Let It In

A sage was once asked, “how can we connect to the Creator?” He answered simply, “let him in.”

The Kabbalists teach the essence of the Creator is giving and sharing. This means its desire and essence is to share with each one of us all of its endless light all the time.

Why then are we not filled with all this Light at all times?

The answer is one of the most important spiritual lessons: there cannot be Light without a vessel.

Yes, the Creator desires to share and give us all of its Light, but it cannot give it unless there is a vessel to receive this Light. And the amount of Light that we receive is exactly dependant on the size of the vessel we create. The vessel is, our spiritual transformation, the more we transform spiritually the greater our vessel becomes and the more Light we receive. This means the amount of Light we receive at any time is exactly equal to the level of our spiritual transformation.

This understanding explains in a different and real way why we feel lack and what we can do about it. When we feel lack or pain it is a lack of the Light of the Creator. In order to assuage this lack we do not need to draw the Creators Light for its Light is flowing constantly. Rather, what we need to do is create a larger vessel through greater spiritual transformation. Once the greater vessel is prepared the Creators Light will immediately fill it.

Understanding this we realize that we are constantly blocking the Creators Light. If we are not constantly filled with Light and feeling the constant joy and fulfillment this brings, it is only because we are blocking the Light from coming in, through our lack of spiritual transformation.

This is an amazing lesson, which needs to be meditated on so that it may be truly understood. We do not need to draw the Creators Light; it is ready at all times to fill us completely. We need to simply and methodically remove the barriers we are constantly putting in the way.