[Helen]

Hi Gianni:

about: “Moses told the Jewish people, “If you are a hired worker in a vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you desire, until you are sated.” Deuteronomy 23:25”

based on Rav’ blog (kabbalahmedia.info/en/publications/blog/laitman-com/164279). Vineyard is your future higher desire/state. you shall nourish yourself through it but you can’t take that desire to your current state since you don’t have the right Kli in it.  I am also rewatching “the blueprint of creation”, and it seems like Hitlabshut is somewhat related to this inner work? if so, my questions are:

-should I intellectually try to imagine my future/higher state? how I would behave, what I would desire, etc?or is my work simply to develop a yearning for that state and turn it into a prayer? how do I correctly include myself in the higher state?

-And what exactly is the “nourishment” that I receive from the higher state? If I don’t yet know or feel the higher state, how does that nourishment come, and what does it feel like or how can I recognize its effect in me?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

yesterday’ lesson on What Is the Meaning of “Spies,” in the Work made me think about prayer: Before barrier, my heartfelt prayer is definitely Lo Lishma, should I pray honestly from what I truly want even knowing that it’s not aligned with the Creator yet, and that the Creator may answer by correcting my desire(via blow/suffer) rather than giving me what I ask for? Or should I try to formulate a more correct prayer, even if it doesn’t yet come from my heart?

And should I end the prayer by saying that I know my request may not be aligned with you, and that I accept whatever answer you gave me?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

I meant what does a honest scrutiny look like and feel like?

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 5 days ago by Helen.

[Helen]

what does a honest scrutiny look like and

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

We learn that there is none else besides Him, so every thought, emotion, and desire comes from the Creator. At the same time, the will to receive is so cunning that it can justify almost any decision with seemingly spiritual reasoning. Sometimes I find myself facing two opposite choices, and I can build what seems like a spiritual justification for either one. Either choice could appear to be for the sake of Kedusha, and either could actually be driven by the ego.

How do we develop the sensitivity to discern between the two? What practical inner work helps a person recognize when he/she is following Kedusha rather than simply following the will to receive dressed in spiritual clothing?

thanks

Helen

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 6 days ago by Helen.

[Helen]

for some reason, your answer left me puzzled with Joy. The greatness of the Creator and the greatness of his master plan, can only be reached through the unknowns, where we can truly practice Faith and “choice”. thank you Gianni.

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