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Purpose of Society -2
Article No. 1, Part 2, 1984Excerpt:
”Also, it is important to remain serious during the assembly so as not to lose the intention, as it is for this aim that they have gathered. And to walk humbly, which is a great thing, one should be accustomed to appear as though one is not serious. But in truth, a fire burns in their hearts.”
Why did I choose this part?
This part starts with calling upon the group members to “remain serious during assembly”; this, on its own makes me feel uncomfortable, bringing back memories when my childlike, curious, creative, explorative, somewhat silly nature was suppressed not allowing me to express/discover what was deeply intended to be manifested. The word “serious” is somewhat linked to cold, strict, limited, caged, forced qualities to me.
This also ties with the concept of the freedom of the individual in spirituality discussed in The Freedom article. Where is my contribution of individuality if I am “ordered” to stay serious?
However, the explanation continues “as not to lose the intention”, and my initial discomfort eases, it really feels that the emphases is on INTENTION, keeping the INTENTION alive and in the driver seat of the assembly, any action is fine if correct INTENTION is maintained … Oooook then, I have no problem with that, I know what my INTENTION is, and it is SOLID! So seriousness linked to INTENTION transforms my past memories of being serious, and the grip lifts.
As I further feel into what the true message is here – or better said what message I can get with my current level of comprehension – the last part of paragraph “And to walk humbly, which is a great thing, one should be accustomed to appear as though one is not serious. But in truth, a fire burns in their hearts.” gives me comfort, a warm feeling of coming home, being allowed to transform the burning, restless, silly, untamed fire in my heart ❤️🔥 into my unique individual offering, place it outside of Me in the middle of the Circle of the Group, to unite it with the rest of other unique offerings. This way my individuality gets annulled, but lives as part of a something newly created with other individual unique qualities of Friends. That newly assembled “puzzle” will be the vessel for the Creator to reveal His Glory.
Kind of hard to describe the feeling, it is like being a dynamic piece of puzzle, constantly changing shapes/colors within it’s own individual limits, to match other dynamic pieces of puzzles and put an “out of this world dynamic, perfect something” together – which would be what Kabbalah Kabbalahcalls a vessel I assume. This Vessel serves as an adaptor for the will to Bestow and will to Receive to finally have a common ground and bond. All individual pieces are annulled, yet as part of a bigger “picture” they receive the benefit of all pieces through the glory of revealed Creator.
I can feel the great effort the Kabbalists made writing down their experiences 💗, I have this insignificant task to feel into a paragraph – one short paragraph out of multi 1000’s pages and books and articles and … and … and … and already lost in the process 😵💫. There ends my homework 🤭.
Yeeeees! Thank you Brad, wow indeed! If I’m revealed, the Creator is concealed and vice versa … 0-1, wave-particle, plus-minus, bestowing-receiving, HIM and his CREATION playing hide and seek until final correction! This is a loaded AHA!
