It’s morning. You wake up to the ring of the alarm clock, and the day begins: Scrambled eggs and coffee, the ride to the office, work, the ride home, dinner, brushing your teeth, and then—off to bed. On the weekend, things are a bit more interesting—
The wisdom of Kabbalah explains that—yes, there is a bigger plan to our lives, and that wondering whether this plan exists or not is the beginning of discovering it. In Kabbalah, this Plan is called the Thought of Creation—which means that from the very moment we were created, there was already a Plan for us as individuals and for all people collectively.
Moreover, Kabbalists explain that we can discover this Plan by studying ourselves. In his article "The Acting Intelligence,"
In other words, we can find out who the Creator is and what is His Plan for us, precisely by studying His actions—ourselves. This happens according to a principle called "equivalence of form," which means that when we gain properties similar to the Creator’s properties, then we begin to feel Him and to understand His Plan for us.
Why does having similar properties to the Creator enable us to feel Him and understand His plan? It’s because every action stems from and points to the plan or the mind of the one who makes that action. For instance, the carpenter’s mind and craftsmanship are present in the table he made, because he first used his mind when making the table. So by looking at the carpenter’s action—the table, one can attain the carpenter’s mind.
In the same way, by studying the Creator’s actions—ourselves, we attain the Creator’s thought for creating us. And in doing so, we grow more and more similar to Him, until merging with Him completely. Kabbalists write that precisely this is the bigger plan for us—to merge with the Creator through studying His actions.
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