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Dear Gianni,
When speaking of raising the importance of the Creator in order to give ourselves fuel for the work in Lo Lishma, there are two types of importance that I can distinguish here:
1. External importance (which is imparted by society – I think the Creator is great, because the people around me regard Him as such, but this means that I don’t truly regard Him as great, I just want to belong to this society, so I would adopt whatever pleases them) and
2. Internal importance (the greatness of the Creator is personal to me, regardless of what my society thinks, like a child is inherently important to their parents, but this also seems like a very basic, natural regard, which is kind of animalistic and not really useful).
So the question is, what kind of importance should we strive for while still working in Lo Lishma?
Thank you ❤️
Dear Gianni,
My question comes after reading and rereading Rabash’s “What are truth and falsehood in the Work?”
Is there a difference between the aim of an action and the intention of it? From what I’m reading, it seems to me that the aim of an action is what you want to accomplish with it while the intention has only two possible options: to receive or to bestow. However I am not clear on this, so please help :>
Thank you! ❤️
Dear Gianni,
In one of his classes Seth read a small text, supposedly written by Rav Chaim Vital where he describes what it feels like crossing the machsom. I have been looking for this text since, but can’t seem to find it. I had come across it before as well but this time it made a huge impression on me and I wanted to share it with my friends. Can you help?
Thank you <3
Thank you, Gianni! What if I don’t want to be a toddler anymore? I don’t want to serve make-believe pleasures to my parent or do for them something that I would consider enjoyable. What if I want to really understand them and please them on their level? Shouldn’t I be aiming to grasp what pleases them? Or am I not capable of even that at this point? And what do I need to do to come to a point where the Light’s influence has matured me enough? Somehow it doesn’t feel possible for me to rest now in the awareness that I am just a kid. The moment I become aware of my smallness, I immediately want to move past it and offer something real to the Creator and my friends.
Hi Gianni,
What are Mitzvot? I realize that this is a very broad question, so let me elaborate. I have a general understanding of what a Mitzva is, but I don’t understand what my attitude should be (and without the proper attitude, it’s just a mechanical action). So is it something I believe would bring pleasure to the Creator or something that I know would bring Him pleasure? Do I keep questioning and examining it until I know or do I focus on the internal sensation towards the Creator and continue to perform an action as a tool, with the belief that it brings Him pleasure?
Thank you <3
