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Loved the idea that our concept of free will is based on ignorance. We only imagine ourselves to be free because we are ignorant of the forces at work on us. Mind blowing…
The freedom is the choice we are given to change our intention from one that is self-directed to one that is Creator-directed. We can facilitate this by associating with people who feel the same desire to change their intention.
1) The fact that the Creator is responsible for EVERYTHING – “good” and “bad”.
2) The fact that we do have “free will”, but only in a very limited sense.
3) The fact that 2) – rather than upsetting me – is absolutely freeing, because there is no longer any need to experience guilt or shame.
4) The only error we can ever make is believing that there is any creator other than the Creator – and even that thought is given to us by the Creator so that we might learn from our mistake and cleave to Him even more tightly.
It is truly a closed system. Complete. Perfect. And perfectly mind blowing.
We exist of, by and for the Creator. We must remember this. This thought must be present in everything we do, at every moment. It needs to become a habit. More than a habit. Remembering the Creator and being grateful to Him for absolutely everything must become as automatic to us as our breathing or the beating of our hearts. Every thought, every sensation, every experience, “big” or “small”, begins and ends with Him and the love that He is.
Like so many others have said, during the first course, so many things started making sense. So many ideas, concepts and words that had been floating around in this “spiritual seeker’s” head, starting coming together, like puzzle pieces. It felt like synchronicity. It felt like the Creator whispering in my ear, “You’re on the right track now. Keep going”. So here I am. Can’t wait to dive in deeper.
For me, the most inspiring lesson/insight of this course is the fact that each and every sensation, experience or emotion that we encounter in this world is, in fact, the Thought of the Creator expressing Itself to us in a way that we can understand – and that the key to spiritual growth, the whole point of our existence – is to understand correctly – that is, to attain – oneness with the Creator through equivalence of form, through aligning our will, our intention, with His. So simple yet profound.
As for what I’ve learned about myself, it would have to be that my notion about my “free will”, which I’ve developed over decades of “spiritual seeking”, has been solidly confirmed by the teachings of Kabbalah: the only matter about which we have a choice is to either “go with the flow” (take the Path of Love) or to try in vain to “swim upstream” (take the Path of Pain). Either way, the Creator will get us where He (and we, whether we realize it or not) wants us to be. We can choose whether to walk with Him, hand in hand, or be dragged kicking and screaming. That’s the only choice we have to make. Everything else has already been decided by Him. I thought I’d have a problem with that. But I don’t, because I realize that the Creator only wants the very best for me, always – whether I know what that is or not. And more often than not, I don’t.
I was also struck by the lesson that, when I feel like things are going well, like I understand what’s going on and that life is under control is when I am, in fact, “farthest” from the Creator and most lost. The truth is, when I’m feeling desperately lost, hopeless and on the verge of giving up is when I am “closest” to the Creator. This was a real “game changer” for me. Realizing this completely changed my perspective.
As for my fellow students, I wish for your desire to learn and develop spiritually to grow and strengthen until it is a raging fire within you. May your intention to be close to the Creator compel you to make rapid spiritual progress, and may your progress, in turn, be an inspiration to others, so that we might all return “home” that much sooner.
