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Hi MsNandi Marie,
The 5 spiritual worlds are not place like we think, but rather levels of concealment. World (Olam in Hebrew) comes from the word Concealment (ha-alama). So the 5 worlds are 5 levels of concealment between us, the desire to receive, and the Creator the general force of love and bestowal. To the extent that we correct our own opposite, egoistic nature, for it to also operate in the direction of bestowal, to that extent we reveal these worlds, these higher qualities.
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
” As long as I, according to my egoistic nature, am external to it and am not compatible with it, I cannot feel it. When the point in the heart awakens in me, I begin to feel my oppositeness to the Creator, and then I can grow and increase “…
The above is a quote from Dr. Laitman. I understand now
Thank you for the link, Connie aka NandiMarie
Thank you Albert for that very concise explanation.
I watched Dr. Laitman and grasped the 5 basic principles of Kabbalah. The most interesting and easy to grasp was concerning the ego. Wow most of us are living very ego based lives and must reach a state that we unify with this force.
Also what I gathered is that most of us live for pleasure and hence are ego driven.
I guess one of my worries is going through this learning experience “alone”. I do wish to engage with the online community here, but I am currently a student at a graduate college that would be very against me engaging in this. I feel very isolated. And yes, one of my fears was that maybe this process would drive me “mad”, so I laughed out loud and appreciated when that was addressed. I feel ready for this experience in the sense that I’ve become so aware of my soul’s thirst that I must find water, but I hope to still drink the water with self-control so as not to drown myself. I long to stay in my right mind, without letting my mind wander into deep seas where I lose my footing or cannot anchor myself. I’m not sure if that makes much sense at all. I hope that we can do this “alone, together”. Thank you.
Hi Ashlyn,
We learn from the Kabbalists that “there is no coercion in spirituality.” So no one can force you to follow the spiritual path.
But if you do have the desire to follow this spiritual path, just try it out and you’ll see for yourself that there is nothing to worry about and nothing scary about what we do.
As for learning together virtually, there are plenty of opportunities for that as well, but this will be more relevant in the advanced semesters.
Albert @ KabU
Hi,
thank you for this wonderful teachings. As we ascend through the 125 degrees of separation to meet with the creator – how does one know which degree we are on? Like would we know we are on Degree 55?
thank you
Daniel
Hi Daniel,
We’re still in the preparation period prior to the spiritual ladder. But once we start to do real spiritual work, we can measure our progress in our attitude towards other points in the hearts. That I’ll feel how my attitude towards them changes, from complete indifference, all the way until I feel them as pieces of my soul. We’ll learn about this in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Thanks for this first lesson it’s very interesting and full of gems.
Are the books required to get or we can get them as we delve into the teachings in a later moment?
Tnanks
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