Preparation Prompt: What does transitioning from a self-centered perception of reality to one grounded in altruism entail?

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February 28, 2021 at 5:14 am EST #41564

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Preparation Prompt: What does transitioning from a self-centered perception of reality to one grounded in altruism entail?

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- August 29, 2021 at 4:45 am EDT #60453
  Rune T. A.
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  … And idealisticly begins to recieve on order to bestow…
- August 29, 2021 at 4:37 am EDT #60452
  Rune T. A.
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  The psychological and philosophical answers are many. In Kabbalistic ans spiritual terms it would be a shift from viewing the world with ALL it’s resourses (nature, creatures, other humans and even the moon and mars) is there for the taking and for the bennefit of one self, to understanding that it is ONE giant system that everything and everyone is part of. And by implication of this, one starts to take/use only what’s needed and try to make sure that everyone around oneself has what THEY need. And also try to understand how ones actions might hurt somewhere else in the world, be it the country next door or anywhere else…
- August 12, 2021 at 10:11 pm EDT #59619
  Hing
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  To realize an identity shift… to shift from the illusion of being a separate person to being a quantum part of one Soul.
- August 8, 2021 at 12:00 pm EDT #59261
  Maria
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  Egoistic perception – I am not connected, I separated myself from others.
  The perception which is based on bestowal – we are one, we are all connected and for that reason, I should love my neighbour as myself.
- August 8, 2021 at 5:15 am EDT #59234
  Maria
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  It means shifting from the desire of fullfiling only myself to fullfiling desires in the name of the Creator.
- August 4, 2021 at 10:01 am EDT #59020
  Shira
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  It means nullification of the ego…can that be done? It’s almost an impossibility. Therefore, to remember that the Creator has, in His bless-d Grace, given me the understanding (Binah) to know that everything comes from from Him, i.e., the struggle to know how to bestow according to equivalence of form. Surrender to all could be a process, faith above reason. Overall, it’s not an easy shift from one to the other. In some forms, it could take years to be able to know you are giving back to the Creator, in order to receive, for the joy that stems of giving.
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