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Hi Roger,
There are several things we need to sort out here. Is the prayer the same as the intention? When I feel good, why do I feel good? Is it because I’ve done an act of connection? My child feels good when he’s watching YouTube? Am I happy because he’s happy? I don’t want him to be happy from that. He can’t bring me contentment from that.
If I’ve done all that I could to connect, but I haven’t revealed the Upper World, I must conclude that there is more that needs to be done. It could be that all that is left is turning to the Creator – but there must be something. And, in fact, I should every moment think, “What else can I do to advance the friends to connection,” no matter what state I’m in.
If I’m going on my own toward correction, it’s pleasant. Like if you get a massage, because of the pain, you identify that you were in fact already in pain. You’d only become so accustomed to the subtle misery of your state that you stopped noticing the pain. The pain inflicted by the masseuse brings this realization at the same time as it brings the remedy; Thus, you delight in the hurts-so-good sensation. This loose analogy can extend to the inner correction. I’m actually suffering tremendously, Kabbalah brings the blow at the same time as the remedy, thus it’s pleasant. That’s if I’m going willfully to correct myself. Otherwise, I’m suffering all the time because the correction process is taking place in me slowly, subconsciously, and against my will.
Hi Sean,
Yes, that same desire to receive that is at our core, we learn to use it in order to Bestow. The only problem is knowing the Upper Force, its Plan, how much it wants to give us, and under what conditions we can receive for its sake.
