# Playing hide and seek with "the Light" (Kabbalah)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-hide-and-seek-with-the-light-kabbalah/707004 "2014-12-12T08:05:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-hide-and-seek-with-the-light-kabbalah/707004/1 "2014-12-12T08:05:40Z")

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This quote was originally from [72.com](http://72.com) (about the 72 names of God)

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> WHAT WAS MISSING  
> Essentially the missing ingredient was the pleasure we derive from the challenge of playing hide and seek. In other words, our newly created existence would have been even more fun and fulfilling if we, ourselves, could create this Light of happiness instead of just receiving it courtesy of the Management.
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> So we said to the Creator: “Let’s play hide and seek! You hide Your Light. We will find it.”
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> BECOMING GOD  
> When we work hard to find the Light, we feel a sense of accomplishment. We feel responsible for our own happiness. We feel like the cause. We feel like God. And nothing, but nothing, feels better than feeling like God, especially when we receive endless happiness as part of the package.
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> So that’s essentially what happened. We closed our eyes, we counted to ten, and the Light hid. When the Light disappeared, this physical and dark universe erupted into existence!

I’ve been finding these ideas helpful.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-hide-and-seek-with-the-light-kabbalah/707004/2 "2014-12-12T10:51:28Z")

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Good for you.

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**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-hide-and-seek-with-the-light-kabbalah/707004/3 "2014-12-13T00:03:20Z")

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BTW I like the quote even though I usually don’t believe in any supernatural realm. I think our brains are purely physical machines. My favourite theory about how quantum physics works is this:

> **[When Parallel Worlds Collide . . . Quantum Mechanics Is Born](https://www.iflscience.com/when-parallel-worlds-collide-quantum-mechanics-born-26083)**
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> When Parallel Worlds Collide . . . Quantum Mechanics Is Born