When You Open The Zohar And The Zohar Opens To You
Question: What should someone who is just beginning to study the wisdom of Kabbalah do when he is sitting in front of The Book of Zohar and is absolutely clueless about what is written in it?
Should he keep trying to hold intention for the entire 45 minutes of the lesson? It is so frustrating to sit in front of such an incredible book and get nothing out of it. What am I to do?
Dr. Laitman's Answer: The only thing I need to get out of The Zohar is the force of bestowal, nothing else. If I have a minimal force of bestowal, I will start sensing The Zohar, my involvement with it, and the flow of text in it. I will start feeling how precious this book is to me. Gradually, through my reactions to its words, I will start feeling what it is talking about.
But all of this follows my desire above myself for the force of bestowal and for an open heart. Only with such intentions should we open The Zohar. When you step "out of yourself" (out of your egoism), that is when The Zohar enters you.
-from the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/19/10
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