Becoming Like God by Michael Berg

Author:Michael Berg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kabbalah Publishing
Published: 2011-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

We define comfort as the absence of pain. But TRUE COMFORT IS THE CROSSING OF AN ABYSS. ON ONE SIDE IS US. ON THE OTHER IS FULFILLMENT. WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO DRAG HAPPINESS OVER TO OUR SIDE OF THE ABYSS, WHEN WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS JUMP TO THE OTHER SIDE. LEAPING THE ABYSS IS TOTAL TRANSFORMATION OF OUR NATURE: BECOMING LIKE THE CREATOR RATHER THAN HOPING THE CREATOR WILL BECOME LIKE US.

A famous Kabbalist described it this way: We’re trying to transform God’s desires to ours, so He’ll give us what we want. But God’s desires are what we actually need, so we should make our desires conform to His. When one student complained that he had prayed over and over but God had not answered his prayers, the Kabbalist replied, “God has answered your prayers. The answer was no.”

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