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Hi Steph,
There were two temples that were built in Israel. They symbolized the spiritual level of love and connection that the Israeli nation was able to achieve. But when a bigger level of egoism was revealed, they were unable to maintain that level of love and connection. As a result of that, the corporeal temple, the symbol of their love and connection, wound up getting destroyed.
Baal HaSulam writes about this in “Letter 60”, here’s an excerpt:
“this is what our sages meant when they asked about the ruin of the Second Temple, that there was no idolatry there and they were proficient in Torah, so why was it ruined? They said it was for unfounded hatred.”
Albert @ KabU
Why does Tony speak of Abraham being a real historical person but then also say that no Kabbalistic books (like the Torah) are speaking of this world? Are there some parts of the Torah that are historical and of this world and other parts that are not or is he speaking of Abraham metaphorically?
Hi Zachary,
On one hand, the Torah is entirely written in the language of roots and branches, meaning it uses words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena. So none of it is literal. On the other hand, there is a law that the spiritual root must touch the corporeal branch at least once. Meaning although these are spiritual phenomena, they must have a corresponding corporeal branch in our world.
For example, Egypt represents the uncorrected egoistic desire while Israel represents the corrected desire, those are the roots. But in our world these things exist as branches as well. There is actually a physical place that is called Egypt and Israel. Still, despite all the above, the Torah is not a history book, not a single word of the Torah speaks about our world.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2014/10/the-deluge-and-other-natural-disasters/
https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
Albert @ KabU
I am enjoying my lessons on KB more than I could ever imagine. This is amazing! I wanted to ask one question.
If a person is non-Torah observant, are they able to attain the higher level without being obedient to the commands?
Thank you!
Hi Bonnie,
Kabbalists don’t look at the commandments as physical actions to be performed by our hands and feet, but rather as allegories to the internal process of correcting our desires. Whether a person is Jewish or not, Torah observant or not, everyone will need to undergo this internal correction. But whether a person also performs these actions externally is up to them.
Furthermore, we learn that correcting our desires means transforming them from being egoistic into being altruistic, from self love to love of others. This is why love your friend as yourself is the main commandment of the Torah which encompasses all of our work.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/02/mitzvot-commandments-the-correction-of-desires/
Albert @ KabU
Am i to restrain my ego. So for example if I am impatient am I to restrain this? When I do this I normally feel discomfort . Does this mean I’m on the correct path? if I feel pain by living in reception and also when not – how do I know where God lives?
Hi Andy,
The ego is our innate nature, all of our actions stem from it. Just like a PC cannot just reprogram itself to run as a Mac, we too cannot just change our own egoistic nature. We require outside help to make this change. This help comes to us from the light. The light is a special force that has the ability to change our nature. Our work essentially boils down to extracting more and more of the light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
As for finding God, coming into contact with the Creator works according to the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that to the extent that we become similar to Him, to His qualities of love and bestowal, to that extent we come in contact with Him and reveal Him 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: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
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