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If Kabbalah is not a religion or a form of mysticism, how has it been passed down? How has its transmission avoided religious-style expansion?
Hi Yijun,
Kabbalah has been passed down from teacher to student for almost 6000 years.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/kabbalah-without-a-trace-of-mysticism/
Kabbalah avoided religious style expansion because the Kabbalists followed the strict rule that “there is no coercion in spirituality”. Meaning that we cannot force someone to study Kabbalah. We just wait until a person develops the point in the heart and then they themselves come searching for it.
Albert @ KabU
I am unable to purchase the books needed for the courses do to financial issues. Is there anyway to get the materials needed for the courses any other way?
Hi Lezlie,
Kabbalah Revealed and Attaining the Worlds Beyond can be found in our online Kabbalah library.
Kabbalah for the student is a collection of articles from the writings of Baal HaSulam and Rabash. All the articles that are in that book can also be found in that same library.
Albert @ KabU
I got to sit in on the YouTube video, but not the Zoom call. (It’s hard for me to get away in the middle of a Sunday.) Will all the YouTubes and Zoom calls be midday on a Sunday?
I read something in a course description that implied we’d eventually be put in groups of 10 to continue study. Will I still be able to participate in that if I’m not able to come to the Sunday Zoom calls?
Hi Logynn,
In the graduate semester, when we go into groups of ten, there are live sessions throughout the week as well. So hopefully you’ll be able to find a time that works for you.
Albert @ KabU
Shalom,
In essence, The One (Hashem) is Love, Lover, and the Beloved. And it is our responsibility to awaken to this truth by ascending the 125 steps out of darkness into the Light of Truth (Or Emet). Is this a correct understanding? Thank you.
Sincerely,
Raymond Franklin
Hi Raymond,
You can say so, but keep in mind that “awakening to this” is done by correcting our egoistic nature. To the extent that we correct the ego, to that extent we become similar to the Creator’s qualities of love and bestowal, and accordingly we ascend those 125 degrees.
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
Hi Anna,
The story that we see depends on whether we are advancing on this story through the path of suffering or the path of light.
On the path of suffering, a person is unconsciously nudged forward through pressures and suffering.
On the path of light, a person is consciously trying to correct their egoistic nature. As such, instead of feeling pressures and suffering, a person on the path of light feels that life is arranged to help support them in this process.
This is similar to children who whether they want to or not, must go to school. If they resist, then the parents threaten to punish them. But if the children do want to go to school and they willingly run to school, then not only do the parents stop punishing them, but they can also build a completely different relationship with them. They can take them on educational trips, give them all sorts of puzzles and extra curricular activities, etc.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/01/lets-go-with-the-light/
Albert @ KabU
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