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Your thinking is good. But we’re at a level lower than anything the Zohar speaks about. Even if it talks about hell, we’re lower than that, too. There’s nothing lower. It’s an imagination. So, we’re not yet Nukva or Malchut. We have a shattered piece of Malchut, and through it we’re dreaming up our lives. The Zohar works on us on various levels of our desire, and awakens it to the notion that there’s more than just this dream. But we don’t have the vessels yet that can start finding themselves in the mechanics of the Zohar. Those vessels have to be formed, through the Reforming Light.
Hi Tom,
We’re glad you’re here. You can join all the live Graduate classes except for the Sunday Young Group with Lio because that class is sequential and the mini-groups are already formed. You can join that next round starting in the coming weeks.
Remember, we have a way we’d like our world to look that would be “good” according to our current vessels, while the Creator has a completely different goal! That I’ll change my vessel of perception. And whatever He’s doing is so that I’ll do it sooner rather than later.
It means I do not use my desire, I only operate according to the desire of the ten. Except for the regular desires for food, sex, family, etc. which we’re not even taking into consideration.
Hi Sarah,
First, there is no concept of “sharing” in Kabbalah, though that’s a popular confusion that has been propagated. The ego is not built in a way that it can go from Receiving to a state in which it is still receiving but also Bestowing. The reason that idea is popular is because it is so pleasant to the ego to think that could be both possible and spiritual. In reality, it’s a state that is considered even less spiritual than pure receiving for self, since in that case I would be Bestowing For The Sake of Receiving, both receiving like I want to do in any case AND delighting myself with the idea that I’m also now in contact with the Creator. Thus, I’ve become more distant from spirituality than someone who has never heard of Kabbalah. On the contrary, I need to only busy myself with the idea of reaching pure bestowal. And only in one thing can I help the Creator. That is, there’s only one thing that He can’t do, and He can’t do it because He needs to give everyone free choice to reach spirituality or not. But if you help them reach spirituality, then they do have free choice, because you’re not the Creator. They don’t need to respect you. Therefore, only helping others reach the spiritual goal can be considered close to Bestowal.
There are some books that are not written for those who are not already in some level of spiritual sensation, but all of those you mention can be read by beginners, in no particular order. I would say Kabbalah For The Student and Shamati are musts, neither of which is meant to be read front-to-back. Rather these are study texts that will accompany every student forever. I also think every beginner should read Attaining the Worlds Beyond. The rest are not required, and only according to what interests you.
