Encountering Others Opinions

Posted by Mark Zimmerman Sep 12, 2007

A person often comes to Kabbalah out of simple curiosity. Maybe one hears someone talking about it, or reads about it, or sees a flyer for an introductory lecture, or someone writing about it in an online forum… it doesn’t matter. When a person starts taking an interest in Kabbalah, it is precisely then that obstacles start preying on him from all kinds of directions. Obstacles come specifically to fight or deter one’s interest, and by this, to strengthen one's true desire. Whether it is the opinions of friends, family or workmates, or whether it is one’s own desires for other ways of receiving pleasure in our world, or some kinds of new situations and people that seemingly pop up out of nowhere… it is common and normal for one to receive all kinds of disturbances shortly after taking an interest in the wisdom.

This is already a taste of the inner work that is to come in Kabbalah. It is all a question of one’s desire, of what one wants. If one has a sincere desire to discover the purpose of one’s life and starts listening to others’ advice, then one may lose precious time by pursuing others’ directions. In any case, one will always return to one’s most fundamental desire: to discover life’s purpose. There is no escaping this desire, as it is the only desire which is eternal and exceeds all the others.

The Kabbalists say “one’s soul shall teach one.” If one listens to one’s deepest inner voice in order to discover what one really wants, and no extraneous opinions deter him, then this person can make great strides toward discovering life’s eternal state while living in their earthly body.

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