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Translation:
When there is no equivalence or form equivalence we can never come together.
That is the case with different characters between people, but also in the spiritual world
Doesn’t that worry me and that makes it extra difficult or is that just what we have to learn?
There’s no need to worry. The transition from reception to bestowal is IMPOSSIBLE. But there is a transformative force in nature that you can draw, which can transform one’s nature, which is one’s inevitable destiny. Only we can draw this force of transformation faster than Nature is pushing us all to reach this change. If we draw it through this study, it will be fun, pleasant, an adventure. If Nature pushes us to it it will be horrifyingly unpleasant, as we’re starting to see in the world today. We should run towards this goal, the purpose of life, start being active participants in Nature’s plan. Thus we become partners with the Upper Force.
Translation: Thank you for this first lesson for me. This was very clear to me and I have no questions now; Your calm way of speaking and pleasant voice help enormously to remain attentive. Thanks for that
Thanks Christianne. I’m glad to have you with us, and glad the Creator gave me qualities that work for you. 🙂
All spiritual phenomena are related to Devekut (adhesion) with the qualities of the Upper Force. Dvekut means clothe into those qualities. Meaning, I have a desire – a desire is my essence and all there is to me – and this desire is in a form of reception. When I dress it into an opposite form, bestowal, in that form that I adhere to, I perceive spiritual phenomena.
Just imagine – whatever I have a desire for, it’s already fulfilled. I want a Coke – it’s in my hand. I want steak, I already have it. Whatever I want, instant fulfilment. And by receiving it, I give the Upper Force contentment. Thus, it is dependent on me: I’m in control. Except that within me emerges the sensation of Shame at the fact that I am actually the receiver here because the Upper Force does all this out of love for me; while I do all that I’m doing out of the enjoyment I feel in my Will to Receive, and it’s all coming to me from Him. Therefore, he’s the sublime one, the bestower; while I am the lowly one, the receiver.
Hi Richard,
With the 4 Phases of Direct Light, Kabbalists speak of the World of Eyn Sof. This establishes the blueprint that unfolds in all the worlds. It’s the same template but over different levels of Coarseness of Desire (aviut). For example, let’s say you have at the animate level a lion, and at the vegetative level a dandelion. If we understood nature we’d see that they are formed according to the same template but manifest according to which qualities are involved.
Does destiny hold more power than free will?
There’s no free will like we think of free will. That’s a complete illusion. Specifically thanks to this illusion there is free will, which is only with regard to choosing the authentic path of Kabbalah, including the recommended group method, etc.
So, you’re right that there was no real free will. That’s only within the path of Kabbalah. And the free will becomes something deeper than what I’ve mentioned. At each moment I have to realize the free will more deeply. It’s by constantly adhering to There Is None Else Besides Him, as in Shamati article 1. And then, to what extent do I respond back to the Upper Force as recommended by Kabbalists.
As to what comes before Kabbalah, it’s purpose, and it’s very important, is to show me what is not true. But before, I so much was immersed in falsehood, not intellectually but in all those desires of mine, that I could not advance in the truth, even if you would present it baldly before me. I hate the truth, truth disgusts the Will to Receive, because it means I have to totally rise above the Will to Receive, to a new evolutionary level. And that’s like death to the Will to Receive who is now as-if like some loser friend I used to hang out with but now I’m at Harvard med school and he has no real place with me now, so will he support me in that? But still, he did develop me at the stage I was at. He wasn’t worthless, even though he has fallen into irrelevance. However, in this case, he will later become extremely important, the center of my life. But not right now.
