True Or Egoistic Bestowal

Laitman_167A question I received: In this world, we receive egoistic pleasure from giving. What is the advantage of being in the Upper World if we receive pleasure from bestowal there as well?

My Answer: If we were allowed to enjoy bestowal in this world, then we would be giving all the time. The question is why do we give in this world? It is in order to receive pleasure. This is the difference between this material world and the spiritual world.

In this world people are willing to give up everything just for a moment of pleasure. Enjoyment is everything and the action itself does not matter to us. When we love somebody else, we are ready to give him or her everything including our life. This is because there is a mechanism inside of us that secretes a love and pleasure “drug” inside us. But if we don’t feel love, then we are not willing to give because we won’t feel any pleasure from it.

Now, here is the question: Do we need love to give or to feel enjoyment? This is the difference between the two worlds.

From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/4/10, Article “Matan Torah”

Related Material:
Laitman.com Post: Like A Loving Mother Giving To Her Child
Laitman.com Post: Rising To Infinity Along The Steps Of Love
Video: The Language Of Bestowal – 5 Minutes Of Light (5:14)

One Comment

  1. I don’t know about this; I have always been willing to give even where I did not feel love, simply for the satisfaction that it has given to me or provided the other person. When I stop giving it is usually the result of the other party becoming corrupted by the gift, rather than their failing to reciprocate, or even to acknowledge the gift; neither of the latter two seemed as relevant.

Discussion | Share Feedback | Ask a question




Laitman.com Comments RSS Feed

Next Post: