Saturday, September 25, 2010
Depeche Mode - Precious
Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God, what have we done to you?
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through.....
Friday, September 24, 2010
Hine ma tov הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב - sitting together
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Kabbalah: Source of Light: Unity Day September 26, 2010 - Unity Around The Wo...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Story Of The Guest And The Host Teaches Us About The Spiritual Worlds | Laitman.com
...The only thing that exists in the whole universe is the desire to enjoy, which can follow two principles: its personal benefit or the benefit of the Giver. It’s like in the example of the guest and the host, where the guest’s state is called Beria, Atzilut, Yetzira or Assiya depending on the guest’s reaction to the Host.
Who Will You Be: The Donkey Rider Or The Donkey? | Laitman.com
...Desire does not understand intentions, and this enables us to control it. Let your desire enjoy, just add an intention to it. This is why it is written that the higher a person is, the greater is his egoistic desire. However, he knows how to let the egoistic desire enjoy in order to tame it and ride it towards the correct goal.
The Law Of Communicating Vessels | Laitman.com
...This system of mutual support in spiritual development is called “mutual guarantee” (Arvut). The speed and ease of our advancement toward the goal – the revelation of the Creator – depend upon the strength of this system. It influences everyone, and its strength accumulates as a result of our common efforts.
Kabbalists On The Language Of Kabbalah, Part 3 | Laitman.com
...God forbid that we should allow ourselves to materialize these sacred concepts, even as a way of studying. [There is no form in spirituality, only forces; therefore, we are allowed to illustrate only correlations between them. See Baal HaSulam’s drawings Sefer HaElan.]
- Rav Kook, Letters, Vol 1, pg. 162
Kabbalah And Earnings | Laitman.com
...We can only aspire towards the Light, the force of love and bestowal, which is the only positive force in the world. This force is our only opportunity to actually do something in the world. It is the only freedom of will that exists.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
How To Be Saved From A Stormy Sea | Laitman.com
"A soul comes into a body in order to reach its correction by connecting with other souls."
Monday, September 20, 2010
Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 09.20.10 | Laitman.com
...The wisdom of Kabbalah mentions nothing of our corporeal world [the state in which egoism reigns].
- Baal HaSulam, “The Freedom”
Kabbalists On The Language Of Kabbalah, Part 1 | Laitman.com
...The wisdom of Kabbalah mentions nothing of our corporeal world [the state in which egoism reigns].
- Baal HaSulam, “The Freedom”
The Speed Of Spiritual Advancement | Laitman.com
...After all, everything that a person senses is what the Upper Light is purposely depicting for him in order to attract his attention to itself.
Attaining The Greatness Of Baal HaSulam | Laitman.com
...We are doing all of this together with Rabash and Baal HaSulam. They are helping us, and you will feel how they always support us, surrounding us with care. Let’s try to be worthy of them!
How To Expedite Unity | Laitman.com
...This unification shouldn’t occur under some extreme circumstances, but in a normal setting.
This World Is Not Punishment, But A Place To Work | Laitman.com
...When we come out of our small, inner, egoistic world to the outside, we will start to feel a new reality. Desire determines everything since it is the matter of creation. If we aim ourselves at the common desire through the mutual guarantee, then when we go from our personal desire to the common desire, we will reveal a new place, a new universe. That’s how we go from one world to another.
The True Method Lies In The Middle Line | Laitman.com
There is no Kabbalist to match the ARI who discovered this method, and there is no Kabbalist to match Baal HaSulam who passed it down and explained to us how to work with it. This is why his books are the source of Light for us.
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The Main Condition Of Advancement | Laitman.com
...The Light is at absolute rest. It is the same everywhere and everything depends on the person using it. Therefore, there is no difference between a small group of beginners and a large group of advanced students. Everything depends on a person and how much he really aspires to the mutual guarantee.
The Main Condition Of Advancement | Laitman.com
...The Light is at absolute rest. It is the same everywhere and everything depends on the person using it. Therefore, there is no difference between a small group of beginners and a large group of advanced students. Everything depends on a person and how much he really aspires to the mutual guarantee.
Replacing The Creator In His Work | Laitman.com
...We constantly get confused between analyses in the heart and in the mind, between sweet/bitter and true/false. We are thrown in one direction and then the other. However, it is precisely this that helps us build a perfect desire and a clear mind.
A Simple Scheme Of Creation | Laitman.com
...When I study Kabbalah in the group, then to the extent that I realize my egoism as evil, I demand correction by the Light that Reforms that makes me similar to the Creator. All of this happens while I’m still not connected with the other (“neighbor”).
The Worlds Between Us | Laitman.com
...The Torah is the Light concealed in the text, and I can derive it to the measure that I desire to unite with the other. The moment I connect with the other, I reveal the Upper World within this connection and exist in spirituality to the extent of this connection
Kabbalistic Wisdom by Baal Ha-Sulam: There is None Else Beside Him (The ...
“Grace Is Deceitful And Beauty Is Vain” | Laitman.com
On the spiritual path, souls desiring to unite must perpetually work on building a connection between them. In that case they constantly influence Malchut of the World of Atzilut (the bride) and it awakens a connection in Zeir Anpin on the level of faith rather than reception of pleasure.
Then the covenant exists because we sign a pact that we hold on to each other only because of the spiritual goal’s importance regardless of who’s paying and how much. For example, if your girlfriend is beautiful, then when you receive pleasure from her, it’s as if you sold yourself to her. If you live with a woman because she’s beautiful, then you’re a “sell out” because you receive pleasure from her beauty, which is like her payment to you.
That’s why we sign a covenant saying that we advance by faith above reason or that bestowal is more important than reception for us. That’s why we constantly look for ways to strengthen our connection through mutual bestowal.
To the degree I join the connection through mutual bestowal, I start to notice how much uglier my “bride” is (meaning the group and the spiritual world), and that my partner (the Creator) is a liar. So who did I sign a covenant with, to whom did I obligate myself!? Yet, that’s when you have the opportunity to go by faith above reason, to prefer bestowal above the calculation of reception.
From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/17/10, Shamati #52
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Concealment For The Sake Of Salvation | Laitman.com
In reality, there is no difference between the Creator and the group; it exists solely in our ego. Only one element is concealed from me: the source of pleasure. That is why I see the group instead of seeing the Creator.
It is, however, done for my own salvation, so that I may develop a selfless relationship with them and not be corrupted by the pleasure they may provide! Hence, pleasure and fulfillment that exist in the group are hidden from me, and I am able to build relationships with them through my free and independent action.
If the Creator revealed Himself and His love to me at once, it would oblige me in everything and annihilate a possibility of my using free will. But in the Creator’s concealment, I remain totally independent: If I feel like being close to the group, I move closer; if I don’t, I move away; I can think whatever I want about them as well. Concealment is a great favor on the Creator’s part; He is doing this for our own good, in order to allow us to construct ourselves.
Concealment lets me remain neutral and assemble my individual character and values. It only seems that I am surrounded by a group of strangers. In fact, it is my own soul, my spiritual Kli!
From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/1/10, “What is Day and Night in Work?”
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Duhin, Prayer Of Many (תפילת רבים)
