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I’m not in a group yet. I hope you don’t mind if I bug you to ask when the next young group might be created. I don’t want to miss it.
Unrelated question:
In the daily lesson they were talking about maybe revamping dissemination in the US. I am an illustrator, graphic designer and marketing copy writer. I have experience depicting abstract concepts in a way that will attract people with the relevant interests without misleading visual content.If they need help with that could you point me to the organizer.
I’d like to request an episode of Kabbalah Explained Simply to be about King David. I read about him sometimes in the Zohar, but there’s not much about him in our playlists. It would be cool if you could cover:
What is the spiritual root of “Goliath?”
Why is David in everyone, but Moses is not?
What exactly are all these battles David is doing?
Also, David seems to have a paradoxical relationship with the Creator and the posterior of the Creator. It seems like he is made to do forbidden things and then forgiven for them. What is the spiritual root of that dynamic, and what’s the proper attitude towards it? Is it similar to the concept of always striving to act in bestowal in the next moment, but trying not to regret the last moment because it was the Creator who controlled it?There was a live session on YouTube on Sunday, with a live Zoom after. It was a nice option since I was otherwise alone, so appreciated it. Next time you might be able to hop over there and check if there’s a little spot to connect on one of those days.
Also, when does the next young group start?
With the classes over it’s like being on a roller coaster still, but this time with a blindfold on.
It’s weird because when I started all this I was dreading having to add group work to the private study of the materials. But now that I’m through it, the materials feel more like a security blanket than a rope or a ladder.Do y’all have like a Discord server were you can go and be in the group even if nothing is happening and nobody is talking, just by having that server open on your app?
I listened to “Isaac and Jacob” with Yerganat, and towards the end there wasn’t much time for some of the slides. This is the quote from Slide #7:
Regarding how to include fear in love from the side of judgment, he cites the saying: “But he who hardens his heart will fall into trouble,” which means that one must not harden one’s heart during judgment, no matter what happens in the world. For then he will fall into the sitra achra, which is called “trouble.” But one must then awaken fear as strongly as possible, experiencing fear before the Creator, and connect fear with His perfect love at that time. But both the first and the second fear are not for his own benefit, but solely out of fear: lest the pleasure he gives to his Creator be diminished.
First, I want to know if I understand what the first and second fears are. I have heard this described as the two yods. One is the fear of missing out on getting something for your ego. And the other is the fear of missing out on giving something to the Creator; and always you choose from these two. Is that right?
Second, they were not able to cover the last part of this quote. What does it mean to have both fears, but not for your own benefit? And how does failure at this diminish the pleasure of the Creator?
