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I am finding a conflict between my religious beliefs the beliefs of Kabbala. It has now got to the point where I have to decide which belief I should commit to and follow. It’s not an easy decision because I have grown to love and have concern for you all. Unfortunately, three of our zoom meetings are on a Sunday and this makes it difficult for me to attend my worship meetings. What I decide it’s going to be a difficult decision, but I feel the need to make a decision soon in order that what whatever, I decide things can settle down. I would value your support, prayers and advice.
Gianni.
I used to smoke a pipe or a cigar, But this week I felt that for the sake of the Creator I should give up smoking. I stopped on `Tuesday, and haven’t felt like a smoke since. I wonder if it could have been the creator encouraging me to stop? Anyway I am glad stopping has been so easy.
“But if his prayer is not constantly on his lips, it means that he does not have the real faith that the Creator can help him and that the Creator hears everyone who asks Him, and that small and great are equal before Him, meaning that He answers everyone. It follows that the prayer is incomplete.
RABASH, Article No. 4 (1988),
On first reading,  I was reminded of what I was told by a Christian when my first child died. ” You didn’t pray hard enough”. This made me question how I could pray constantly whilst living a normal life. Whenever I tried to pray constantly. something always broke my concentration or I got bored and gave up. The answer came when I read about the prayer of the heart used by Russian Orthodox pilgrims on their walks from one shrine to another. They would use a short phrase on the in-breath and another on the out-breath. Each breath would be linked to the beating of the heart. It is a very deep form of prayer and should only be undertaken under the guidance of someone skilled in the prayer of the heart. However, I found a safer alternative and linked it to my footsteps, eventually the prayer took on a life of its own and became so natural that the prayer continued in the back of my mind without my having to think about it. I could continue doing what I had to do whilst the prayer continued with each step I took. The question I now ask myself is if Rabash meant it when he said that the prayer should be constantly on our lips. If so would such prayer be beneficial?
I found the English version disturbing because I was trying to understand what was being said. The Hebrew was easier to hold on to the desire to bestow because the words we more like music.
The Two keys have been a revelation to me. Especially the realisation that the screen is the soul. Up to that realisation the barrier was a block to my progress because I didn’t understand  that my progress depends on me. Hence the second key, it is not my love of the creator but my love of my neighbour/friend as myself that fulfils the will of the the creator, and also shows my love of the creator as well.
