[Logynn]

Thank you

[Logynn]

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?

[Logynn]

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?

[Logynn]

If the thing that inspires and motivates you is the constant drip of epiphanies and new concepts of the technical studies, then the last few weeks are a bit devoid of that. I also felt that. But all you need to do is keep delving into the other materials while you go along.

I personally like to use the YouTube channel. If you start at the beginning of Kabbalah Explained Simply, Basic Concepts in Kabbalah, and Spiritual States with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman than you can stay on a path that gives your intellect things to chew on. And being on it draws you into the group, even if normally the group doesn’t seem to offer anything because of your personal characteristics.

This is my experience. I hope you find what you are looking for in the technical studies, and that it leads you to unexpectedly good places.

[Logynn]

Ok, so, functionally… try your best to be good and do good, but don’t look back if you make a mistake?

[Logynn]

I’ve learned that everything that I love or care about in the world is a facet of Kabbalah, and the more I understand it and get closer to the group, the more I get to perceive these things as potent and whole, instead of just inklings of meaning.

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