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The best experience from the previous course was how quickly my worldview changed. I always thought I was afloat in a sea of conflicting forces: light vs. dark, good vs. evil, etc. In this chaotic sea, I saw my fellow humans also floating separately in various stages of chaos, most just drifting on the various currents, while others like myself, swam against the current. This I found to be heresy against the fact that there is none besides Him, and He is in total control. I also learned that my fellow humans and I are not haplessly floating but are all connected and flowing to an eventuality of adhesion to the Creator, and there is reason to what I see as madness.
I expect to take Kabbalah to the next level and learn practical steps in integrating its wisdom into my life.
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.”
