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Hi Lori,
The boundary is the desire. As we’ll learn in the upcoming lessons, all of reality exists within the desire to receive pleasure. Everything we attain is within the desire. Even this thing called the Creator is experienced within a desire, a corrected desire, but nonetheless a desire. This is why there are many names for the Creator (in Hebrew), since every time we correct a different part of the desire, we reveal a different aspect of this thing called the Creator.
So all of our understanding of this thing called the Creator (and any spiritual phenomena) is based on what we reveal within the corrected desire. But whatever exists outside of the corrected desire, whatever we don’t grasp, perceive or attain within the desire, whatever is beyond our tools of research, we don’t talk about. We need to keep these limits in mind in order to stay within the realm of science and not venture off into religion or philosophy.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2012/12/philosophy-a-building-without-a-foundation/
https://laitman.com/2011/12/the-holy-names-of-bestowal/
Albert @ KabU
Is there a Kaballistic re-interpretation of the story of Noah’s Ark? Or of Moses parting the Red Sea? Were those stories also written in the code, the branches language?
Hi Amaranta,
Yes, the stories in the Torah are written in the language of root and branch.
In Kabbalah we look at these stories as the inner process of development that each person will undergo in their spiritual aspirations. Moses for example is that point inside of us that will lead us out of our “Egypt” out of our egoistic nature.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
And if you’re interested in learning how to properly decipher the Torah, check out the books: Disclosing a Portion or The Secrets of the Eternal Book.
Albert @ KabU
I have finished week 1 lessons and I bought books to see on my computer recommanded readings.
I recently read in the Zohar that there are 613 mitzvot, 248 positive and 365 negative. Why are there so many? In Christianity, there are only 10 in Shemot (Exodus), chapter 20.
Thank you very much to answer me to my first question !
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Regarding the books that are advised for one to read, can one use the LIGHT code, or was it just for the first books recommended?
Regarding Aramanta’s question about Noah’s Ark and Moses, Moses will lead us out of egoistic nature, WOW!
And this message has been in the Torah the entire time I have been reading/studying Torah. I wonder how many congregants in the synagogue know this when we attend services. From what I have learned so far, my Rabbi Chaim Block definitely knows Kabbalah and the Zohar because he sermons have always reached my soul and even answered questions that I did not know I was asking. Hence, as I continue to learn, I will realize the immense wisdom I will know that will help me along the way.
Hi Frédéric,
Numbers in Kabbalah are not quantitative, but rather qualitative. They are used to represent certain spiritual states, like the sum of different properties behind that state.
Just like a computer image uses binary code to represent that image, numbers are used in spirituality to represent a certain spiritual state.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/numbers-indicate-quality-not-quantity/
Albert @ KabU
Hello,
I have two questions.
The first is this one :
1) Why this ancient wisdom of Kabbalah was unrevealed for all many times ?
The second is this one :
2) How to start to feel the upper worlds in our life ?
Thank you !
Hi Frédéric,
1. Kabbalah is the method by which we can correct our egoistic nature and reveal the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. There are 5 levels of egoism that need to be corrected. Throughout history, as the level of egoism grew, accordingly Kabbalah was revealed in a specific form that will help correct that level of egoism.
For example: if you compare Kabbalah to a medicine that can cure a rare disease, obviously you can’t take the medicine before you’re diagnosed with the disease, but once the disease actually manifests, you can take the medicine and be cured of it.
So in our days, now that the full level of egoism has been revealed, Kabbalah became fully revealed.
2. Revealing the upper worlds works according to the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that to feel the upper worlds, we need to become similar to them, to the qualities of love and bestowal that reside there. 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: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
I have to admit that when I first started learning about Kabbalah, it sounded a lot like Eastern religions to me. I don’t know enough about the Zohar to compare it with the Bhagavad Gita, but the concept of reincarnation is one of the first things to stand out to me. Also the idea that we are all connected, all one, seems apparent in both traditions. I do see that there is no monastic tradition in Kabbalah as in the east, but besides this, what else is the difference between the two?
Hi Belinda,
I’m not an expert in eastern religions, so I cannot comment on that.
Here’s a link from Rav Laitman’s blog about some general differences between Kabbalah, religion, philosophy, and science: https://laitman.com/2011/01/kabbalah-and-other-sciences-philosophy-and-religion/
Albert @ KabU
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