[Helen]

Hi Gianni

during today’s class about prayer, Rav said something like

“I cannot pray 24 hours a day, but if I am with other students and friends, we can organize ourselves so that the appeal to the Creator continues all the time.”
 We are constantly in this work. It is such work that, as those who studied with us remember, we read about the students of the Ramchal, that they were constantly in prayer, in shifts, around the clock. And as it is written, ‘Would that one prayed all day.'”

my question is, if a ten does not yet have a constant, sincere prayer, is it useful/recommended to organize prayer shifts during the day, where each friend prays for the ten at a designated time? Can this external action help us acquire a true collective prayer?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

thank you. it does seem like inner work is very individualized and Creator wants us to fill the holes ourselves.

[Helen]

Hi Gianni, I had a guess of what you would say 🙂

I am not escaping, I actually would like more work but since we don’t meet often in an active fashion , I find myself very hungry for spiritual advancement yet there aren’t very many raw materials for me to work on . We were advised to meet everyday outside of Arvut, we currently do one and will add another after the congress. We are still figuring things out together. meanwhile I feel this huge deficiency for spiritual connection, I want my ego to be revealed so I can act on it, those spiders you mentioned, I do see them in my corporeal life but not much in my spiritual life. right now things feel passive in the spiritual life. I am probably doing things wrong. I need your help!

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

Our Ten formed only a few month ago after YG and I know it will take some time for us to bond and spend more time together. Since we do not spend a lot of time together (yet) and it’s all virtual, it feels like there are very limited “raw materials” available for me to do internal work in this Lab. I wonder if I can take the 613 Mitzvot from Judaism and try to actualize in daily life when applicable, with the intention for correction on my ego, will that help to “speed” things up for my spiritual advancement? I understand this shall mostly be internal work rather than trying to externalize those Mitzvot in corporeal life.

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

Hi Gianni, it’s kind hard to sort out this question about Ohr Hozer, as there are some many questions. let me try to clarify two things with your help;

1. I am very confused why Ohr Hozer is called a Light. Is it correct that Ohr Hozer is not part of the Direct Light nor a separate Light generated by the Kli, but rather something that expresses the Kli’s intention to bestow toward the Creator? I am trying to understand what Ohr Hozer actually is in essence? whether it should be understood as the Kli’s intention, the relationship between the Kli and the Creator, or some kind of force that results from the Masach? so, what is Ohr Hozer? 

2. Is it correct to understand that it emerges simultaneously with the Masach in the Zivug de Hakaa, and that according to the measure of this intention the Kli can sustain, it determines how much of the Direct Light can be clothed and received as Ohr Pnimi?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

I’ve been studying for some time, and as far as I can tell my “desires” haven’t increased noticeably, neither corporeal nor spiritual. My desire for spirituality feels steady but flat, like it has no taste, yet it remains important to me. At the same time, the emptiness keeps growing. I know the ego can be cunning and may be hiding things from me, so I’m not fully certain of my own perception,  but this is what I observe. Is this growing emptiness something I am supposed to be experiencing? and what should I be doing with it?

thanks

Helen

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