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I want the reforming light to teach me how to understand another person’s intentions so that I can use my Kli to bestow to the other person.
I really enjoyed learning about the practical application of Kabbalah in everyday life and the way we can use our ego with the correct intention to connect with each other.
I think the most profound aspect of this course is in realizing that the world I see comes from within; that all objects I see have no value and meaning in of themselves and that it is I who provides these things with their meaning and value based on the way I want to use them to satisfy my own needs; and that the world I see is basically a reflection of my own desires and that these desires derive from a perception that I am lacking and deprived and that I need to acquire or attain things from the world to fill this perceived void within. I am therefore not seeing things for what they are in truth. I am seeing a reflection of my own desires in them, and it is my desires in them which draws me towards others, which is a direct function of the way I have judged myself.
The truth is that I am a direct product of the Upper Light. I am begotten of the Upper Light. I am its offspring. The Upper Light is the source of life within me, and is the source of my fulfilment, satisfaction and overwhelming sense of abundance. I simply need nothing else. I do not need to make gifts to myself to render myself whole and complete, which would only put me at right angles with life. There is no justification for my sense of insecurity. Now that I know this, my only desire is to see my brothers and sisters for who they are in truth: a reflection of my own essence. I also now know they are afflicted with this same visual impairment and that I need not take anything personally, because they are not really seeing and directing their anger at me. They are simply staring at a reflection of their own guilt. My only desire, therefore, is to absorb the desires of my brothers and sisters as my own for the sake of providing each other peace through holy union.
The ultimate goal is to arrive at a state of peace. It is necessary for me to understand myself and my true nature to know that I am whole and complete and in need of nothing in order to arrive at a state of peace. Peace does not come from wanting anything from outside of myself. Peace comes from knowing I need nothing at all, and so I stop looking to find ways to feel good about myself by making gifts to myself. My only desire, therefore, is to keep and extend my peace onto the world by understanding my brother’s intention and to remain in union with him by providing him with the fulfilment and satisfaction he is looking to receive from me. My only concern is to remain in union with my brother for the sake of our peace, and I can only do this by receiving the desires of my brother and making them my own in order to bestow to him. Peace is my goal, and using my vessel of reception to bestow to my brother is the way in which we both arrive at a state of peace. To receive is the highest level of humanity.
