Getting Kabbalah Newsletter
March 16, 2010 - April 15, 2010
ver the years, stories of transformation have inspired new students to make the most out of the practical wisdom of Kabbalah. Here is a recent story from a student in New York sharing his experiences of using Kabbalah in his every day life.
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Allan from New York discusses how he used “The Secret” on a recent flight to Los Angeles:
“I was boarding a plane headed for Los Angeles. I was sitting way back in coach, and it was a full plane. I eventually made it to my seat, and as I was putting my bag in the overhead compartment, an old man squeezing by me stepped on my foot. I turned to see who it was and in that second reminded myself not to react.
When I saw the man, I just smiled. At that moment he said to me, “You just stepped on my foot. You’re an idiot just like my son”. (Honest to God, he really said this.) My stomach churned, and I held back my anger and continued to smile. As luck would have it, this man was sitting in the seat next to mine – four hours on a flight squished next to a nasty old man. Great.
I sat down and mulled over the situation at hand. I recently re-read Michael Berg’s “The Secret”, and I began thinking through the steps. I tried to apply it to the current situation and thought, was it appropriate? Wasn’t I in the right? If anything, the old man needed to use The Secret!
It dawned on me that maybe I was being reactive even in thinking that I was in the right, as well as anticipating a bad trip.
I realized, as I thought over the formula Michael explains, that the sharing I needed to do was give up being right. Also, maybe there was something inside the man causing him to be grumpy. Maybe the ride didn’t have to turn out so bad.
I turned to him and said, “I am sorry I stepped on your foot”. He replied, “Now we’re getting somewhere”. A little later we started to talk, and he told me about some problem he was experiencing with his son. After our conversation, the flight was uneventful, and each of us went on our way.
As I departed the plane, I realized how helpful those three little steps were to me. This flight could have been extremely uncomfortable, with me ruminating over what a jerk this man was. Instead, I got to know him and was able to understand why he was rude earlier in the flight.
Who knows, maybe he even forgave his son somewhat through our interaction. At least I did not contribute to his illusion that all youngsters are idiots. Most important, I realized that sometimes being right is not an excuse to walk all over someone.
