[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 months, 3 weeks 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.

[Helen]

On one hand, I think I understand your point about the trap of time and space. On the other hand, since we all live within this illusion and it feels very real, could you help me understand it in more corporeal language?

From the perspective of Kabbalah, are the concrete details of our corporeal life, such as whom we meet, whom we marry, illnesses, accidents, and even the circumstances of our death, already determined as branches of the spiritual roots? Or can these corporeal details themselves change according to the speed of our spiritual advancement?

I would also happily accept if the answer is that the way corporeal life unfolds, what is fixed, what is dynamic, and how the two relate, is simply beyond what Kabbalists explain, or beyond what can be understood from within corporeal perception, or even remains as mystery for Kabbalist?

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

today’s class is about 4 Phases Before the Machsom. you talked about one phase, which is revelation of the will to receive gradually, maybe another phase which is after those needed revelation all done, I will truly feel the desire to bestow then I will ask for that.  what are the other phases that I am missing?

thanks

Helen

[Helen]

You said, “The root has to at least touch the branch, but it can be in a beautiful way if I’m already running far ahead of this blow.”

I’m trying to understand what is fixed and what is flexible.

Is the sequence of corporeal events essentially fixed, while what changes is my inner state and what I am able to correct through those events?

For example, on the path of suffering, event A might bring fear and confusion, and I could remain in that state for a long time and eventually I may have something correct there. On the path of Torah,  the same event A would still occur at its predetermined time, but I would relate to it very differently because some corrections had already been made. In that case, would the same event now serve to reveal and correct a different Reshimo, or another “rung,” because I’ve already advanced?

Or do you mean something different: that the corporeal/branch manifestations themselves are somewhat flexible, so that the actual events of my life can change depending on my spiritual advancement?

I tend to think you meant the first possibility, but I’d like to understand it correctly.

[Helen]

when you say blows, you don’t mean that we can change life events, you meant how it would hit us, how we relate to those events, either though longer pain and confusion or shorter pain and clarity. correct?

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