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I have no expectations.
Our expectations are the manifestations of our egoistic nature which separate us from our Creator.
It appears that the previous courses were more history and theory where as this course transitions into application.
The more I study Kabbalah the more of an “appetite” I have to study Kabbalah.
I’ve spent decades studying Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and other so-called “truths.”
Kabbalah doesn’t contradict these other studies but rather fills in the missing pieces, brings them together, and unifies them inside of me.
As you can imagine, I have been sharing my excitement about Kabbalah with my many so-called spiritual friends. The surprising thing to me is that as I explain it most of them have a kind of “I already know that” attitude. Rather than being intrigued by Kabbalah as I am they are closed minded and reflect that Kabbalah is “nothing new.”
What I am observing is the “still” aspect of their spirituality: they are fixed and stagnant.
It actually blows my mind that they could be this way.
They are more excited about some nonsense they found on social media than Kabbalah.
The more I study Kabbalah the more I realize that I have so much more to learn.
I feel young and alive and refreshed…I’m on this new adventure.
There is no better feeling in life than that feeling.
And it warms my heart to know that there are so many other people around the world who are part of Kab U who also feel this way.
I love to look at all the different faces from all the different cultures and all the different countries.
I wish I could have all of you over for tea (LOL!).
This totally explains why my life has been what my life has been.
I was born in either a state of “Correction” or “1st Revelation.”
Currently I am in a state of “1st Revelation.”
My entire life I’ve had an insatiable passion for learning about spirituality.
I’ve not only studied the Old and New Testaments. I’ve studied the Deuterocanonical and Apocrypha scriptures, the Koran, Bhagavad-Gita, Bhagavatam, Surangama Sutra, and a plethora of Buddhist and Hindu scriptures.
I’ve studied with Hindu Gurus, Buddhist masters, Islamic Imans, Native American Shaman, and various Jewish and Christian scholars.
My cultural Jewish upbringing was painful: I thought my family was crazy to believe what they believed. Even worse, most of my family didn’t believe in the Torah or had any relationship with their creator. All they did was go through the motions and followed the cultural celebrations.
I could never understand how a person could live without conscious contact with their creator.
I don’t know what shocked my family more: my belief that Jesus was the Jew’s Messiah or that I began to study and identify with Hinduism and Buddhism. I was even a Buddhist teacher for many years.
But I knew that even Hinduism and Buddhism were off in some ways. They never explained the intention of the creator. They had a system of causality and manifestation but lacked intention and perspective. They taught the relationship of attachment and desire to pain and suffering. But they were still missing something. They gave me a bit of truth and wisdom but left me always wanting.
You can only imagine the heated spiritual debates I would get into with my Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim friends when they would insist that God was angry, vengeful, wrathful, punishing, and jealous. When my God was always like a loving parent who was guiding, teaching, and protecting me.
As soon as I started to study Kabbalah I felt like I was home. I found other people who believed in what I believed. I was given the missing pieces of the puzzle. Finally: it all made sense. Finally I could have pride in my Jewish roots.
Can you imagine my relief?
Words cannot express the gratitude that I feel for the gift of Kab U and for finally having a group of people with whom I can truly relate to, study with, and grow with.
