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In the past week I saw some things that made me question if I have the right attitude about the Left Line.
In one of Julian’s videos he described it as something that we should strive to avoid because we will always be given it by the Creator, as we are ready to deal with it. In last week’s “Kabbalah Explained Simply” on YouTube, they talked about the futility of self criticism. And in the final link to the Rav’s blog he talks about not losing your head in the left or the right.
Previously, my perception was that the Right is faith above reason, where no matter what happens we trust that it is exactly what is supposed to happen according to the Creator’s plan. And when we are in that we feel no need for anything. It’s easy to pay attention to the needs of others because that sensation of faith kind of nullifies any feeling of lack we would be feeling if we were not studying.
And my understanding was that the Left line is a relatively tiny portion of the time where we acknowledge our fears and feelings about the specter of the corporeal world, and that in doing this we acknowledge that these are our own qualities, our own coarseness, our own helplessness to keep these issues from spilling out onto the rest of the collective soul.
I thought the point of the Left line was this discernment… a criticism of the current state of the self in order to obtain the desire to rise, and that would then trigger the upper to give us faith, and the faith carries us back to the Right.
My objective was to spend only a tiny time in the Left, and most time in the Right, but to basically be content to dwell in either one while I am in it, because it’s doing its work.
That has been my experience of it. But between these three sources from this week… especially the Self Criticism episode of Kabbalah Explained Simply, I am not sure that I am approaching the Left with the correct attitude. If it really is ok to try to avoid and ignore self criticism and negative discernments about corporeal reality… I would love to give myself permission to do that. But it doesn’t seem right.
Can you explain what your intention is when you are in either state?
I am also wondering, in the Graduate environment, if I will have access to groups and events on weekdays. It’s rare for me to have an opportunity to be alone on the weekend. And will I be able to ask questions about The Zohar in there? Thanks!
Everyone would naturally reorganize to distribute things according to need. With each person self managing to reallocate their surpluses to areas of need it would almost be like an osmosis effect within the collective. Hierarchical structures for profit would either be repurposed to serve society, or dissolved. All communication would be about who needs what, and where and how to get it to them, not what is available to be purchased or won.
In the group work with Julian there was a separate place pointed out. I’d say it was created, but it’s more like it was just noticed for the first time. The space that I think inside when I’m having a thought or awareness of the Creator is a place, and when you’re in one of these groups, other minds join you in that space.
So, before, you just thought of that space as the inside of your mind… if you even thought of it at all… but after that, you realize that the inside of “your” mind is like a chat room or meeting space for people seeking spirituality. It’s not really “yours.” And it’s not inside your head at all. You just didn’t know that because you never joined anyone there before.
It’s like if you were in a VR meditation that you thought was on your local device, and suddenly other people are there and you realize it’s a networked space that you’re using.
Fellow seekers are the only place we have to put the Light.
We are floating points of view. We ourselves are so ephemeral that it passes right through us and we don’t even detect it.
We need to realize that humanity is our house, and we are just the window glass, so if we want to see the Light shine we need to look at where we passed it into the house, and realize how much we treasure the contents of that house, and also what an incredible gift it is that Light shines into it.
Is this talking about the states where it is clear that a situation, piece of information, or feeling has been sent by the Creator specifically relating to your studies?
“In this way, instead of feeling a tiny bit of life: cold here, hot there, a bit of light, a bit of shade, we begin to feel piercing states. We feel, “with whom we have business,” who is giving us power and life, how it is possible to relate to the Creator and enter into a connection with Him: “I am to the Highest, and He is to me.” In other words, we begin to attain the Creator and rise to His level.”
I also want to ask about something Julian said last Saturday in group work. He mentioned that people there would be invited to the graduate environment. How does that occur?
