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Wow! The summary on the blackboard ended with my favourite word – Peace – and also a promise that a world that “works” is within reach. And like many already said here, it is an authentic call of your heart that brings one to this wisdom. Thank you for the fuel and wisdom that all teachers bring to the courses here. Also, it blows my mind that with technology so many people can participate in the wisdom – it must be for us 🙂
Hi, I am Nika, residing in Canada, near Niagara Falls. We have good coverage here, all the way to the Yukon Territory:)
I first encountered online recordings of the lectures about Zohar in Russian (which is my mother tongue) and got totally mesmerized. It was truly an emotional experience – traveling through the reading with a wise teacher and together with other passionate humans. The words, imagery and story – all together left a strong impression.
It has been a few years back but appreciation for the content produced by the team here has only grown. Just for fun, sometimes I think of my own life journey day-to-day through a meme of an inner donkey: it requires nourishment and husbandry. My own inner donkey is destined to arrive to a great destination, and life gets sweeter when it travels in a pack and raises its head to see ahead.
I expect from the course will help to see and understand more about what’s going on. Why does life present me with these specific events and sensations? And maybe even to understand a bit better what’s ahead.
What most inspired me in the course? From the start, I got inspired by the teaching because it gave life purpose. Science, ancestral wisdom and each person’s unique “school of knocks” encountered in our life trajectories brought us to this wonderful wisdom. For what purpose? I guess, we’ll discover more as we get our feet wet.
What have I learned about myself in the process? The course clarified how by the very design of the spiritual systems prayer and gratitude are the most important instruments we have. Yet I realized how hard it is for me to remember that. What is a prayer? It can’t be a list of requests running through my brain. What is a feeling of prayer? As a human equivalent – when in love, and reunited after a separation, the first moments together do feel precious and you want to extend them endlessly.
What do I wish for my fellow students in their spiritual development? Imagine how wonderful the world will feel when the Creator, the force of good that does good, is roaming through the network of human hearts and minds.
How we influence all of nature by our thoughts – Do Humans Affect The Way Nature Acts? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fSWT-OrROg&t=818s left a strong impression.
Cringe memories of the past aside, the first reaction is to say and do less, be mindful of where my thoughts and emotions drag me. Now I a need to train my mind, body to pause at every action that causes strong emotions – pleasure of pain – to ask for Creator’s help, ask for forces to act, speak and think in a way that brings Him contentment.
Does love spread when others feel good, engage more and more in the daily actions as students? Luckily I can turn to my TEN for support and the society at large for inspiration.
We are in the upper force already but lack awareness of Creator’s guidance because of the “egoistic framework”. Directed by my uncorrected desire, the habit is to believe in my own strength as sufficient for any situation. By annulling to the society, admiting devotion in Rav’s work and taking confidence in the writings of the sages, I gradually develop a greater sensitivity to the qualities of the Creator. The initial deafness, the refusal to turn and ask the Creator for help with an attitude of annulment to His governance fades away and new sensations, which depend 100% on the friends in the society, enter my perception.
The fourth week’s content strengthened my conviction that the Creator is working with us, as individuals and the society, to develop to the best possible state, so we, the people living on earth right now, have all the knowledge and stamina to complete the “marathon of development” with flying colours. All the disappointing or hurtful things occurring in my field of vision are signals requiring a response in faith above reason. By asking internally – why does the Creator show me this feeling? this scene? – I might develop new sensitivity and a feeling how to act within this world of actions of ours, in a way that agrees best with the Creator’s plan.
