A personal exploration of Jewish mysticism and its impact on spiritual growth.
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The opening of this shiur, in 18Forty’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
One of my current dreams is to creating math that is a representation of the Tree of Life. So so the intricate world of the Sefirot I believe can be described in math. And so >> That's very interesting. >> That's where I would go with a PhD would actually be to do it. >> I want to come back to our beginning, in >> I want to come back to our beginning, in the beginning of of what sparked kind of your own connection to why we're here and sitting here today and it was something that you mentioned that like sparked your attention when I said that the thing that interests me most is is desire. And I'm curious to hear from you. I mean you you're fascinating. You genuinely fascinate me and I think that's so much fascinate me and I think that's so much of what we discussed today, how you know, concealment is revelation and revelation is concealment has to do with how two people even interact and communicate. >> Yeah. >> And the things. And I guess I would want to hear like in your own words, you're somebody who did not grow up immersed in uh in mysticism and Kabbalah. Um you grew up in a world of business and finance and and I I I guess I want to hear at its and I I I guess I want to hear at its heart from your own eyes and your own perspective how do you think your interest in the words of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism, how do you think it affected your desire? How do you think your desire has changed since you've been going on this journey? Oh, I mean completely completely changed. Um >> What's something you desire that you no longer desire?
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- 0:00One of my current dreams is to creating math that is a representation of the Tree…
- 4:06tight and that brings me joy. And I I I really gravitated And that that was…
- 8:13not find resolution with people. And so if you know, if I was just doing business…
- 12:15that, you know, you you work towards fulfilling your desire to receive. That's a That's That's…
- 16:51>> I I I think I think the ultimate test is as a a parent right?…
- 20:54of what you're what you're what you're consuming?" Like And And then it's a challenge of…
- 25:00my rapid fires. My last question is you've dedicated a significant amount of your own time,…
- 29:38it almost sounds like ridiculous and and cliche. But but the truth is like if you…
- 33:43gravitates towards sort of like the magical side or the kind you know, meditation consciousness, there's…
- 37:46>> Like like like proving a thesis, right? That's what a dissertation does is that it…
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