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- August 25, 2024 at 9:58 am EDT in reply to: Preparation Question: The importance of clearly defining the goal in the study of Kabbalah is the beginning of the path. Once the goal is defined, you will continue to refine it to keep yourself perfectly aimed at the target. How would you currently define the goal for which you are studying? #385534David BruceParticipant
Comprehending the nature of God and the ways in which the divine manifests in the world. Ultimately, attachment to God, where my soul is in close union with the divine.
August 19, 2024 at 6:06 pm EDT in reply to: Preparation Question: What is freedom and how, by the help of the Reforming Light, can we acquire it? #384871David BruceParticipantI’m going to say what we are about to learn is, we only have free will to choose to receive for the sake of sharing….that’s it.  It’s up to us to become a bestower of that which we receive, and not to recieve for the self alone.
August 16, 2024 at 10:14 am EDT in reply to: Ask anything about week 1 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor. #384572David BruceParticipantIs individuality an illusion?
August 15, 2024 at 1:36 pm EDT in reply to: Ask anything about week 1 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor. #384492David BruceParticipant“That is, he must not think that there is the force of the Sitra
Achra (Other Side), which does not allow a person to do good
deeds and follow God’s ways. Rather, all is done by the Creator.”This makes me think of satan or the opponent. I believe this means the opponent is a tool of the Creator himself to give us challenges to overcome and depend on the Creator for help in drawing near.  Am I off in this thinking?
David BruceParticipantMy soul knows it’s true as soon as I hear it…yet we don’t live that way. Everything seems separate in this world and it used to be hard not to view everything that way.  Viewing the world through the lens “there is none else besides him” changes everything.  I am trying to incorporate this into my daily life as I conduct my daily tasks and encounter so many “other things”.
August 8, 2024 at 6:51 pm EDT in reply to: What was my best experience from the previous course? What do I expect from this course? #383715David BruceParticipantI’m really looking forward to Week 3 and hearing the contrast between Kabbalah and religion.  I grew up religious…and then went through a deconstruction period…but never lost my love for the Creator and my desire to connect with him and live as he intended me to live.
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