[Peter]

Thank you. This helped in affirming or correcting what I understood through the classes and materials. Great thanks again.

[Peter]

Expand beyond self, through others connect to the creator. Help one another to rise in a group of 10.

The only way to know the creator is through the connection with others. That is the 0nly way to connect with him. Its so simple and brilliant and beautiful.

[Peter]

I have been re-reading prior class materials, and now with new perspective I have additional questions. Is this the right forum to ask these questions?

I am including the subjects and questions below. If this is not the correct forum to address these, please let me know where to post these to obtain answers. Thank you.

 

Chapter 7 Guide To Hidden Wisdom Of Kabbalah

My understanding of the reading re. Spiritual Development, and questions.  

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: The initial goal is to get over the Barrier so our spiritual development can begin (the point in the heart is awakened).
Climbing the 125 Ladder
The smallest element of spirituality is Sefirot
There are 5 (10) Sefirot
Mechanics of the Method
5 Sefirot combine to ONE Face
5 Faces combine to ONE World
There are 5 Worlds
Hence 5X5X5 = 125

Question 1: What is Partzuf (Face)? Is it attainment of one’s knowledge of whom one is at that level (also level of attainment of knowledge of the Creator)? Is it like a level of our own knowledge of who we are and what we would or not would do, or what we stand for or do not? I read the meaning of Face as attainment of some level of knowing who I am. I have been reading the meaning of FACE quite literally as attainment of a set of (my) beliefs or what I stand for. My face is that set of beliefs that I attained at that level. That is how one would recognize me. That is my real face (not the corporal, cellular, biological face)

Question 2: What is meant by a World.

Question 3: There are 613 desires that need to be corrected as we climb the ladder through 5 Worlds (Assiya, Yetzira, Beria, Atzilut, and highest Adam Kadmon.

Question 4: Do Kabbalist teachings associate a set of the 613 desires into each of the worlds? Meaning when we are climbing to Assiya we are correcting these desires; as we are climbing to Yetzira we are correcting these desires, etc.?

Question 5: Is the climb progressive or collective? We have to go through Assiya and Yetzira in order to start work in the world of Beria, or is the correction on multiple Worlds at the same time?

There are 5 PHASES of spiritual reality with 4 steps (Phase 0: Root Point also Keter; Phase 1: Will to Receive also Hochma; Phase 2: Wanting to to Give to the Creator, also Bina; Phase 3: Realization only way to give to creator is to do what he wants of us, also Tifferet (ZA); Phase 4: To understand the thought of Creation. Why giving is pleasurable, what does it provide, also Malchut.

Question 6: Sounds like Malchut is where we are mostly separated from the Creator, is this our future state, or current state? Is this the state that we are going towards ? This state confuses me.

DEATH, REINCARNATION, POINT IN THE HEARTH

As I currently understand it, our bodies die, we are reincarnated as a part of the process over and over again, perhaps through thousands of years (we are the same but in different clothing).

Once we are ready, in a perfectly planned way, our point in the heart awakens, and we begin our spiritual journey.

That spiritual journey can take a lifetime or many lifetimes. One way we can help speed it up is to follow the Kabbalist method including learning through connection in a 10 person group.

Question 7: How does the experience of death differ between a person within whom the point in the heart was not awakened and a person within whom the point in the heart was awakened?

[Peter]

It will entail desire and commitment to practice, paying attention to present moment and intention. It will require hard work.  It will require connection to others, and connection to the Creator through prayer voicing my desire, “I want this.” Please let me see wider, please let me be strong, compassionate, courageous, determined, humble, trusting. Please let me fulfill Your plan for me.

[Peter]

I really love the sensation I feel at the moment when my perspective shifts from old to new. I feel this emotional “high” while it is occurring in me, resetting my old beliefs to new ones, always sarcastically ending with a mental note on how now the old perspective was so completely illogical and nonsensical.

 

 

the realization that the old perspective was just so when my perspective changes.

[Peter]

My goal is to practice the method of Kabbalah in real life, and through this practical science achieve equivalence of form with the Creator in this life time. Through this practice to know the Creator and to achieve adhesion to the Creator.

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