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Jd,
We are never expecting bad or tragic, God forbid.  There is no mitzvah to suffer.
Think of spirituality like physics or science.
For example before there was a microscope most people didn’t know that bacteria and viruses were all over their hands and disease spread easily.  Imagine the difficulty those with microscopes had convincing other people that there were little creepy crawlies, that you can’t see all over your hands and when you eat and rub your eyes they are going in your mouth and eyes and you are getting sick.
It sounds like witchcraft!…little invisible creatures on my hands that crawl in my mouth and make me sick!

Imagine that you were in that situation and you think that the Creator is punishing when you don’t feel well.  No one is punishing you, you just need to wash your hands before you eat.  This is a simple example that really happened in this world.
Now regarding the spiritual world, it’s a similar situation, there are laws that are invisible to the eyes and we don’t have microscope or any physical instrument that can perceive spiritual forces, however the scientists who discovered and work with these forces, these are the sages, the kabbalists, they detail to us what these forces are, how they are operating and how we can transform ourselves into being in harmony with them.

Now, if a kabbalist were to step in front of a bus, he is still bound by the laws of this world too.
So here is what I recommend, write out on a piece of paper the challenges that you are dealing with.
At the bottom of the paper, put the corporeal ones, food, shelter, sex, family, money, etc., next draw a line in the middle of the page and put your spiritual challenges above the line…feeling of emptiness (but make sure it’s spiritual emptiness, not because you haven’t eaten all day and your blood sugar is off), lack of meaning, lack of connection, spiritual attainment, etc.

Everything below the line you need to start to organize like a good person in this world.  It doesn’t have to be over the top, but stabilize your regular, corporeal life, if you are neglecting your corporeal, material life and complaining about spirituality, it’s going to be a long and bumpy road for you, you’ll arrive at the destination but after a long time and many bumps.

So arrange your corporeal life and simultaneously, above the line, we are going to start with a clean slate and start to build a spiritual perception of reality.

A kabbalist lives in two worlds and if you mix them, especially now, it will be confusing and your development will be slow.
As you begin to stabilize your spiritual life, you will see how your entire life will become more harmonious.
Think about it, when you fall in love, you don’t mind if someone cuts in front of you in traffic, but if you are upset, every little thing bothers you. So the things that you are viewing as problems, these are opportunities to connect spiritually, to ask the Creator for help.

Seth@KabU

Yvette,
You heard that everything positive or negative comes from the Creator and we are working together to build that perception.
Nevertheless we still live on planet Earth and you live in a country with laws and a place that has customs.
For example on the lower level you breathe and eat.  On the upper level you can be thinking about committing a crime or saving a life.  It’s two levels that exist simultaneously and this is how it is arranged. by nature and we cannot disqualify this and say, oh I committed a crime but the book says, there is no bad?!
So we advance by stabilizing our life in the is world with family and work and health, to be a good, normal person (this is similar in my example above to breathing and eating, etc) and above that we make efforts in the spiritual dimension.
Seth@KabU

OK Oliver,
I’m going to give you a response here and I’m hoping that you can hear it.
First of all understand that all of these things that you have clarified in your mind, it’s like there is a bucket with 100s of legos (the little colored blocks that children build with) and you have already done the work of sorting them into colors and sizes.  Understand that most people go through life and they don’t ask these questions seriously and they don’t stop to sort these things out in their mind and understand what is happening and why.  So first of all you have prepared yourself.  That is good.

Second of all, you need to acquire a correct perception of where you are in the big picture.  Imagine a child playing in the sand and he feels free that he is digging holes and building castles and he doesn’t think that there is a world and that someone is preparing lunch for him and someone will take him home later and put him to bed.  To him, this is his world now.  But around him are his parents watching him, watching the waves don’t get too close and watching that he doesn’t fall and thinking about what to feed him for dinner and what time he will go to sleep.  Oliver, we live on a small planet, a million Earths can fit in the sun.  Our sun is one of billions of stars in the our galaxy and there are billions of other galaxies too.  So let’s get in touch with reality.  We are a small cell in a very large system.  We happen to be the only cells in the system that feel themselves, but nevertheless we are small cells in a large system.  So second of all stop taking responsibility for everything that is happening in the universe.  With what powers are you going to fix all of the injustices in the world?!  Of course you are studying the wisdom of kabbalah and we deal with this, but not in the way that you think.  You think you like the girl so then the other guy will be hurt and what about the ants who once lived where your house now stands and what about the children who worked all day in a factory to make the clothes that you are wearing and the laborers who worked 12 hours in the sun to bring food the market for you?  It is never ending and you can’t fix these problems by locking yourself in the house or by not engaging in the world.
Here is your answer, when it comes to this world, indentify good role models in this world, you want to be a scientist, find a good scientist, you want to be a good plumber, find a good plumber and be a good man of this world.  That’s it.  Normal person, be a good husband and good father and a good boss or a good worker, to the standard of the times and place you live.  In this sense, you are an animal in the jungle (kabblists call this the level of “beast”) and you live, let the wolves be wolves and let the elephants be elephants and whatever creature you are with whatever qualities you have, live in the jungle (your town) with the other creatures (people) with all of their qualities and get along in a normal way.
Now above all of that normal life on the “beast” level, you have found the authentic wisdom of kabbalah.  Now, you have the ability to not just be like the child on the beach or the animal in the jungle you have the ability to open your perception to the bigger picture.  However, you keep the lower degrees as they are, do not disrupt them.  No one will know you are a kabbalist.  You look and behave like the other people in the world, however now we are learning about the hidden world of intentions, the invisible forces operating the system.
I recommend reading the texts again and not to make everything about you now.  Just read them like you are taking a shower and they are washing over you.
In this way you will learn like an infant begins to learn language, not by studying, but  by being under the influence of the “Upper Ones” he absorbs it from them.  Similarly now you need to absorb the influence of the Upper One, of the kabbalists and the Creator who are shining on you through the authentic books.  You need to put all of those castles and fortresses that you built in your mind about how the world is and who you are and how He is, and put it to the side at least during the time of study and allow some other influence to work on you.
You asked many questions and we can’t answer them one by one with a few lines and then you will calm down.
The answers you want don’t enter the ear, they enter the heart.  Take the advice and progress naturally and slowly and I hope that I will hear good updates from you and God forbid not otherwise.
Seth@KabU

• This reply was modified hace 3 semanas, 1 día by Seth - KabU Instructor.

Thankyou for your response Seth. I apologize for my frantic behavior, Ive been going through alot of very extreme changes in my personal life over the last month and my mind and emotions get away from me sometimes, its happening less and less.

The Kabbalah revealed series showed me the importance of connecting to the world, it helped me realize where i needed to be and helped bring me back to AA, and through AA ive also been willing to seek out mental health. I just want to do everything i can to better myself because ive wasted so much time, i have alot to make up for.

I want to do the best i can because the changes in my life over this past month and a bit have been nothing short of amazing, i know i must better myself if i am to be of any use to anyone at all, and that by living a better life i can help and enrich the lives of people around me as well.

Its difficult for me to be patient because i have been givin a bright vision for my future, where i can be just that, a good man, but i know it takes time and i want to give myself more to the process.

Also i really enjoyed your enter the zohar series, i first saw it maybe 6 years ago now and rewatched it a few weeks ago or so and ive always wanted to be in a live lecture setting like that.

Thankyou again for your response.

György,
The Creator Himself does not change.  But just like you are you but to your child you are father, to your father, you are son, etc. all of the names of the Creator have to do with the one relating to the Creator, not to the Creator Himself, He does not change.
Any male name or reference in general refers to light and any female name or reference generally refers to vessel.
Seth@KabU