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I had a question about bestowal, I guess it’s sort of answered here? The texts speaks about giving up reception for pleasure to choose complete bestowal and changing our actions that reflect reception but I feel confused because I think I read in previous weeks that it’s not about the physical actions but about intention. I. E it’s not about giving to the homeless, but then again we need to have actions that reflect bestowal?
I know i already asked some questions but i wanted to share, last couple days have been challengeing for my ego, where ive felt like people do me wrong, and certain things are unfair and unneccacary, like something always need to happen and go wrong(even though these are not monumental things) I assume the reasonfor my displeasure has been bc of my desire to recive pleasure through these circumstances and i felt/percived that i wasnt getting that pleasure at the time.
My only problem is how do we balance actually dealing wtih other people and knowing when to actually say “hey i didnt appreciat that abehaviour/ tone/treatment” vs saying “okay this is just my ego nature filtering this situation making me think this situatuion is an attack against me/this is personal. No need to make a deal of it. I feel like the ladder rewspons is more in line with the idea of everything being something good from the creator, and if i act on the first example im basically saying “i dont belive this was good and from you HAshem” (because why then would i dislike what happened and want the person to stop doing so?
To see life as a place where you can give pleaser to the creator through his creation instead of a place where you can take/recive (except basic needs)
Okay so correcting the goal means correcting and understanding whether I’m driven by ego desire to recive through the study or the desire to eventually become aligned with the creator in all the ways of its meaning(to be aligned)?
Accidentally replied on someone else’s question don’t mind that
Okay so correcting the goal means correcting and understanding whether I’m driven by ego desire to recive through the study or the desire to eventually become aligned with the creator in all the ways of its meaning(to be aligned)?
so why do i feel a shrinking feeling in desire for spirituality, atlurism, getting to know the creator and adhereing to him, my corporeal desires have taken over this week, ive barely finished reading the texts for week 8, now mind you it wasnt evil desires, other things just occupied my mind and heart, how do i balance living my corpreal desires and prusing those that are good for me (i.e buissnes and heatlh etc) and regain that main desire?  I saw the preparation question for this week was about clarifying the goal, how do we correct our goal? much gratitude !!
