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Wishing for all people here, and with whom we come in contact, to trust their own kind interior of the heart more, to develop a good understanding, like all fine craftsmen, of how to act in favour of the Creator’s plan. Wish for people to rejoice in the feeling of fitness, the joy of seeing how everything and everyone are complementary, and desire to complete the crown of glory in the hand of the Creator.
We learn in the video that Giving is an intention. Through the many “gates” of life we are learn about the world, We learn patience or remain frustrated that things are not like I imagined them, Some may be learn respect for others, at least to the degree as people we meet are great sources of energy for the heart and information for the mind. If we are to reach a state of accepting everything given by life – good, bad, and the ugly – is it giving to the Creator? What is love, then? How do kabbalists sustain that “acceptance” truly, with depth of awareness in any given moment, as a ceaseless intention?
When answering Joel’s question, Albert (the Instructor) utilizes a dirty glasses metaphor. By engaging in this wisdom we seem to gain a 2nd set of glasses. Nothing really changes in the world as I still can go on online and see pictures of the planetary scale devastation but i won’t get as upset because I have a new perspective through my new K-grade glasses. The new perspective surfaces a key fact: nothing happens on its own free will, there is nothing “bad” in the world. Rather, everything was create for the purpose of guiding humans in general (and what I see in particular) towards the ultimate state of delight and pleasure of all the creatures. What’s the point of even thinking for a brief moments about where I can make things better? Why give a helping hand for someone in need? If everything and everybody is developed to bring them to the perfect state, why do we need charity or a simple act of compassion? In these acts of giving, don’t we mess up with the Creator’s plan? If the plan of creation requires millions of people to battle with addictions brought to humanity by civilization and yet more millions to suffer in pain and more innocent children to die from curable diseases – who am I to interfere? When I see a homeless person in my town, is it a time to turn to the Creator with….. what? Gratitude seems wrong. Asking in my heart or with a prayer for that homeless guy to get help and a new point of balance seems wrong too. Why does anyone need to hear that?
This wisdom offers a new and wider lense through which to experience life, reality and inform day-to-day choices. I make a choice every minute – to do or not to do something, to make an effort to hear a friend’s question or let my thought drift away, to pass a judgement on another or inquire within why does nature show me this particular irritation or enhancement right now. The simplicity of the picture framing existence as development of the desire and my unique role in it is attractive. The study is liberating because it places everyone and everything into a purposeful path of development. As long as i am able to stay in tune with the purpose, there isn’t much to worry about day-to-day.
Just to add: I feel very lucky to be roaming through this course. Watching one of the additional older videos where – with Marcos and Chris explain the evolution of desire helped clarify the overall direction. If a person feels in the bones that Creator guides development with ultimate care and perfection every tiny moment of contributing to the development consciously must be precious.
Among other things this lesson teaches about closeness/remoteness in spirituality. It seems to indicate that being in a same states and thoughts is closeness. When I read a text written by a kabbalist and understand in my mind what it says, can I say to myself that it is a state of spiritual closeness?
When studying music or any other craft: as a novice piano player I may fall in love with a melody but it would take many practice sessions to develop the muscle memory in my wrists/fingers to play the same melody flawlessly. Yet, my heart swells with joy from the melody, even if i can’t play it completely error-free. I imagine that it is the same type of joy experienced by a composer and thousands of other piano players who played that piece before and after me – i.e. I am in unity with them, even though I am still a clumsy performer and nobody would enjoy listening to my performance.
Is the study a gradual progression to a complete unity with the state of being that these kabbalists wrote about? or would be it be more accurate to say that “falling in love” (be it music or kabbalah) is already a complete unity, and the rest of the study requires patience, perseverance to uncover the intricacies and minute details of the state of unity?
Like some other students I have difficulties embracing the word ‘hate’ (i.e. my own current identity does not fit my own definition of being hateful).
How to apply all these words – hate, love – correctly in relation to the study here, in Kabu?
Example: i am learning to recognize in my own feelings one current of desire that wants to be immersed in the lectures, videos, reading of the kabbalistic texts and also, another one surfacing regularly that shuts down my faculties of perception (my eyes get heavy and I can only fall asleep) or yet another one, whereas i notice annoying defects in the words of teachers or whatever the organization sends my way.
Since nothing is redundant in the world, should I pay equal attention to whatever comes up and examine every single thing? Do we need to pick a position and stick with it? Or do we jump from one point of view to another, while studying kabbalah?
