[ami]

I’m confused about the role of the physical/egoistic desires in Kabbalah.

First, it looks like one has to progress through fulfillment of all levels of those desires before reaching spiritual desire, doesn’t that mean that Kabbalah is only for successful elites who have achieved “everything” in the physical world?

Second, if that’s not the case, how do we continue to relate to those base desires after opening that point in the heart, or does bestowal only concern spiritual desires?

[ami]

Thanks for the reply Seth

I’d like to understand more about the role of bestowal, especially in regards to ourselves vs others.

From what I can tell, Kabbalah doesn’t teach bestowal as simply giving to others at the expense of yourself.

So how do we relate to bestowal in regards to our own desires/pleasure?

Do we have to transform our will to receive into a form of bestowal upon ourselves?

Meaning, we turn the receiving of our own desires/pleasures into an act of giving them to ourselves consciously, instead of just unconsciously taking?

[ami]

I’m more interested in the source of the concept than the term itself. I’m wondering if its in “classical” Kabbalah or if its a more recent developement.

[ami]

Hello, what is the source for the term “equivalence of form”?

Is it in the Zohar, or is it directly from Rabbi Ashlag’s teachings?

[ami]

To learn my proper relationship with the Creator.

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