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In “Kabbalah for Students” chapter “Introduction to the study of the ten Sefirot” Bal HaSulam talks about lo Lishma and Lishma. Also, about the path of Torah/Mitzvot and the idea of living a miserable life through penance, and mortification to become worthy of receiving grace and light to live the rest of your life in this world and other worlds, happy and fulfilled. A few pages later, he quotes two Kabbalists that if one spends 3 or 5 years on the path with no results, they should quit and resort to the “Wisdom of Kabbalah”. Also , in the first weeks, Tony discussed the path of Torah and Mitzvot as concepts in Kabbalah. Now I have two questions:
1- Why anyone, in their right mind, should try the hard way and if after spending years in it gets no where, switches to the Wisdom of Kabbalah? Why not starting from Kabbalah to skip both the idea of mortification and hard life and the disappointment that might follow?
2- Does Kabbalah, at any stage, include or recommend thirst, hunger, sleep deprivation, and acts against the basic human needs as a practice?
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I have a question. Where is the right place to ask questions coming from the study of recommended books that are not related to the lessons and material delivered here?
people would set aside the superficial differences and act as one soul. Your pain is mine, and my gain is yours. Cooperation and collaboration, rather than competition and conflict. Sharing resources and enjoying them together as one body.
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In his video “What is a prayer?” Gill said that an egoistic prayer wouldn’t be answered. Now, being made of the material “the will to receive”, how can any of our prayers be answered? I pray for something like health, or even spiritual growth and attainment, and it won’t be answered because it involves me? Let alone stuff like money, prosperity etc. How does it work, really?
