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Before I began watching video 2.5 I wrote down the following statement:
“Why do I feel ashamed that my point in the heart is an egoistic desire? My intellect tells me it should be altruistic but I can’t help but want others to help ME fulfil spirituality. It is shameful that I should want to exploit other people’s attention for my own benefit.”
It’s peculiar, funny, maybe ironic, that Julian then says that students tend to ask a question to a similar effect.
I suppose I’m on the right track…
to shift from an egoistic perception of reality to a perception based on bestowal means the process of learning how to correctly relate to nature above one’s ego and will to receive, all for the sake of Love. The shift implies there is a desire to come closer to the creator, and to obtain this one must adjust their intention to replicate His qualities.
Hiya, I’m having trouble understanding how I can practically work with an intention for something that I can’t see or feel. I have knowledge about the qualities of the creator but it just seems odd to me that in practice I should not care primarily for fellow man but aim my goals toward the creator first… somehow this seems selfish, like the desire for knowing the creator is for my own gain? I’m quite confused…. I’ve just watched Julian’s lesson video 1.3
Maybe I’m asking too soon and my confusion will be resolved in the following videos but anyway some feedback would be appreciated, thank you
I’m so excited to be a part of something larger than myself, something that seems so crucial to the world and potentially deeply healing to myself as well. I hope that I can continue along the path of understanding how to correctly relate to myself and others in a way that promotes peace, harmony and prosperity.
I’m naturally an other-focused person, though since studying Kabbalah I’ve come to realize how to properly embody my ego and use it in a society where the general force of “what is mine is mine, what is yours is your” rules.
This semester I hope to learn when it is appropriate or safe to engage with kabbalistic principles + practices, and with whom.
Is it possible to move between double and single concealment multiple times or is it like a one-way street?
What does it mean to view reality from the perspective of the Creator? This feels like a trick question but here are some points:
- To have an awareness of all that is connected with it
- To act harmoniously with the system
I wonder if nature can “view” or have a perception like me? Nature encompasses everything therefore I must be a part of nature. I can view, feel and make meaning about things and I can learn about the still, Vege and animate but I know hardly anything about the greater truth of existence. I receive everything from this upper force, yet it can only be observed indirectly via its consequences.
