List the stages of development a student goes through in the correct order:
1. The person attains the correction of the common soul which includes all of humanity.The Creature and the Creator are as ONE, in perfection. Dvekut. We don’t talk about this it is very far and beyond what Kabbalists talk about….
2. I have a point in the heart, an egoistic desire for spirituality and everything I hear and read and absorb I interpret only in relation to myself–everything in relation to me–this is how it is!
3. The person attains their individual correction–perceives itself to be a part of the common soul, which brings about a feeling of lovesickness, I am disconnected and I want to connect! Tremendous power here.The Kabbalists now start to look beyond the group and at humanity at large. There is a movement not just out of my ego but progressively into this system called Adam.
4. Then I start to pay attention to others in my circle. I like them. I hate them. Actually it doesn’t matter what sensation they produce in me as long as I realize that I am not an island! Then I have to start including them in my thoughts and calculations and start working on myself in relation to them.
