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Tony, thank you for your detailed illustrations and explanations regarding the Ten Sefirot and The Screen. I am understanding and thank you for your summaries. They are very helpful. It is not easy, almost impossible to understand Kabbalah just by reading books. I am understanding on a different level as you guide us. I feel that I am at the edge or tip of Phase 3. If that were to be so, how will I know that I will be approaching Phase 4? I understand it is not a “one step” ahead. It is a long journey. Thank you.
Seth, your response to Dana in terms of whatever we have, whatever qualities we have, whatever each and everyone of us has, is all perfect, predetermined. When I pray, I do thank Hashem for blessing me with loving and wise parents, older sister and little brother. At the age of 15, the life I knew was gone forever. Many times along the way, I have looked back at my life many times and I have wondered, “what if” this or that had not happened? Where would I have been? What would my life have looked like? I talk to myself a lot and I have imagined that if a “magician” would come up to me and tell me that I could enter a world of magic and go back in time to prevent that terrible accident, would I? My response to myself has been a “no,” because without understanding or even knowing about Kabbalah, my reasoning has been that everything that has happened in my life was for a reason; all the suffering and all the egoism. I have watched Tony’s video four times. I drew on a notebook that I have been keeping to take notes and I drew what he drew. His explanations followed with the illustrations has opened my eyes. I believe I understand Phases 1 through 3. I have followed the videos and the readings. However, my understanding was sketchy, bits and pieces. I believe I understand so much only as of today, the fourth time of watching Tony’s video and illustrations; drawing them in my notebook, making my own notes on the side. However, here I am and I do not know how to reach Malhut, see through the screen, perceive outside the box. What I do know is that through your teachings, my vessel will one day join the other vessels and together join other vessels and so on so that we can pursue the Thoughts of Creation and not the actions of the creature. I believe I have learned much today. However, I still live in the world of egoism awaiting to learn to cross the barrier.
I wish for each of us to become again the parts of the one Soul, the Creator. I wish for us that the pieces of the One Soul broken into particular pieces (souls) can learn and understand and wish to realign with the Light.
Ok, never mind my question above. I have begun with Week 4 video and that is where my long question will be answered. Thank you.
I am in Week 4. However, I have been going back and forth from Week 1-4 and watching all the videos and readings. I watched Dr. Laitman’s video “Understanding the Upper Light vs the Will to Receive” several times. I have watched your videos several times too. When I watch the videos, I seem to understand and able to follow. However, I do get lost. My question(s) are concerning the Upper Light’s Concentric Spheres. I drew them today. I am more of a visual learner. Hence, a soul is created at the center of all spheres (the Red point-Love) and then the soul moves away from the center and loses its quality of Bestowal and Love. I even drew the little lines around the concentric spheres showing how the particular souls move away. At that point or beginning of moving away, the soul thus acquires the opposite quality (reception-egoism). This moving away from the center now the soul begins a journey that is going exist in the most remote sphere of the field of the Light. However, as the soul separates from the center, it leaves a Reshimo (record) of that pathway. At its most distance from the Light, a recording of the whole chain of separation (decent) remains embedded in the concentric spheres. The souls (my soul) is now opposite to Him. “The souls (egoistic) desires perceive the most remote state as a person (soul) in this world.” And then, as stated by Dr. Laitman, from this moment on, the souls begin their way back. Here is my question: ultimately, the souls (us humans) will return to the Light to be aligned with The Creator. I understand that the process of returning is the Pathway of Suffering. If I understand correctly, as the soul returns, this is when we, I, will recognize that I was on the Pathway of Suffering and that Suffering is because my soul, I, will have recognized that I was on the wrong pathway and in recognizing this, that is when I will feel the pain of my Suffering. I imagine this happens to us, souls, at different ages. However, at what point or age do we suddenly recognize that we need to return, follow the recorded pathways back to The Creator? At what point does it click in our minds, soul, heart that we recognize we need to leave egoism behind and move back towards Bestowal and Love? I imagine it is different for everyone, of course. I am 74 years old. I have known about Kabbalah for the last 20 years; reading books, not really knowing or understanding the depth with which I am now involved with. So here I am. What caused, or what clicked in my mind to finally and truly want to learn in depth Kabbalah? I hope I am making sense. A huge thank you. I believe you will understand what I have asked.
