A simple seeker was meditating on the concept of intention, and she was attempting to connect and merge individual human energies with those expressed on the Kabbalah Tree of Life and, also necessarily, those expressed on The Ladder of Light. To be on one tree …
“Not on, but within.”
“We’re moving beyond form?”
“We were always beyond form.”
“Then what purpose does form serve?”
“As a map.”
“Where does intention fit on the map?”
“Intention isn’t on the map.”
“But if the map is a guide …”
“A guideline, not a guide.”
“But the structure of the map …”
“Or tree, or ladder?”
“Yes. Don’t they point a way to travel?”
“No.”
“Then what purpose do they serve?”
“They represent posibilities.”
“Potential possibilities from which to choose?”
“Choose what?”
“The path or way we want to travel, from among the various possiblities represented on the map.”
“Yes. We choose the way we want to travel.”
“As we go?”
“Where?”
“Along our way.”
“Which way is our way?”
“The way we have chosen to travel.”
“A predetermined way?”
“Can it be considered as a predetermined way if I’m only considering the next step?”
“Yes.”
“How is that possible?”
“It’s the only way.”
“How can that be, if I see the destination that I wish to reach?”
“Wishing isn’t moving.”
“Then, choosing …”
“Yes. If we consciously choose the destination that we wish to reach, if we can, then a map can provide us with a guideline.”
“But intention is our guide along the way?”
“Yes.”
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A Simple Seeker’s Note to Herself
Looking at a map doesn’t move us anywhere. We can sit in a cafe and study a map, and even make plans about where we would like to go. But we have to get up on our feet and start moving if we intend to get anywhere.
“Yes. Looking at a map doesn’t get us anywhere, but it does help us to plan where, how, and when we intend to go.”
“But even then we need intention to inspire us to move forward?”
“Or backward, up or down, this way or that way.”
“Please explain.”
“A map as a guideline can refer to a plan of moving forward with our life, in many more ways than one. A daily schedule is as a map of how we plan to spend our time.”
“Are you suggesting that I need such a map?”
“Do you plan your daily activities?”
“For activities of importance, yes.”
“What percentage of your daily activities are important enough for you to plan for?”
“I do priortize. Isn’t that planning?”
“Yes.”
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Simple Seekers 