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does Correction/correcting the desire in any given momemnt basically mean ” I want to do x…but can i do it for the sake of the creator?” i.e i will help my neighbor for the sake of the creator, i will forgive them for the sake of the creator, i will accept this gift and share it for the sake of the creator”
“Hence, one’s primary exertion should be to acquire a force that feels taste in bestowing, which is through lessening the force that feels taste in self-reception. In that state one slowly acquires the taste in bestowing”
is the way to lessen the taste/desire of self recption by thinking in the manner mentioned above(for the sake of the creaor) or is there a specfic way we do this wich then leads to increased space for the taste/desire of bestowal?
To add on to her question, i also had the thought that i shuld want to recive becuase something will give me pleausr becasue my pleasuer is like an extention of the creators pleasuer…so dose that mean that eating a nice meal will become bestowing on the creator or is that to selfish ?
I just felt that yesterday, to get a ne chance to challenge my ego and be alturistic..hahah we´re living the same lives it seems
*I thught i already asked about this but i think i dint so no need to make 2 responses if youve seen this question already*
There was a qoute about being in equivalance of form and that part of this is to not think of yoursefl, (exept your basic survival and living needs) how does this relate to our human relations, family, friends, spouse, etc emotional attatchments with people, i am a person that fears loss of connection with people, i struggle with fear of being walked away from and seen as not good enough or not a good friend or partner etc…I hate dissapointing people and it feels scary when they seem like theyre gonna leave…but im not supposed to think about myself…at all? should i even try to preserve or maintain my relationships in life, especially when they are about to change or disconnect? I want to know what mindset is right to have in such matters
Two quotes i´d like to understand more baout, when they mention correction in the first qoute, are they talking about tikkun?
“Every time we decide that we do not want to use
this or that desire egoistically, the Reshimo of that state is
considered to have completed its task, and moves on to
make room for the next. This is the only correction we
are required to make”“There is a discernment of “mind” and a discernment of “heart” in the
above-mentioned equivalence of form. The engagement in Torah and Mitzvot
in order to bestow contentment upon one’s Maker is equivalence of form in the
mind. This is because the Creator does not think of Himself—whether He exists
or whether He watches over His creations, and other such doubts. Similarly, one
who wishes to achieve equivalence of form must not think of these things, as
well, when it is clear that the Creator does not think of them, since there is no
greater disparity of form than that. Hence, anyone who thinks of such matters is
certainly separated from Him, and will never achieve equivalence of form”Here i dont understand how wnating to make creator content is as if the creator was thinking of himself wich he dosent becuase hes perfect? and when they say mind what is that meant as compared o equivalance in heart. Thank you!
“Instead of seeing all kinds of things going on in the world that I can have, can’t have, could harm me, could benefit me, are scary, and so on” do you mean that this is what we usually do and what we should do is “looking in a mirror, where all the intentions to receive that I have, appear to me as people, animals, planets, etc” and once we do this we start to see everything as imagenery…then what? or lets say me and my parent have alot of issuse with my perosnal faith and they dont agree, so it causes tension disconnection, we dont communicate in all its forms (call, face2face etc) and its causing anxiety and fear/unease “like its not supposed to be this way so i feel bad” what can i do about this, think “this is imagenary…then what hows that gonna do anything for me…where does equivalance of form come into play here and alturism?
to add on, how can i sense the upperforces at play in all of this and recieve the guidace?
Thank you again!
