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1. “A corrected Kli is a desire used with altruistic intentions.” This quote was lifted from one of the recommended texts for week 2. My question is: How is true altruism measured? We often understand altruism as “doing” for others. But I can do things for others from an utterly selfish intention. The more I think about, the more it seems that true altruism is not attainable by human nature (the will to receive).
2. Pg 27 “Attaining the Worlds Beyond”: …all worlds and all created beings except for the Creator, are a single Malchut entity, meaning the root or the original Source of all beings. Malchut eventually fragments into many small parts of itself. The total of the constituent parts of Malchut is known as “Shechina.” (end of quote)
Can you explain this paragraph.
Is Malchut the same as Adam ha Rishon?
Is Malchut referred to as the “root /original Source of all beings?
I always thought that Shechina or Shekhina meant the presence of God/the Creator. Is Shechina as is used in this paragraph the same as the way it is used in parts of the Bible as representing the presence of YHWH?
Stephanie,
1. We are a desire to receive, that is the matter that the Creator created. That will not change. What will change is how we use it. We go through corrections that change us from receiving in order to receive to receiving in order to bestow.2. Many processes happen before a baby is born into the world, processes happen between the parents, and there there are many processes and time, and then inside the mother, and only when the child is born into this world can it do and become. So from the phases of root, one, two, three … these are all processes that proceed phase four, malchut which is our reality, all the universe, etc…
Before there was the vegetative degree, there was only the inanimate degree. Before there was the animal degree there was the vegetative degree. Adam HaRishon is the first one to move from the animal degree to the spiritual degree.Here is a blog post from our teacher, the kabbalist Rav Laitman regarding the Shechina.
https://laitman.com/2022/03/to-raise-shechina-from-the-dust/#gsc.tab=0
Seth@KabU
“feel as if we were suspended in air, without any
support, since the Creator is concealed from our perception.
Without seeing, feeling, hearing, or receiving some sensory
input, we would be engaged in a one-way effort, screaming
into empty space.”The above quotation from Attaining the Worlds Beyond summarizes my inner state quite well.
The language of Kabbalah is currently a stumbling block; however, when it is broken down, of course, I understand it and in many cases, experienced it a good number of times over. (I’m not young). I’ve been seeking Truth for at least 30 years. It has taken me in and out of doors all my life. Even though I am not in a group of 10, (of which I strongly desire) I understand (in layman’s language) Kabbalah on a basic level. I suppose there is no other way other than to study vocabulary words to understand the language of Kabbalah. It’s interesting, when I read the lesson, I understand it clearly. When I am quizzed, eh, not so good. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can excel in my studies? My yearning is almost jumping out of my chest! Thank you for reading and for your concern.
Matanah,
Make a glossary. I have at least two dozen or more notebooks from my time in Kabbalah.
Start with one of you don’t have and make a glossary. Write there words that come up and their definitions. You can go back later and update the definitions if you understand things differently.After these fundamental
courses you will have the opportunity to join a 10.
Take each lesson each week and write a short article about it or film yourself doing a 2-5 minute talk about what you learned. Try to present the material in as simple a language as possible. It will help you digest the material a lot.
Seth@KabU
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