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Hello, I love Jesus, the Great Spiritual Teacher of Humanity. He was a Nazarene and an Essene, I believe, and he must have been a Kabbalist too in heart, Enlightened in the sense of attainment in Kabbalah. Do you agree? If not, who is Jesus for the Kabbalists?
Hi Bib,
Kabbalistic writings don’t talk about Jesus. So we could speculate one way or another whether he was a Kabbalist or not, but these would just be speculations. We should keep in mind that Kabbalah is a science. Kabbalah only deals with the correction of our egoistic nature and the revelation of the Creator. It has no connection to faith, religion, or religious leaders.
But ultimately these things are not so opposed. Both talk about the importance of loving others as yourself. Kabbalah goes even further and gives us a method to actualize loving others to such an extent that we can reveal in our lives the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Kabbalah is very interesting.i sometimes wake up at 2am in mornings recently (it’s not my usual wake-up time), why is that and is there something I’m supposed to be doing at that time??.thank u
Hi Lesedi,
Kabbalists typically study in the middle of the night. It’s not something we encourage in the fundamentals, but if you’re up anyway, you can try watching a Kabbalah lesson or reading a Kabbalistic text.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2022/09/why-do-kabbalists-study-at-night/
Albert @ KabU
Question 1. When speaking that “we” come from creation/nature, does that mean every thing on the planet including the evil doers, or murderers and rapist etc? Are they apart of the Unity that we are trying to get back to?
question 2. Where did Abraham get his knowledge from if Kabbalah is 5,000 years old where or who did he learn from?
3. is Kabbalah and Hermetics the same?
Thank you for your time.
Hi Fawnette,
1. We’ll learn in the lesson on the perception of reality that the external world is a reflection of my own internal world. If I’m not corrected, I will see in front of me an uncorrected and bad world. If I correct myself, I’ll look at the same world and the same people, but now they will appear the opposite.
It’s like I have these dirty glasses through which I see the whole world as dirty. The moment I clean my own glasses, I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s clean and perfect.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/04/in-neutral-gear/
2. Kabbalah actually started with Adam close to 6000 years ago. The reason why we sometimes attribute it to Abraham is because Abraham was a major milestone in the Wisdom of Kabbalah who turned it into a practical method.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/kabbalah-without-a-trace-of-mysticism/
As for how the Kabbalists discovered what they did, discovering spiritual phenomena is based on the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that to the extent that we become similar to spirituality, to the qualities of pure love and bestowal that reside there, to that extent we’ll come reveal spirituality in practice. This is just like how a radio can pick up an external wave, when we tune the internal frequency of the radio to that wave.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
3. I’m not an expert in other methods, so I cannot comment on that. In general, Kabbalah is the method by which we can correct our egoistic nature. As a result of this correction we become similar to the Creator, and reveal Him in practice, in our lives.
Albert @ KabU
Peace and blessings.
Question 1: How does Kabbalah understand the “spiritual world”, is it experienced as a complete merging into oneness, or does it still include relational expressions within that unity?
Question 2: If everything is an expression of The Light of the Creator, how is the idea of “falling” from the spiritual realm understood? It seems that even perceived separation and the return towards unity are part of a larger relational process that serves the whole.
Question 3: I know that in this particular method expanded upon by Rav Laitman there is an emphasis on a group of 10 friends to more fully deepen the revelation of light between the relationship of that council of friends, but I am wondering, since I originally learned from the lineage of Rav Berg (Kabbalah Center), if there is still correction (Tikkun) between all relationships even the most mundane?
I look forward to your answers, Thank you
Hi Ricardo,
1. Unity does not mean that we disappear. If anything, the whole process that we’re undergoing is the process by which we clarify further and further who we are. We learn this from the three phases that Baal HaSulam describes in the article Introduction to the book of Zohar. That we were created in the state of perfection but this was an unconscious state, like a baby in its mother’s womb. So we necessarily had to come to the complete opposite state, to lose that state of perfection, in order to once again reach it, but this time consciously.
So even though we return to that initial state of being in complete adhesion with the Creator, thanks to the process we underwent, we remain as two separate things. Baal HaSulam describes this with the candle and torch analogy in the Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah. Here’s an excerpt:
“The reason why the will to receive must cascade by the four above-mentioned discernments in ABYA [Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, Assiya] is that there is a great rule concerning the Kelim [pl. of Kli]: The expansion of the light and its departure make the Kli fit for its task. This means that as long as the Kli has not been separated from its light, it is included in the light and is annulled within it like a candle before a torch.
This annulment is because they are completely opposite from one another, on opposite ends. This is so because the light extends from His self, existence from existence. From the perspective of the thought of creation in Ein Sof [infinity], it is all toward bestowal and there is no trace of a will to receive in it. Its opposite is the Kli, the great will to receive that abundance, and is the root of the initiated creature, in which there is no bestowal whatsoever.
Hence, when they are bound together, the will to receive is annulled in the light within it, and can determine its form only once the light has departed from it once. Following the departure of the light from it, it begins to crave it, and this craving properly determines and sets the shape of the will to receive. Subsequently, when the light dresses in it once more, it is regarded as two separate matters: Kli and light, or Guf and life. Observe closely, for this is most profound.”
2. The fact that we had to lose that initial state is not something bad, but it’s a necessary part of our development. It’s just like with kids. We don’t just give them a completed jigsaw puzzle. On the contrary we take it and break it down into many pieces. Then in the process of them putting it together, they grow and develop. Same with us, this process of losing that state is a necessary part of our further growth and development.
This process also adds to us a certain level of freedom, without which, we would be no different than machines, or robots, that were programmed to act a certain way and they just carry out this inner script. Instead, we were programmed one way, and we rise above this inner programming, become independent of it, and then develop our own desire to advance towards this goal.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/01/from-perfection-to-perfection/
3. In the upcoming lessons, we’ll learn that all of humanity is part of a single system, like cells within a single body. In this system, every cell is connected to every other cell. The only problem is that at a certain part of our development, we lost the feeling of this connection. So the only thing that is broken in the ENTIRE system of creation are the proper connections between people. This is the only thing that is broken and the only thing we need to correct.
In other words, each one of us is perfect. We don’t need to correct ourselves. We only need to correct our connection with others. It’s just like when doing a large jigsaw puzzle. Each piece is unique and necessary as is. We don’t start recoloring the pieces or cutting off seemingly redundant parts. All we need to do is find where each piece fits relative to all the other pieces.
This is why our entire spiritual work is done in a group. It starts from a small group of ten, which becomes like a nucleus of connection. And then we expand that connection more and more until we come to include the whole world in that connection. That state of reconnecting the whole world is called Gmar Tikkun (end of correction).
Given that all of our spiritual work is done in groups, anything we do before that is preparation work to get ourselves ready for that type of work.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
Albert @ KabU
When Instructor Tony is talking about those upper forces and that you cannot get in contact with them unless you use them for good, it would be interesting to know what forces or principles those that did negative, destructive actions what they use? Like Hitler or others like him
Thank you for your answers. From what you shared, this is what I understand:
The purpose of the path is not to dissolve into oneness, but to consciously return to unity while maintaining individual awareness.
The fall from unity is not an error, but a necessary stage that creates independence and the ability to choose alignment.
Correction does not occur within the individual alone, but in the restoration of proper connection between people.
While daily relationships prepare us for this work, true correction unfolds through intentional connection within a structured group.
I have to be honest that I haven’t experienced the structured group approach directly. At the same time, I’ve seen meaningful results through the way Rav Berg teaches Tikkun correction, especially through practicing non-reactivity and more proactive awareness within daily relationships.
So I don’t feel a need to reject what has been working for me, but I am open to understanding how this structured group work may reveal something beyond individual refinement. I’m curious to experience that more directly over time.
Hi Francesco,
Spirituality works according to the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that to the extent that we become similar to spirituality, to the qualities of pure love and bestowal that reside there, to that extent we’ll come closer to spirituality and feel it in practice. This is just like how a radio can pick up an external wave, when we tune the internal frequency of the radio to that wave.
As such, it’s impossible to use spiritual forces egoistically. The moment an egoistic desire awakens in us, it automatically disconnects us from spirituality.
As for those performing destructive actions, this all stems from the power of our egoism.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
Hello,
I am having trouble grasping the concept of root language vs branch language. Why is this so? Is it not the creator’s desire for us to understand the meaning of life so that we can journey back to the creator?
Thank you for taking the time to read my question 😉
Hi Brenda,
The language of roots and branches is a type of code that uses words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena. It’s similar to how binary code works in computers. To us it seems just like a bunch of zeros and ones, but a computer can properly decipher those things and display what those zeros and ones represent.
Likewise with the language of roots and branches, if we’re not in spirituality, Kabbalistic writings seem to us like stories talking about our world. But for Kabbalists, those that are able to decipher these words, they can reveal the spiritual phenomena behind them.
As for journeying back to the Creator, that works according to the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that to reach the Creator, we need to become similar to Him, to His qualities of love and bestowal. This is just like how a radio can pick up an external wave, when we tune the internal frequency of the radio to that wave.
Since our nature is pure reception, while His nature is pure bestowal, we cannot just press a button and change ourselves to want to bestow. The best we can do is to yearn to bestow like Him. When we have such a yearning, especially when we’re reading Kabbalistic texts, by that we evoke the force of the light to work on us and slowly correct us, until that yearning becomes reality.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
https://laitman.com/2010/12/the-spiritual-decoder/
Albert @ KabU
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