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Hi I am Lori and am joining this intro class with two other people. We wanted to study Kabbalah together so we can talk about what we are learning.
Why is purpose greater than creating art, or music the highth of civilization, or science which greatly benefits humans?
Hi I’m Anni from Missouri US. I have been signed up for this course a long time but never felt qualified. I have finished a three year study of Pticha and finally feel ready for the Zohar. Glad to have fellow travelers.
I had to leave the Grad Section because it became 101. Reminders are always necessary, but I want to be challenged. 101 just doesn’t do it for me. I had to leave the 10 for the same reason. Over and over again they repeated the words of the Rabbi; connection, annulment, none other, goal, etc etc. I have since returned to the 10 one day a week which I can handle the regurgitation of the repetition. I admit I miss the environment. I know if I don’t like it change it. I know I am working on how to do that with out slaughtering everyone.
So now back too the grad environment – I am coming back with an open mind, we all have advanced no matter what, me too, So maybe with the encouragement of the Ibur movement, and these young, enthusiastic minds there may be challenges.I don’t think Saul (what a great name) is going to reply to me so I’m going to replay to myself. Many year I have kept a journal. It’s getting harder and harder these days because I am pretty sure no one is going to read it. So I am thinking that if I could just put a few thoughts here where there maybe a possibility of someone reading it seems encouraging to keep writing.
I love that Kabbalah is multifaceted. Talked with an elderly friend and ask him, What would you like to learn before you leave (die). His response was “nothing”. I can’t even imagine what his world must be like? Mine is so wide open and never ending, and in that there is a zest for life. Now some times I ask myself am I caught in intellectualism. Oooo danger – ego. (I have come to hate that word). I think if I identify myself with this vast amount of knowledge I have obtained then there probably is an awareness of “receiving”. This is such a difficult discernment because it leads into the “pleasure merri-go-round. Then I read something really extraordinary by the Rabbi and I think, “Who cares?” Im just going to sit here and enjoy the moment.
