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It means rather than trying to take everything for myself and my benefit, to begin and restrict my intake of pleasures for pleasures sake, and to begin to put myself in an environment where the Ego’s desires are a lot more visible and known, rather than just letting myself get taken for a “blind ride” by my ego.
I hope that the Light will influence me to start practicing seeing every other person as an extension of myself. Rather than just seeing other people, I want to start thinking about how they might perceive and experience this world we share. I want to wonder how we may both look at the same things, places and events and what we might see differently about them. Every human has their own unique perspective of the world, and while I may only have my own vessel to experience it, I believe I can further my understanding by learning to emphasize with others.
I would have to say my favorite moment is (what I think) the realization that there isn’t any sort of “Anti-Creator” and that all “Evil” that appears in this world is the result of uncorrected egos. I grew up in a Christian home and always questioned the pragmatism of things like Hell and Satan. It seemed to me that human choice was more of a key factor, so discovering how Kabbalah reinforces that in a way really resonated in me.
I expect that this course will be a bit thicker than the previous ones, in terms of study and contemplation. I’m really going to need to discipline myself to making time for daily study, especially on my days off.
The view of a master gardener as he sets out to plant a new garden. He sows the seeds, knowing what they are, knowing that even the same types of seeds will produce different variations of that type of plant. He plants them in specific areas, with innate knowledge of how the environment will nurture them, from the soil they are in to the amount of sun and rain they will be under. He calculates how every rock they are next to and gust of wind they will endure will serve to shape their ultimate outcome. From the very outset of he already has the shape of the finality in mind.
