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The idea that blew my mind is that “all the rejections I’ve experienced in life have been sent by the creator.” Previously I’d believed that these were the result of my OWN ego, my own shortcomings and my own selfish actions.
I’m learning from Kabbalah that the Creator sends me thoughts and views that show me just how far out of alignment I am with Him. Therefore I should have the attitude or “welcoming with pleasure” the seeming blocks and obstacles I encounter in this life.
The concept that Creator has a hand in the vicissitudes of my life, that they are sent to me as a teaching and a learning tool by a benevolent Teacher who only desires that I experience ultimate pleasure and joy, is both revolutionary and comforting to me.
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Naturally, as a new student of Kabbalah, I’m wondering if my understandings and conclusions above are valid?
I can feel that reality is the action of the Creator by adopting the attitude that only the light matters. In other words, focusing on the light 99 percent of the time and realizing the one percent darkness is only there to contrast or emphasize the light. In this way, the experience of The Giver becomes predominant in my mind — like a being inside a great force that fulfills all of reality, or conversely, the great force being inside of me, like a guiding star!
This course has opened the door to a new perception of myself and reality! First, even though I’ve not taken a university level course in decades, I’ve rediscovered that my love for study and am eager for I continue on! Secondly, I feel my perception of myself and the world has shifted, to a new understanding and experience of reality as a construction of the mind. The readings have clarified the difference between a life devoted to egoism vs. a life in service to altruism. I now approach each day with the underlying intention to receive from the Creator for the purpose of sharing with others. I wish for my classmates that together we discover how to achieve equivalence of form with the Creator and thus make a difference in the world and in the lives of the people close to us.
Dear Classmates,
May each and every perceive and connect to the collective purpose of the One Soul of Humanity. Through our study of this Course, may we acquire the Kabbalistic understandings necessary that will enable us to take the actions that will reform our Kli, the vessel, and as a result will transform us from receiving for the self alone (egoism), to receiving in order to share with others (altruism).
Your Friend,
David
I will know that I am advancing spiritually by observing how my life is expanding. The more that the unseen world is revealed and the more that I am able to harness the forces there to enhance my life, these are indications that liminal space between life and death is growing.
