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Lots of things have inspired me during this first course. I have been following your videos, on YouTube, for almost 3 years now. A lot of the information that was explained here was very familiar to me because of the many times I have watched your videos before. The knowledge you offer freely on the Internet has changed my faith in many ways. I have been studying Torah for 15 years, but after I started studying Kabbalah, it all makes so much more sense to me. Thank you & blessings on all of you for your commitment and all the hours of knowing you give to us! I think that your giving of this knowledge freely is what has inspired me. It is one of the reasons that I felt that I had to star taking your courses.
The thing I learned about myself is that I want to become all that the Creator wants me to be and that I want to see the world and everything in it with His “eyes”. I want to be filled with His love till I’m overflowing and to share this overflow with His creation around me. I wish the same for all the my fellow students.Kabbalah brings me closer to the goal of having total bestowal quality. Altruism seemed an impossible and silly thing to me. Now, it seems something hard to achieve. Now, I understand it and feel it occasionally. And yes, I am getting bigger and bigger challenges that I cannot overcome. I have learned I can be altruistic.
What inspired me: Learning of the reshimot and that there is a path back to the creator
What have I learned about myself: That at my core I have the deepest longing to receive and give love, which I assigned to others but it was really a longing for the creator.
What do i wish for my fellow students: to achieve equivalence of from with the creator
1 What most inspired me?
Stages of Creation … explains our self-centered nature in a way that we can breathe and not feel dysfunctional. Also that the goal of transformation to an altruistic motivation not only is possible but will happen through a process of imitation and dealing with my desires one by one, with confidence in faith above reason.
2 What learned about myself?
I can clearly see that my desire to receive for myself alone has periodically caused great division and misery for me and all others involved … but also that moments of altruism have brought the opposite; emotional catharsis, joy, sense of purpose, feeling blessed and alive. What more evidence do I need to believe that this wisdom is valid!
Also, the desire I need to focus on correcting first has become so obvious during the process that I’ve already started … and immediately experienced the push-backs of my “body” trying to deflect me!
3 What I wish my fellow students?
Open minds to push on when old religious paradigms make the material feel challenging, and the strength to put the wisdom into practice. I’m sure that the hardest part will be getting started but things will gain momentum with some successes fresh in our memories and the steady strengthening of our new spiritual sensors.
I’m new to Kabbalah, but have been fortunate to have my wife doing this with me so we can discuss what we’re learning and how its affecting us. She has been studying this for years and has been a wonderful humble guide, along with the course teachers. I hope that my fellow students can also find ways, including this forum, to connect and reflect with fellow seekers for a richer experience.
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