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If the only way to reach adhesion with the Creator is through the friends, IS IT POSSIBLE for a group to just DECIDE, Hey, how about since we know that the goal is the most important thing, how about we just decide that no matter what we are going to connect! we voice our problems of course and pray for each other but once we voice the issue and pray we decide AGAIN that the goal is the most important thing NO MATTER WHAT! Even if we fake it till we make it, after a while of just making this decision and praying for one another we will eventually develop a connection because we will begin to see, you know what, I think I am beginning to truly care for these people because I like that they made this decision with me and we as a 10 have this agreement and we are working well as a group….. I am not in a 10 yet but are the workshops that difficult that this would be a hard thing to just decide and actually accomplish?
OH WOW! You were on top of it LOL! I plan to be like that for the future US retreats LOL. It is in his hands and I believe He does NOT start something and not bring it to finish!!
I went from just having a REALLY BIG DESIRE TO GO, but having no clue how I was going to make it work. To where I have NO EXCUSE NOT TO GO. I absolutely did NOT want another year to go by without experiencing a retreat. I purchased my ticket last week after hearing a friend tell how her job rearranged an event for her to make it to the retreat. I put in a request to my jobs for time off, and 2 hours later they were approved. I applied for the KabU financial assistance but ended up withdrawing my application because the means became available. I hope that this will encourage anyone who is on the fence about going.
I feel like since I was a child I have been on this journey of “looking for the truth”. And I have a 16 year old son that has seen me go through this journey the most during my adult life. Now I have a 6 year old daughter so there is a 10 year gap. I’ve heard the Rav mention to refrain from coercion. How am I supposed to introduce Kabbalah to my kids without feeling like I am forcing it on them? I am their only (consistent) parent. So I don’t see my kids as corporeal, I see them as an extension of me. And I want them to be a part of this. Any advice would be appreciated 🙏
Thank you so much.
Homework #4 Choosing and excerpt and explaining why I chose it and what I felt.
The Zohar – Raising a Prayer
A prayer is a sensation, a desire in one’s heart. Man does not realize it completely and cannot describe it, for the sensation in one’s heart is not subject to any control and conscious correction – it cannot be “created” by one’s own will. The sensations in one’s heart constitute the consequence of man’s mental and spiritual condition, the result of the current degree of his spiritual development
Why I chose this reading?
I had laid down to sleep and all of a sudden I couldn’t sleep. I kept thinking about my sister (who is actually a friend that I have known for about 13 years now we met at church) and since we met on a “spiritual” journey, it just hurt my heart to be learning the wisdom of Kabbalah without her. I just started crying and feeling it in my heart that I don’t know what to do and how to handle this, and thought about how long can I keep speaking to her every day and not talk about what I really want to talk about! While I prayed I was listening to Shamati and not sure what chapter it was but he said the word SISTER at least 3 times, which made me cry even more. Eventually I made myself get up and turned on the daily lesson that was live at that time and questions were being asked about friends trying to disseminate and not seeing results and what to do. and the Rav basically said, don’t worry about the results, and don’t give up! After hearing that it made me want to just tell my sister how I felt. So I sent her a song from the Kabbalah music (No Life Without You,…. my favorite!) and then she called me. So I just told her exactly how the wisdom of Kabbalah has changed and helped me and what I am learning. and even though I have mentioned Kabbalah to her before THIS TIME SHE SAID SHE IS GOING TO BUY SOME NOTEBOOKS AND WILL CHECK IT OUT!
WHAT I FELT FROM THIS READING?
I felt that this reading was exactly what I went through today. I didn’t know I was not going to be able to sleep, and my mind would not stop thinking about how much I want my family, but at that moment specifically my sister “in the lord” to share in the wisdom of Kabbalah. and while I was praying I kept thinking how much my heart and mind was so heavy and I just cant hold this any more…. I feel like and KNOW that the Creator gave me that prayer to pray. I’m so thankful!
