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Connecting with others means feeling them as if they are me. To feel deep inside their pain as if it is mine, and their joys as mine. To see that we are all the cells of the same body working for a purpose. Sustaining life and all the experiences that come with it.
I pray that the light unravel and resolve a few of my issues. Without getting into details, I see my ego without previous veils. It is wounded, hurt, judgmental, selfish and conning. It is like the Gordian knot. The more effort you put into untying it, the more tangled it becomes. You can’t untie it. You have to cut the knots. And I don’t think it is possible without the grace from the Light. I hope this course draws that help in.
I am remaining open. I have a few inklings and sparks lasting sometimes a fraction of a second. It is as if something profound is trying to communicate, but that’s so complex that I struggle to think about it structurally. When I try, I lose the grip. What irritates me is what needs correction. OMG! My workload is just piling up. I think that getting to know the concepts in Kabbalah is burning the bridges behind me. I don’t think there’s a turning back. I am really hopeful and expect that, moving forward, I’ll be able to have a more solid grasp of Kabbalah in action than of theory. There have been quite a few moments where I felt so hopeful and excited that I almost cried.
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?
Thank you
