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I awoke very early this morning and began considering the Minyan. I wrote something that I believe pertains to this question. I began in considering my own current state. “It’s like living as something other than a bundle of separate desires. It is a state of peace and fulfillment, a state relatively easy to achieve. But is this all? Is this the state of fulfillment of creative purpose? What about the friction felt when bumping about into others? There exists a draw to connect with love and concern for others from which the infinite Life, the opportunity to resolve the friction, and the correction of the ego will fulfill creative purpose. The shattering is real. Correction is not complete without connection and reunification of the shattered parts. I have a thrill in the expectation that through the Minyan there is the opportunity for self-annulment  by immersion in love and concern for others. Bring on the friction and the intimacy! We are indeed One!
We want the Light to soften and awaken us in preparation for the Minyan. We each want to experience a release of our own separate desires and a cleaving to the Creator that we experience true love and concern only for our friends leaving all concern for self in the dustbin of the unreal.
My best experience occurred during the last course as I found myself relaxing and surrendering to the Kabbalistic process. From many years of spiritual endeavor I have come to a place where I can imagine myself beyond my actual attainment. My yearning is sincere and committed. I was drawn to Kabbalah and over time have come to see it as a type of finishing school. However, without the minyan I began to have my doubts that I could move further forward, at least at the desired pace. I love the consciousness I have attained but I can honestly, now, accept that there are many steps remaining and I believe Kabbalah offer the method for perceiving the steps and the method for taking the climb. I look forward with a thrill to ending this life of self-centeredness! I love you, my friends!
What inspired me most is the descriptions of the “lab”. I have studied such things for decades both in groups and alone. For many months I have delved deeply into several of the KabU books devouring concept after concept and experiencing many changes. I had put off daily effort in this course while I immersed myself in Kabbalistic thought while my point in the heart grew more and more. But I’ve known for some time that this group of ten was to become essential if I were to fully correct my egoistic nature and were to transform into an altruistic nature. I’ve had a very powerful ego and have for many years hoped to find a path to correct it. It is apparent to me that I have found such a path in Kabbalah. I wish for my fellow students to find themselves immersed in the Light and Love of each other and the Creator.
In recognition that we are each other, the admonition, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” will be a reality and intentions in interrelationships will transform from a ‘taking from’ to a ‘sharing with’ the whole. People will more readily understand what that whole actually is.
First we recognize the others to be ourselves and we remain open to every input with love and respect and find great opportunity in the relationships since we are all there with an awakened point in the heart.  We help the others by holding their highest good in our thoughts and prayers.  By this way of being with each other, we are attracting the light that reforms in a manner that exceeds individual  effort and leads to a greater altruism, or equivalence of form with the Creator.
