Your soul’s purpose

I am taking a course now where David Ghiyam explains life according to Kabbalah. Here are a few things I learned that I found pretty interesting.

Life, called the Light/God, wants to give you all the blessings the universe has to offer. In order to do that, the vessel must expand. What is the vessel, you may ask? It's you—a soul that came into this body. David highlights that with the gym: when you work out, you break your muscle for it to expand and become stronger. A more visual representation would be a glass that can hold 10 ml of liquid. You can try and pour more, but it will end up overflowing and making a big mess. Just like this glass, the universe wants to give you more, but it can't until your container is wide/deep enough to receive it.

How to expand?

By looking at what you need to change in yourself or what your tikkuns are (which is a Hebrew word that directly translates to "corrections"). When a relationship ends, when you're about to take it out on your family, when you lose your job—you should pause and be grateful and say, “What a pleasure.” If God took that away from me, it's an amazing opportunity to see what I should correct in myself so I can expand and receive double of what I lost.

Before you were born:

How does God know what blessings are waiting for you? According to Kabbalah, destiny is the result of the combination of faith and choice. Before coming into this body, your soul made all the possible scenarios with all the people you're supposed to meet in order for you to see what corrections to make, expand, and receive. Where is the free will/choice, you may ask? Well, it's in your decision to react or to transform in present circumstances. There are infinite parallel realities with all the imaginable scenarios that you can shift to at any moment. In Kabbalah, reaction is any form of ego-driven response to external stimuli that bypasses conscious spiritual choice (impulsive, driven by fear, pride, desire, anger), as opposed to proactive behavior, which involves pausing, reflecting, and choosing a higher path.

P.S. I genuinely recommend you take that course. You choose the amount you're able to give (contribution-based), so if you can't afford an expensive spiritual course, that's a gem. Here is the link:https://www.kabbalah.com/en/online-courses/courses/kabbalah-one/p/?lesson=chapter-1--what-a-pleasure-intro-to-kabbalah-one

With that being said,

I hope you use this information,

Diana