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Hello Albert,
Thank you for your response to my question, including the link. It seems that many answers (not just yours in this instance) offered to our questions refer to states that none of us have experienced yet. Perhaps it would be better for us to not ask questions and simply follow the process. It’s sort of like going on a trip and being told, “You’ll see what it’s like when we get there.” : )
Many smiles…
Dyrk
I was able to gain clearer understanding about the four factors of development. The manner in which physical objects are affected by their own “make-up” in relationship with the make-up of the objects around them helped me conceptualize how the point in the heart (seed of the Soul) grows and develops within our consciousness. That’s how I understood it, at least.
Hello,
Based on what’s being taught so far, would it be accurate to state that everything is “external” to the soul? Meaning, is it accurate to consider that all corporeal experiences are happening at levels in an outward direction beyond the point of soul consciousness? More specifically, is the soul’s point of reference considered to be the actual/true “I,” as opposed to a false sense of “me” generated by ego consciousness?
Appreciatively,
Dyrk
Hi Seth,
I appreciate your time and guidance in response to my question.
I’ve heard the parental analogy of teaching a child to walk several times and I can understand that in some fashion as relating to spiritual development. I have also heard Rav Laitman use a similar analogy of a parent seeming not to care for their crying child and being judged by others as harsh; except, what witnesses did not know was that the parent had prevented the child from using a needle to scratch his eye that was itching. (Perhaps you know of that story, too?)
Where I struggle with these analogies is that a toddler learning to walk is not experiencing pain and suffering in that process. They have the presence of their parent who is lovingly encouraging them in a safe environment. The parent does not yell at the child nor expect them to walk barefoot across hot pavement or broken glass. In the case of the child wanting to scratch their itching eye with a sewing needle, anyone can understand removing the needle from the child’s hand; however, no good parent would allow their child to continue suffering with an itching eye. They would want to sooth the child’s eye, especially if due to allergies or poison ivy.
Please understand, my intention is not to oppose these anecdotes as useful in explaining why we endure hardships in life. Rather, I’m wondering why the Creator must prod us with pain rather than draw us with Love?
Perhaps my questioning is mere indication of where I am in my own spiritual development. I can say that I am weary at this point. I’ve been through a lot. I know others who have been through a lot. I can also say that I am forging onward with this study because I am determined to know the Truth or die while striving.
Many kind blessings…
Dyrk
Thank you, Seth, for sharing Rav Laitman’s blog. I routinely encounter events that seem similar in pattern to other events, even relating to lessons taught through Kabbalah. It feels at times that these are “clues” or “confirmations” trying to communicate something. Sometimes I am concerned about klipot and/or becoming confused by the dark forces of ABYA. That was the reason for my question. I will look for more information around this topic through the resources provided.
Many thanks,
Dyrk
Freedom is acquired when: our egoistic desires of “receiving Light with the intention of receiving pleasure for our self” transform into altruistic desires of “receiving Light with the intention of giving pleasure to the others, a.k.a. the Creator.” According to the teaching of Kabbalah, we can achieve this by associating with other people who are more interested in the “internal worlds” of ABYA than in the “external world” of physicality, which exists at the lowest point (below the barrier) of Assiya.
