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Is it because of our egos that our global world is in crisis eventhough more connected than ever?
How can one live with laws of spiritual altruism of Kabbalah in such a world, society and connect to the Uper force, G-d, bestowal with The Light that reforms (beyond the group, teachers and books -or with all that- but daily)?
Hi Tamar,
Yes, because of our egos we became very well-connected, so that we won’t be able to extricate ourselves from our interdependence, even if we’d very much like to. We didn’t intend to become interdependent; we wanted to use each other. Soon, we will be forced to recognize our absolute dependence on each and everyone else. There’s a beautiful side to this but we need to rise above our egos to see it.
To live the laws of bestowal I need to start with a small group that, so to speak, represents a mini-humanity, and see to what extent I can keep those laws, at least with them. Here, I strip away extraneous, superfluous forms and focus precisely on those that spiritually matter. This is what we will practice in the Kabablistic group. Daily life implementation only follows from this.
Since I started studying kabbalah, I have disconnected myself from most groups that I was in if not totally then partially. On the other hand too I was feeling lonely yearning to join a group that I will connect to spiritually.
You should maintain the necessary connections though: family, work, etc. Especially in the beginning, the Kabbalistic group serves a very targeted purpose, so it will not be able to serve any of those corporeal needs. Think of it sort of like the role going to a karate class every day might play in your life, though here the purpose is much higher: due to its specificity, it can’t replace everything.
Hello,
My family and I are doing KabU courses together. Anyway, in the video for week 4.4 of Kabbalah in Action Julian encouraged students to find a group to study with.
I was under the impression that is what we are doing with KabU. Is that incorrect?
If our participation in KabU does not count as study with a group, does KabU have groups to study with?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Smith
Hi Smith,
Yes, studying with KabU is in a group who are studying mostly asynchronously for now. There will need to be a bit more contact than that as your knowledge grows and you learn the function of that group, in further detail. So, there will also be opportunities for many live classes, Zoom sessions, and so on, as you advance.
What specifically do you mean when you say that what a student of Kabbalah only needs is a commitment to the group, Â the books. and the teacher. In terms of the group of fellow students, am I correct in thinking this means that when you are together you trust that all involved are seeking in the same understanding and intent of practice? Or are there other components? Is commitment being used here to mean trust in its validity or something else? Â Thank you.
I do not understand how your response answers my questions. Perhaps I was not clear. I am questioning what are the specific commitments to teacher, books and group that you said is the essential requirement for continuing to learn Kabbalah with you. Thank you.
The work in the Kabbalistic group includes, actually, all the corrections a person has to make toward the Creator. So, the study of it is vast. It’s written about it in the articles of Rabash, especially the first 20, which are best studied in a group, with guidance – which is the essence of the Graduate Program. But feel free to start reading them: https://kabbalahmedia.info/en/sources/IHYcOU8k
Do you suppose the 10 starts working before it is even formed into a group? I am asking because this week I stumbled across a lot of tools and pieces of information that solved some very intractable problems for people I care about. That feels like Light that I had the opportunity to pass to them.
Also, regarding the letter Bet in the story of the letters, and how it is the one without an opposing force, and that creation was made with it.
Does that mean that this “blessing” force is how the Creator can influence us regardless of the system of nature, like a button to nudge an otherwise closed system in response to correct prayers?
It’s part of the system as there’s nothing outside the system. It’s best to think that in us are two reigns, pleasure and pain. By these, He influences us. Then, because in us exists the incorporation of the qualities of Malchut and Bina, there are two kinds of pleasure: toward corporeality, and toward spirituality. One quality in us feels delight when we’re heading toward corporeality, and the other enjoys when we’re headed toward spirituality. They’re essentially warring within us. We need to see always who is winning th war.
We can’t make these assumptions because there are laws but they work by mechanisms we can’t imagine. They’re not simple like gravity, “I throw this up, it comes down.” Until we attain the spiritual system for ourselves, we won’t be able to see cause and effect, predictable results.
But in general, I have always been with my ten, and will be. And even if the faces change, it will still turn out to be my ten. Again, these things don’t work according to our brains.
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