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If we loved everyone as ourselves, all crises would be resolved, because we would all seek the good of all, and that would include the good of each one. It would be the most efficient way to resolve difficulties and challenges, and to move forward together, putting everything in common.
Dear friends,Thanks to KabU, I realize that I can’t go out of my desire to receive pleasure. I feel that I actually don’t see my relatives or my friends “by themselves”, but only regarding what good they give me or make me feel. The same regarding the Creator: I can’t feel Him as Him, only if He gives me good sensations, only if I feel Him giving me confidence, strength, forgiveness… I can’t see out of it, I can only feel my desire to experience pleasure and my relationships and my reactions to the given situations are measured only in comparison with how they make me feel, if they give me pleasure and satisfaction or the contrary.
I see the difference between what the others may do and my evaluation of their behavior. I can see that I may get upset at their actions, but I can’t be sure of what their intention was, I am only reacting to the pleasure I was expecting to get from them, or the quietness I think that they are taking away from me. So I can’t be sure anymore that I am understanding what is “really” happening.
So my “guiding system” is useful to drive me to where I think I can get more pleasure/avoid pain, but it is not appropriate to know people, God or the purpose in every situation of my life.
So what is the point of reacting and defending my own interests?
To know this helps me to wait and to not judge what I see. I may be wrong in my conclusions.
The same applies to my communication acts: I only explain how I feel regarding the events, how they make me feel. So my mind is inside the box.
I think that through joining the group we can build together that spiritual device (the kli) that will enable us to rise above our egoistic perception, by learning to feel the other friend’s wishes and needs as mine, and attracting the Light of correction upon us by the work in the group.
Looking forward to working with friends!The will to receive fulfillment for myself generates expectations of satisfaction if we take hold of something that we perceive as external. We do not see things as they are, but hidden because of how the will to receive makes us see them. It makes them desirable because it suggests that if we take hold of them they will satisfy us, we will feel fulfillment by getting them and enjoying only by ourselves. I want to enjoy the pleasure they can give me on my own. But when I desire things for myself alone, I’m not knowing what the things actually are. They are concealed by what I perceive (the expectation of the satisfaction of my desire to receive pleasure by getting them) under the influence of my desire to receive for myself alone.
For example, I want a new car. It’s not the car what I want, but the satisfaction I hope to get from having it. The car is concealed by my expectation of fulfillment, that makes the car more desirable for me. Without that expectation, I would only see a steel machine with wheels and an engine.
I’m looking forward to achieving a better understanding of the foundations of Kabbalah.
Thank you very much!
Hello friends and instructor,
I feel both anxiety and fear about getting involved in a Ten, though I know the time for me to enrol in a group is now. I feel I am still far from getting the foundations of the wisdom of Kabbalah, though I have been steadfast in my dedication to the previous courses. I still don’t have a clear knowledge about what a Partzuf means, and what do the head, the body and the tail mean. I am not feeling like talking, but listening and learning instead.
