GEVURAH: MINCHA מִנְחָה‎ (OFFERING) AFTERNOON PRAYER 🌷

MINCHA מִנְחָה‎ (OFFERING) AFTERNOON PRAYER and  The 2nd Tefillat Ha`Amidah תפילת העמידה of Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה‎) The Prayer of Eighteen Sefirot

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נא גיבור דורשי יחודך, כבבת שמרם

WHY LOVE MY FRIENDS MORE THAN MYSELF

-by Rav Michael Laitman

I have this false perception that there is somebody existing outside of me, that there are people close and far whom I can push away, cheat, or exploit. But all of this is nothing but an illusion. It is an intricate game, an exercise that lets me scrutinize and invert my desire until I begin to love others more than myself. Then I will give others my last chair and my last pillow, because I will come to view their desire, which has been so abhorrent to me before, as more important than the one I used to regard as my own.

There are desires that exist in me from the beginning and which I perceive as my “self.” These are actually the weakest desires, pertaining to Aviut zero. The first level of Aviut appears as being separate from my “self,” such as my family and relatives. The second level is even further away, such as the people who provide me with all kinds of benefits and on whom my wellbeing depends on in some way – for example, doctors, scientists, and so on.

The third level is further still – these are people I want to exploit, but I’m willing to let them live. The farthest level is the fourth; these are my mortal enemies.

It follows that the further away the desire I perceive, the greater its power compared to my own desire. Therefore, when I attach these “external” desires to myself, I experience them as much stronger than those which previously appeared as my own. This is why I am so willing later on to give my “last pillow” to these desires.

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The 2nd Tefillat Ha`Amidah תפילת העמידה of Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה‎) The Prayer of Eighteen Sefirot.

OPENING OF THE STANDING PRAYER: In gratitude for 3 descents before The Amidah

Blessed are you, Adonai …

GEVUROT: Tehiyyat ha-Metim

With the dew, the rain, all water in the air and ground, with all these physical manifestation of The Power of God to heal the sick and resurrect the dead –

FOR UNITY, PURIFICATION OF SOUL, AND ADHESION WITH THE CREATOR, OUR GOD.

CLOSING OF THE STANDING PRAYER: Offering of 7 ascents after The Amidah

Blessed are you, Adonai ….

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GRATITUDE TO THE GOOD THAT DOES GOOD FOR ALL ANSWERED PRAYERS, AND ANOTHER DAY OF CORRECTIONS.

Praise our soul, The Adonai Ha`Aretz  ו‎Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Amity & all friends in its Society, The Holy Literature, The Rav, The Lineage of This Amity, The Book of Zohar, The Wisdom of Kabbalah, The Torah & Mitzvot, The Light, The Force, The Creator. Together, let us continue this day with its special attributes and point of correction, The Light of The Only Force, Peace & Wellness, Love & Connections & more prayers to raise for The Contentment & The Revelation of God.

L´chaim!