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I deeply desire to increase in my desire for the Light. I desire to see the others in the group grow greater than myself on this path and I desire the ability to see them as such with the appropriate jealousy to want to ascend with them.
Beginning to understand fingerprint in the fabric of everything from the Creator who can actually be accessed through the group. Hearing terminology that support spiritual development in a non-superficial way has been super impactful for me
For me, a key component in this process is to learn how to receive criticism. Learning to hear the voice of a friend as the voice of the creator is a strange concept to me… I have always considered Job’s friends and they’re misunderstanding of his being tested. That being said, I come from a dance background where criticism is actually a compliment on one’s potential to improve. Without a community there is no real conflict to push us forward. Without community there is no opportunity for criticism. Without community we would lose the opportunity to actually begin to love our neighbor as ourselves and all that comes with that. In the verse citing this love, the Shema, joined with the idea of loving your neighbor as yourself is also loving the creator with all of our heart, mind, and strength… In my mind they must be intrinsically tied principles. To love the creator I must love others. To love others I must be able to accept and love myself.
It seems that what you focus on increases. If I focus on my ego, even on trying to quiet it, it increases. If I focus my time on curiosity for the Light and on trying to truly feel what it means to love the other as myself, then that will increase to become instinctual.
Seems I cannot properly answer this based on my perception still being from an egoistic one, but if I were to say what I hope to achieve… it’s to see none else besides Him. All things, even those things that are hard, are for my benefit
I would like to be able to see others as not separate from myself. To be able to love them through the force of bestowal instead of my will to receive only. I would also like to have a clearer understanding of how the Creator and nature can be considered the same. Obviously we aren’t workshopping trees and dirt, so I am hoping to gain clarity perhaps of the terms or maybe the very concept itself
