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When you say that Kabbalah has nothing to do with religions, and even religions other that Judaism can also study, I have 2 questions:
1. ‘Religion’ – Do you define it as a belief that benefit only oneself in terms of egoism? For example, one have faith in some type of deity to hope life gets better or is afraid of punishment.2. If everyone, despite their religious background, can learn Kabbalah, what about the mitzvot that are mentioned in the Torah? Since Kabbalah is the Secrets of the Torah and Torah is the foundation of everything. Then, for example, if one engages in the study of Kabbalah, do they have to keep kosher and also other ‘laws’ such as, ‘don’t put yourself in idolatry’, in the Torah?
Hi John,
1. By religion we mean the customs and culture of a group of people. As for our beliefs in a certain deity, a person in spiritual attainment reveals the Creator in practice, in their lives, so there is no room for beliefs.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/10/religions-place-in-our-lives/
2. Kabbalists don’t look at the 613 commandments as physical actions to be performed by our hands and feet, but rather as allegories to the internal process of correcting our desires.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/02/mitzvot-commandments-the-correction-of-desires/
But if a person does want to perform these actions physically in our world as well, Kabbalah is not against that, but encourages doing so with the right intention. This follows the saying that “a commandment without an intention, is like a body without a soul”.
So if a person is Jewish and this is part of their customs, they can continue to carry these things out physically if they want. But the most important thing is to carry these things out internally, on the level of our desires.
Albert @ KabU
Where from is the statement: people during Abraham time had more refined souls, therefore they would understand this theory better?
I understand to build a theory one has to postulate some assumptions. Are there evidences of a such postulate?Hi Bella,
Reaching spirituality means correcting our egoistic nature. This correction goes “from light to heavy”. The first generations to start this work were working with the smallest levels of egoism, so it was easier for them to correct it and reach spiritual attainment. We on the other hand are working with the biggest levels of egoism, so it’s harder for us.
As for evidence of this, you can turn on the news and see for yourself the level of egoism of our generation. Despite all our resources and advancements in technology, there are still wars in the world. Divorce is at an all time high. We’re becoming more advanced yet more distanced and alienated from each other. These are all signs of a growing ego.
Keep in mind that it’s not bad that the ego grew to such a high level, these are still signs of advancement. The bigger the ego, the bigger the spiritual level that we can attain when we correct it.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/02/the-worse-the-better/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Bella,
Reaching spirituality means correcting our egoistic nature. This correction goes “from light to heavy”. The first generations to start this work were working with the smallest levels of egoism, so it was easier for them to correct it and reach spiritual attainment. We on the other hand are working with the biggest levels of egoism, so it’s harder for us.
As for evidence of this, you can turn on the news and see for yourself the level of egoism of our generation. Despite all our resources and advancements in technology, there are still wars in the world. Divorce is at an all time high. We’re becoming more advanced yet more distanced and alienated from each other. These are all signs of a growing ego.
Keep in mind that it’s not bad that the ego grew to such a high level, these are still signs of advancement. The bigger the ego, the bigger the spiritual level that we can attain when we correct it.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/02/the-worse-the-better/
Albert @ KabU
How do I find the state if mind to study this properly? I know the Hebrew alphabet, do I have to know the words in classical Hebrew?
Thank you. I have real difficulties to change an existing association of words in my mind and comprehend them in different meaning, as used in Kabbalah teaching.
For example: creator, believes, and claim to be a science. The word spirituality I understood only when heard a definition as something that is not covered by our five senses. Root and branches – understood. Knowledge as an opposite to believes, something that belongs to this world egoism and does not serve creator? All these are rhetorical questions for now.Hi Bella,
Yes, you’re not alone in your concern. In fact, everyone comes with a certain baggage to the wisdom of Kabbalah. That’s normal and fine. We just need to keep going, to keep placing ourselves under the influence of the light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies, and it’ll sort everything out.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Elizabeth,
Knowing Hebrew is helpful, but it’s not a must. All of our materials are professionally translated into English and if an important concept gets lost in translation, then we’ll learn those words in Hebrew as well.
As for the state of mind, reaching spirituality does not depend on our knowledge. After all, there are plenty of Hebrew speakers in the world, and it does not mean that they are in spiritual attainment. Likewise there are many people who memorized all the Kabbalistic books, that too does not mean that they are in spiritual attainment.
Spiritual attainment depends on one thing and one thing only, the desire. If we build the right desire for it, within that correct desire, we will reveal spiritual sensations. That’s it. And although we spend a lot of time studying, the goal is not to acquire knowledge, but through the study to draw the light, a special force that helps us to build the right desire.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
Hi
thank you very much for lesson .
I would like to have Mentor on my way to understand the ccreator
I would like to have one to one teacher, if you can help me pleaseThank you
Hi Mali,
We learn that all of humanity is part of a single system, like cells within a single body. Our entire correction is in learning how to reconnect back into this spiritual system. Meaning that we don’t typically need to focus on an individual. Each individual by themselves is perfect, requiring no personal correction. The problem is only in how that individual connects with others. This is why Kabbalah needs to be studied and realized in groups. So we don’t offer one on one mentorships because that is not in line with the spiritual correction that needs to be performed.
If you have any questions, feel free to post them in these Q/A forums.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
Albert @ KabU
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