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- September 29, 2024 at 11:59 pm EDT in reply to: Preparation Prompt: Considering our journey thus far, how can we fortify our connection with the illuminating force? How do we amplify its transformative influence? #390447Deborah JoplinParticipant
By studying the Kabbalistic books, with genuine teachers, pleading for help from the Upper Force, and studying in a group where each person has the point in the heart and the correct intention, to clothe our reception with bestowal to bring pleasure to the Creator. The Creator is the glue between us in the Collective Soul.
September 27, 2024 at 1:27 am EDT in reply to: Preparation Prompt: What does transitioning from a self-centered perception of reality to one grounded in altruism entail? #390106Deborah JoplinParticipantIt entails surrendering the illusion that we are independent of others with the intention of giving pleasure to the Creator by loving Him and doing what we can to receive the reforming light of correction on behalf of the collective soul~ and by doing so, we love our friends as our own soul.
September 15, 2024 at 9:08 pm EDT in reply to: Introduce yourself to your fellow students. Write a few words about yourself and about what you expect from the course. #387708Deborah JoplinParticipantHello, My name is Deborah.
I am studying in other courses at KabU. I am grateful for the way my perceptions of reality are changing due to the bestowal of the KabU instructors. I am ready to undertake an understanding of the Zohar. It is the written source of this wisdom. I expect to be further enlightened by education and experience.
September 15, 2024 at 8:49 pm EDT in reply to: Ask anything about week 1 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor. #387705Deborah JoplinParticipantHi Julian,
It looks like humanity still has a long way to go before every soul fragment makes the final correction. I know that those of us who will do diligent work with the intention to ascend perform Mitzvot that contribute to the Collective Soul– and I am eager to do all I can in this generation. It is still hard for me to wrap my head around many more generations/lives. I do find peace in fact that soul fragments get the time they need to return. Altruism is complicated… I need to be aware of the Spiritual world within. May our Creator work out all of our intentions to ascend.
September 15, 2024 at 7:13 pm EDT in reply to: Ask anything about week 1 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor. #387698Deborah JoplinParticipantGreeting Kabbalah Instructors!
Thank you for your diligence in bestowing this knowledge to us! It amazes me that the wisdom has been available to the world at large since 1995, and this is all the progress we have made. It seems the Creator has a lot of patience with His consistently and deliberately ignorant vessels. There are still so many individuals who have not burning point in the heart — still fully engaged in making progress in this corporeal world without the slightest interest in the Creator or the spiritual worlds.
My Point in the Heart has been awake since childhood, and now I feel like I can make progress through Kabbalah. The focus has always been on learning to “Love your neighbor.” I am finally learning new ways to do that by understanding the concept of the collective soul. I will continue to study and draw down the Reforming Light. I still have much work to do.
September 15, 2024 at 6:43 pm EDT in reply to: Reflect: Share something from the lesson that inspired you, or even just gave you a fresh perspective. #387694Deborah JoplinParticipantSo Far, learning Kabbalah’s principles and ideologies has given me new perspectives and viewpoints. I am a lifelong student of Scripture and I teach its concepts to young students. Kabbalah has given me new eyes with which to study and progress. It is both exciting and perplexing. In this lesson, I most enjoyed the illustration that the Creator is revealed in the “glue” between us. This fits well for me. I have begun to thank the Creator for every opportunity to connect with another person in a caring, bestowing way. It gives new meaning to the statement “As you have done unto the least of My people, so you have done unto me.” I am also beginning to experience the Reshimot within me. I have had the experience of feeling and reflecting the deep humiliation and anger inside of some strangers I interacted with. That was shocking, but I learned from it. Thank you for teaching.
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