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The concept, Tikkun Olam, inspired me most in the course. At first, the idea that the correction in one man can cascade into the correction of the whole world seemed a bit far-fetched, but then I began to see its logic. Assuming that the Creator made the world for man, it could follow that any change in man would change the world. For instance, if a man employed a tailor to craft him a suit, the suit was likewise made for the man. If the man began to put on weight, the tailor would need to change the suit to fit the man. When the man realized his error and took steps to correct his weight, the tailor would then change the suit to fit the man again. Furthermore, since we are all fragments of one universal soul, any correction in one soul corrects the whole. This puts the onus on us to get with the program, correct ourselves, and correct the world!
My role in the thought of creation is to reach the final goal with the least amount of drama and enjoy the process, sliding on home plate with a smile on my face.
I always felt I was a seeker of truth, and it has taken me down some weird paths. My goal for studying Kabbalah is to align my soul so closely with the Creator that when I step off into eternity I will realize I am already there.
We spend the first nine months of our existence enclosed in our mother’s womb. For the next twenty-odd years we are under the dominion of parents, teachers, and possibly the military. The remainder of our adult years we become slaves to our jobs, parental duties, civic responsibilities, and fatigue. Then in our Golden Years of retirement, we are under the control of doctors. Sure, we’re free.
The reality is we are more like mice in a maze, searching for that ever-elusive scent of cheese. At some point some of us begin realizing like Bob Seger in his song, ” I Feel Like a Number,” and yell out, “Damn it I’m a man!”
My guess is the only “free” move we can make is to look up out of the maze toward God, and pray for an “out.”
Isaiah 45:5 I am the Lord and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me.
When I close my eyes, shutting off all the distractions from the corporeal world, and quieting my inner voice, I can begin to feel the fact that in reality, there is just me and the Creator. There is just the “thought of creation,” and my response.
