Ask anything about week 1 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.

[Julian Edwards- KabU Instructor]

Ask anything about week 1 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.

[N/a]

Hi.  My name is George and I’m from Melbourne, Australia.

I would like to better understand the two major parts of each desire.  Are they to receive for my own benefit and to receive for the benefit of others?  If so, how do I recognize within myself whether I am acting out of self-interest or the for the benefit of someone else?

Thanks.

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Hi George,

Most productive for now is to notice how I don’t have any actions besides actions motivated by self-benefit, and to notice the wide buffet of types of receiving there are in me. This is the nature the Creator made in us. When we study the Wisdom of Kabbalah the Reforming Light works and exposes this to us more and more, and then it imparts additional work to do beyond this.

[N/a]

Thanks Gianni

[carlos]

Hi there! Just a quick question. In the “Interact” part, ZAT de BINA, you refer that it gives birth to Tiffereth. Cant it be Zeir Anpin instead?

[N/a]

Thanks Gianni.

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Hi Carlose. Can Tifferet also be called Zeir Anpin? Yes. This is like how I might be called dad, professor, instructor, or husband – and all would be true depending on my relationship to the other person.

[Sarah]

Dear Gianni and friends,

On a more personal level, I m finding the opposite of closer connection to several people in my life right now.

I feel less desire to be in contact with people who seem inconsiderate.  Is this something I need to look at within myself- where I am inconsiderate ?  Or, in fact, is it a sign of greater discernment ?

In the past, I have found that sometimes I ve had to let go  of something completely before there is room for something better to enter my life. To be clear, I have had to abandon a different spiritual path, judging it for its own worth, without knowing what would come next, before I found the Kabbalah.

Does the same rule apply to both sets of circumstances?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

No, with wisdom – basic corporeal wisdom – I learn to distance from those who are oriented away from the goal of my life and introduce only those who are drawn to that goal. With the exception of family, work people, and neighbors, I have no moral obligation to others. I should only keep the ones that I enjoy. But that’s not Kabbalah, that’s just being purposeful. That goes for people and other things too.

[Sarah]

HI Gianni & friends,

Question 1) I m wondering about the “Desire to be like the Creator” , Julian said ” to want the status of the Creator”. That is – to be like G-d , and my question is – isn’t that Ego-ic, it sounds like there may be a competative edge ?

Question 2) Alternatively, since the Creator is Endless Light, the Ultimate One-ness, is there possibly a step missing, ( ie:- Adam HaRishon ) since its roughly the same as a person with this desire seeking to become obliterated, absorbed into One-ness.   Surely it would only be possible to become ( part of ) the Creator, since to be LIKE Him would still to be separate, which in fact isnt possible.   .

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Good questions, Sarah. But the truth is that I can’t want to be like the Creator once I learn and feel what that means. I was built with senses that are innately at odds with that venture. So, it’s a fixed game. It’s known that I’ll believe this venture to be egoistic; it’s known that I’ll discover that it’s actually something my ego can never desire; it’s know that I’ll need to, thus, have a group around me that will inspire me to go toward this goal nevertheless since this is goal of life and I’ll have to do it eventually whether in a pleasant or unpleasant manner.

To your second question – no, the ego is as infinite as you think the Creator is. It’s a boundless desire commensurate with the boundless pleasure He wishes to bestow. So, we must only correct it so it can do so.

[Sarah]

Dear Gianni,

I love this, its so exciting to be able to discuss it with you – my deep gratitude for such a gift !

I think you are saying that this is a game above reason, then ?

That the voice of my ego is not going away any time soon, & I have to deal with it. By an act of choice, & with the support of my group of 10, we will be discovering the results of our behaviours – & that to do so is the work of Kabbalah, which is essentially experiential in nature.  ?.

Is that right? Thank you !

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

That’s right, Sarah.

[MARTA PAGES ALARCON]

Dear friends and instructor,Thank you for all these clarifying questions and replies stated in this forum, I found answers to my own questions too.
I have read the novel-parable of Semion Vinokur The battle of Abraham”, and it helped me a lot to get an approach to the purpose and the method of Kabbalah, and the problem of our egoistical mind-set and its social and historical consequences, which can not be arranged by ourselves.
Is there any other book written by the senior instructors of KabU or by Rav. M. Laitman to go further in the next episodes of the life and writings of Abraham?
I have also started reading “The secrets of the Eternal Book” (right now I’m reading about Noah and the Ark).
Thank you very much!
Best Regards

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Disclosing a Portion is a book that explains the Torah from the kabbalistic perspective. The Kabbalist is a great novel by Simeon Vinokur about Baal HaSulam. I think the first book you mentioned is one of a kind.

[MARTA PAGES ALARCON]

Thank you very much!

[Molly]

I like the idea that the current ongoing crisis( is that an oxymoron???) is in some way a necessity to push the world to creativity and solution.

I recently read a book/course called Big History: Its really a history of the world from the Big Bang onwards incorporating science, history, statistics, ….multi disciplinary.
What stood out was this : tribute taking states, nobles/ aristocrats/warriors of most historical systems that extract resources by force from merchants and agrarian peasants ..hate those people …they look down on them and feel superior! ( these are the foundational operating systems of most of the big world empires )

Interestingly this strikes me as exactly the same mechanism that I felt after a lifetime in Nursing.
Many people resent and hate you simply for caring, they see you as a fool, a person to be exploited …weak.
It is hard to feel compassion for such people and this is where i get stuck …loving my neighbour as myself when my neighbour is such a person.
I gave it a good go for 40 years !!!!
I feel if this is the core of Kabbalah Im going to be in a lot of trouble trying to fulfil that basic tenet .
Any advice on overcoming that difficulty?

[Molly]

ok well thats sort of comforting …I shall hope the upper force finds me …i think i will need its help for this one .

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Hi Molly,

You don’t need to jump to fulfilling this tenet in your daily life. Because there’s a force called Upper Light that does have the power to bring us to see the whole world through a different lens. It’s not a psychological twist or something. It’s another previously non-existent sense. Like a snake that can suddenly hear a symphony as we do. Then we’ll see all the parts of reality as the bass, drums, marimba, violin, etc. On their own, I didn’t understand why they’re needed – like just tasting the salt if a dish by itself. But when this lens lets me feel and see the whole, all will be in perfection – always was. We just need to advance simply, and quickly towards the goal of life and it will be revealed.

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