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I mean this just makes good sense to me. We are here to learn to change the desire to receive for the self alone into the desire to receive for the sake of sharing. So we are to become less selfish and more altruistic, to become like the Creator. So I focus on helping the other…it takes my focus off of myself…and the beauty is i advance as a result.
I try to maintain a consistent dialogue with the Creator, regularly reminding myself that there is “none else besides him.” I recognize that all that comes into my reality is ultimately from him, remembering that he is 100% good and 100% love and bestowal, and ask him for help to be who I’m supposed to be and to fulfill my purpose in this life, which is really his purpose for me.
I’m excited to start learning some practical application. How do I live differently now that I’m studying Kabbalah?
My role is to correct that which I was put here to correct. We all have our own part of the puzzle to work on.
I have a question on prayer. I get that true prayer is self-examination and self-judgment…that the goal should be to change me…not make bargains with the creator. I shared this with my wife; she asked a good question. What about when we pray for others? For instance, if I have a best friend whose daughter is in the hospital. My religious background says I should pray for her. Pray for her doctors that they will correctly diagnose and treat her and that she will be returned to good health. Is that okay for me to do because it’s for someone else and not for me? Or is it still egoistic, in that it’s my friend’s daughter, and I would like my friend to be provided relief so he can return to being my friend without the worry about his daughter? Is my asking for a good outcome in this situation just another example of bargaining with the Creator? Should I not be praying for others?
