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Week 5 in particular had more of an impression on me because it brought everything together in one place in my mind; hence, in my habits. As a psychologist teaching Life Development from Conception to Death, our brain begins to develop first. There are over 200 billion neurons and as we develop, as human beings, our brain will know which neurons to prune and which ones to keep in terms of needing the ones that will fulfill our development to be human beings. The brain connects every part of our body. Therefore, the brain that the Creator gave us mirrors the environment where we can find Him. The actions in our bodies are decided from our brain. Therefore, we come to this world with an inbuilt huge curiosity to learn more. As we grow, we still want more; childhood, adolescence, young adults, and adults. This is Egoism. As we develop, we pick up habits, some good, some not so good depending on the friendships we make. Therefore, to understand the left foot and the right foot, one needs to first understand oneself and make a discernment of whether we take the left path or the right path. Aiming for the right path will only be accessible, after learning Kabbalah, will not be a quick jump. That is when we perform an introspect of ourselves, understand the Bestowel path and move towards it. It will not be easy if one prefers Egoism. However, after one understands the right path, once we check ourselves in terms of our habits, reflection, our new habits will form a new neuronal pathway in our brain and this new neuronal pathway is a new habit. The more good habits we perform, the more solid the pathway and the closer we get to the Creator.
Everyone would be in harmony instead of being angry, depressed, just rude. The world would not feel so heavy. Respect towards each other would be the crowning aspect that would automatically allow for all of us to live a peaceful life. Reaching these points and more would eliminate the entire collection of egoism.
Aiding others accelerates our own spiritual ascent. The ultimate goal is to align oneself with The Creator. The Creator spans in the Spiritual Word in which we cannot just say I want to be there as an individual. Belonging to a same like group with Kabbalists disseminating their knowledge and the steps one needs to get/reach the Spiritual World; the 125 steps creates a dynamic in which the group aligned can operate together in the ascent towards The Creator. This is not possible accomplishing this alone because one can read all texts on Kabbalah; however, one will be reading words without the decimation regarding the wisdom what is hidden; such as Bestowal and Egoism. As a group, one can reach this understanding and also be on the right direction to reach the Point in the Heart, which will bring the group together and in the right path as one learns from one’s guides the Kabbalists. The Kabbalists teach and guide one. As students following the path together, one is already supporting each other as fellow seekers. Achieving this level as a group, we will have been joined our Point in the Heart and we will be joined into a spiritual inclination.
Decimation as per Rav Laitman. This means to spread the word about Kabbalah and the steps to achieve alignment to The Creator by fixing not only my selfish egoistic tendencies, but also all those around us.Fallowing the steps towards the Light, we will find ourselves with every step towards the Light, we can reach alignment with the Creator.We can strengthen the influence of the reforming Light by dissemination of what we have learned and spread the word, per se to others around us. Not everyone will be interested or confused. However, in a past lesson, 80% had joined the KabU semesters and are still learning. Hence, we are getting close to the goal.
From my understanding, connecting with others involves examining oneself with a full sincere intent to find my Point in the Heart. Once I have been able to accomplish that, I believe that same Point in my Heart will lead me to others who have found theirs’. In the intent to find one’s Point in the Heart, gives one the desire to be connected to others; to find others who have found their Point in their Heart. Being in a classroom, outdoors, anywhere physical as a group is probably exhilarating because one is among that special group who understands what we are all have learning.
Julian, I have been on board since the beginning of these semesters. I took notes, I drew symbols to stay on top from Bestowal to Receiving. In other words, I have kept myself in touch with my little notebook. However, this week’s lesson and especially the way you summarized all of the previous weeks’ lessons, I realized that I no longer needed to reread my notes. You brought it all together. As I was listening to you, so many memories came to mind in which I questioned myself “did I do that be kind or be rude?” in terms of, “have I been on a good path?” There are soooo many ways in which I questioned my actions from my past and drawing a line forward as my life changed drastically at different points, good, bad, suffering. You allowed me to backtrack and be in the present. However, mostly, to realize where I am moving towards and that will be towards Bestowal and Alignment with the Creator. Thank you!
