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Hi Nat. Immediate answer: no. But there is a course of study that on purpose provides an independent piece and very soon a program with many live lessons and as many group interactions as anyone could want. Hope to see you there soon.
Hi Sarah,
If we are talking about Phases, Phases come from Above downward. We are many degrees after that, in a world below the Barrier to the Upper Worlds, an imaginary world, like a dream. In this dream there is no such thing as bestowal, and the truth is, there is also no reception. We always think we’ll receive but the moment we get close to any fulfillment, it slips right through our fingers, like turning on a light without a filament in the bulb and a short circuit occurs. Thus, from trying to receive, what we get instead is darkness. So, in our world there is no reception to even work with. There is no bestowal, of course, either. Because I don’t have a Kli (vessel) yet. You see, the Four Phases are talking about states when there was a Vessel. Now, there isn’t. As you’ll see in later episodes, the Vessel shatters. That’s our big problem now. So, we’re not near to such states whatsoever. We’re in some kind of post-nuclear bomb wasteland, spiritually speaking, where we need to turn to some higher force for help. The wisdom of Kabbalah puts us in contact with that Upper Force.
Not exactly. It’s not that one is simply full and thus bestows to others that which he has no more room for. Actually, that’s the way it is in our world, that I can’t receive more for myself, so I give to others and instead of filling one vessel, I fill the vessel of my honor that I receive in compensation for my bestowal – in short, double reception, disguised as bestowal. Here, there are other calculations in play.
Usually – not good to speak “from the heart”. To reveal what’s in my heart? – What’s in there besides egoism? Better to make a calculation: now – calculatedly – I am revealing x, y, and z because of such and such reasons. And not that I just reveal what’s in my heart because it is there in my heart and wants to come out. No. Nothing gets out without an intention for why I should bring it out. The reason can never be me. The reason has to be because it would bring contentment to that which is outside me.
