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How can I establish a deeper connection with my friend, one that transcends my ego? Is my intellect merely a manifestation of my ego? It often seems as though I’m attempting to connect with my friend through my knowledge, the sharing of experiences, and contemplation of this wisdom. However, when I scale back these efforts, I sense a void. Recently, I came across an excerpt from Dr. Laitman’s blog, which inspired me to offer a prayer. Are there any additional techniques for refining this desire for connection? I find myself feeling somewhat isolated from my friend, as if my focus is solely on myself, and I’m struggling to perceive their desires.
Feel the Friend
Sep 8, 2023 1:30 AM
Question: You say we should feel the friend, connection, and merging into one heart. But I have never felt this. Although I feel the result of my friends becoming greater for me, and I see our commonality, I am glad that we are together, but nothing more. What effort should I make to make these feelings more accurate and more precise, or should I not strive for this?
Answer: You need to try to open your heart a little. Do various exercises to connect with your friends and you will be able to expand your heart gradually so that you will be closer to the Creator.
Question: No matter how hard I try, I do not feel the friends. Can I pray to the Creator to give me this sensitivity?
Answer: Of course you can. This is a very good request. The Creator will hear it with pleasure.
Question: How, without adding my egoism, can I pass a friend’s desire to the Creator in its purest form?
Answer: Do not worry about the Creator. To the extent of your exertion, desire, and yearning to pass to the friend, the Creator will feel it all perfectly.
https://kabbalahmedia.info/en/publications/blog/laitman-com/289769
Are Moses ben Jacob Cordovero and the Baal Shem Tov considered authentic lineage teachers? Is there a list of authentic vs. non-authentic teachers?
Teamwork makes the Kli work! Again, I’m no expert. This is my first time in Young Group and I am feeling my way through with you.
While I’m not an expert, I interpret connection duty in our group as a role that is multifaceted, somewhat like a shepherd safeguarding and guiding the flock. An adept member of our 10 once shared that for every thousand individuals exploring Kabbalah, only one might emerge as a teacher. Meaning that many fall away. In the face of the potent and subtle distractions from the corporeal world, connection duty not only counteracts these diversions but also diligently works to foster unity in every conceivable way. This role encompasses administrative tasks, such as organizing meetings and planning group gatherings, to ensure our collective focus on the spiritual journey and pursuit of the creator remains steadfast. For instance, when members become distant, someone assigned to connection duty discreetly reaches out, aiming to rekindle their engagement, ensuring that the primary discourse among our ten remains undistracted and purposeful.
What does Kabbalistic perception of reality truly feel like? In conventional (corporeal) perception, information flows inward, being received by various parts of our body. Take, for instance, light, which enters our eyes and is received by our retina. All sensations contributing to our perception of reality stem from this fundamental mechanism. However, our ultimate aspiration is to attain an “equivalence of form” with the Creator, who exists in a pristine state of bestowal, receiving nothing. Consequently, perceiving reality from the Creator’s vantage point is not about the act of receiving, but rather, it emanates from a state of bestowing. There is no corporeal model to which this can be compared, rendering such endeavors seemingly irrational. How would my perception alter if my only option was to flow outward instead of inward? If we observe and comprehend our world through a desire to bestow, the most fitting pursuit is a profound, radical love for others. Thus, the goal toward which we strive is this radical love, beginning with my group of 10. Through this journey, I gradually learn to perceive reality through such a lens. As you shared in your ‘Sage Speaks’ session for Seth last Tuesday, everyone’s perception is unique. It’s akin to visiting London: while it remains the same city, each visitor experiences it through their own “lens of bestowal.” Is my understanding accurate?
