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Good morning, This morning I read a passage from Attaining the Worlds Beyond pp 152. It reads: ” ” If human beings do not have the desire to regain the power to return to rule their own desires, then they have attained true love of the Creator, rather than a mere subordination to Him.” If I were to replace the word desire with ego in the sentence would it mean the same thing or was the word desire used intentionally? I am a little confused with what this passage is telling me. I have to desire the change/correction in me or nothing happens so isn’t that a form of control?
I re-read the passage this morning, and the feeling I got was that I don’t need to chase after pleasure either. If I’m doing the right actions the creator is going to give us pleasure anyway.
Homework #4
I am choosing this text from the source: Attaining the Worlds Beyond pp 144:
It Reads:
“We need not worry about receiving pleasure, since as soon as this correction is made, we will immediately feel the pleasure. Thus, we should concentrate on the task of correcting our desire to receive pleasure—our vessel.
This can be likened to the process of acquiring an apartment. We should not worry about how to get it. The concern should be how to pay for it, and how to earn the money needed for it. As soon as the financial aspect is arranged, we will own the apartment.
Therefore, all the efforts should be concentrated on the money, not on the apartment. The same can be applied to perceiving the spiritual. All efforts should be directed towards creating the conditions necessary to receive the Light, not on the Light itself. When we focus on cultivating altruistic thoughts and desires in ourselves; then we will feel the spiritual pleasure immediately.
I’m choosing this passage because it is timely. We’re learning about the big 3 things we need to attain any kind of spirituality — the topic of the last couple of lessons. Our adherence to the teaching of the Rav, and the feelings we get from the books combined with the desires and efforts of the group over time will create the conditions we need to create the vessel needed to receive the light and that the light will come naturally. We need not chase after the light itself, but focus in equal measure on the 3 great sources of light.”
If I feel this correctly, it gives me great hope and joy because I am in the best place for me to be to develop spiritually. The creator, by no accident, brought me here to these specific friends that I cannot help but Love as his creatures. To Love the creator I love them because he is behind them.
P.S. I am just a child in this work but like any child I know who cares for me. It has been said that words of wisdom can come from the mouth of children, I pray that the creator will bring this child of his wisdom to share that will elevate the group.
