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Hi, I’ve already listened to the Kabbalah Reviled on YT. And a few other videos.
From what I see here, the videos are the same, are they not? What shuold I do now? I get all the basic teachings, principles etc as Tony K had explained them in the free course on YT.
What is your suggestion? I’ve signed up here for the purpose of being able to be tought by a teacher, for the community and another level of the course.
Thanks.
Hi Danie,
The Kabbalah Revealed series gives a person a very strong foundation in Kabbalah. So we decided to use those videos as the basis of the fundamental courses (Kabbalah Revealed 1 & 2). If a person has already seen those videos, it’s still encouraged to review them as well as to check out the recommended readings page and related videos page which accompanies every week’s lesson. Those additional videos and readings will help you to dive deeper into these materials.
Beyond that, you also have access to the Q/A forums for each week. Reading your fellow student’s questions and incorporating in their spiritual desire is a powerful way to grow your own spiritual desire.
Each semester also has a live Q/A session with Tony as well as weekly live sessions with different instructors. Check out the Live section for more details: https://kabuconnect.com/live/
The two intermediate semesters follow a similar style but with completely different videos and materials. Those two semesters are taught by Julian and provide a foundation for doing spiritual work in a group.
The graduate/advanced courses are a world of their own. There are many weekly live lessons, deep dives into advanced Kabbalistic articles and into the technical study of the upper worlds. The Q/A forums there are very lively with more of a community feeling. And there is also an opportunity there for everyone to receive their own virtual Kabbalah group with whom you can put all these things into practice.
So my recommendation is to keep going through the course. There is a whole new world of Kabbalistic materials and experiences awaiting you.
Albert @ KabU
I have already seen references to Kabbalistic texts including the Torah within this course. I have tried to read portions of the Zohar only to be left with my head spinning. Not to get too far ahead, but will this course shed light on the mystery within such texts as the Zohar?
Hi Dale,
The Zohar course shared by Shel is a good starting point. I also recommend the book Unlocking the Zohar. It’s a great intro book on how to properly read the book of Zohar.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Dale, I’m not an instructor/moderator but I wanted to let you know that KabU does offer a course on the Zohar: https://kabuconnect.com/courses/enter-the-zohar/
The word Providence has been used a number of times in the recommended reading. Is Providence synonymous with God? Or is it something that emanates from God?
Would you please shed some light on the Kabbalist meaning (or meanings) of the word.
Hi Mark, good questions!
Providence means that the Creator is the singular cause behind EVERYTHING in life. The Kabbalists describe this as “there is none else besides Him”. Which means that all of my thoughts, desires, life events, EVERYTHING that I experience comes from the Creator. If so, if He is the singular cause behind everything, how do I relate to His providence? Do I indeed see everything as coming from the Creator or do I think that they are coming from a different source? If everything is coming from Him, why do I feel some things as bad? Is He then bad? How could He be bad if the Kabbalists call him “the good that does good”? Meaning that He’s purely good. Why then do I feel bad?
All these questions relate to us trying to understand the Creator’s providence over us. They are the beginning of the relationship that we want to establish with Him.
We’ll learn more about these things in the more advanced lessons. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman: https://laitman.com/2017/12/there-is-none-else-besides-him/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Holly,
I’m sorry to hear that you are overwhelmed. Although it can happen from time to time. We go through many different states on the spiritual path: many ups and downs, and everything in between. The main thing is to just keep going, to just keep placing yourself under the influence of the spiritual light, and the light will balance everything out.
The best way to do this is to just set aside some time to regularly return to the Kabbalistic writings, weekly lessons, videos, books, etc. Such a habit of regularly returning to the source of the light will help you throughout your entire spiritual development.
Albert @ KabU
How does the Jewish Bible fit into this teaching. Jacobs Ladder?  40 years in the wandering. The stories of the Bible. Is the Bible even relevant? And then the history of Jesus and the years following?
Hi CS, great questions!
The Torah is indeed a Kabbalistic text. But keep in mind that the stories in the Torah are written in the language of roots and branches. It’s a type of code that uses words of our world to describe spiritual situations and phenomena. As such, these stories are not literal stories.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
As for Jesus, Kabbalistic writings don’t talk about Jesus. So we could speculate one way or another about who he was and 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
I’ve checked several of KabU videos and began reading your book for students.
Beside this, i’ve learned that to study Kaballah, a student have to be thought verbally by a teacher (Kabbalah instructor) to understand the langage of roots and branches to understand the real kabbalistic messages in the Torah and other relevent books.
It this right and how to proceed to receive this teaching ? Is this covered in this Kabbalah Revealed course or a later course within KabU studies ?
Thank you !
Hi Francis, great questions!
There are two levels of studying from a Kabbalistic teacher: mouth to ear and mouth to mouth. Mouth to ear is simply to hear the words of the teacher and try to implement them.
Mouth to mouth means that there is a shared anti-egoistic screen between the two of them. This is an internal connection with one’s teacher, in which the teacher and student are so connected that the thoughts and desires of the teacher simply pass to the student on an internal level.
We of course aspire to reach such a connection with the teacher, but in our days it’s not by studying with the teacher one on one. In our days it’s more important that we study together with others in a Kabbalistic group, even through the internet. And in the connection with the Kabbalistic group, we will also build a connection with the teacher. We’ll learn about these things in the advanced semesters on KabU where each one will receive their own Kabbalah group with whom they can put these things into practice.
In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/01/make-yourself-a-teacher-and-a-group/
Albert @ KabU
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