spirituality.

[Peter]

It means to think about the spiritual development and fulfillment of the other person.

[David]

I awoke very early this morning and began considering the Minyan. I wrote something that I believe pertains to this question. I began in considering my own current state. “It’s like living as something other than a bundle of separate desires. It is a state of peace and fulfillment, a state relatively easy to achieve. But is this all? Is this the state of fulfillment of creative purpose? What about the friction felt when bumping about into others? There exists a draw to connect with love and concern for others from which the infinite Life, the opportunity to resolve the friction, and the correction of the ego will fulfill creative purpose. The shattering is real. Correction is not complete without connection and reunification of the shattered parts. I have a thrill in the expectation that through the Minyan there is the opportunity for self-annulment  by immersion in love and concern for others. Bring on the friction and the intimacy! We are indeed One!

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