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Does the concept of reincarnation go along with the teachings of Kabbalah ?
If we cannot fulfill our mission in this lifetime are we coming back? If the answer is yes are we going to have to solve the same piece of puzzle or we’re getting a new task?
Hi Adi,
The purpose of Creation is to reach complete adhesion with the Creator. This purpose is shared by everyone. Meaning that every single person will need to reach it.
Adhering to Him means adhering to His qualities of pure love and bestowal. We do so by correcting our opposite egoistic nature. If we don’t finish this correction in this lifetime, then we’ll continue it in the next one.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2019/04/the-purpose-of-creation/
https://laitman.com/2015/06/what-happens-to-the-soul-after-death/
Albert @ KabU
I was intrigued by the seeming parallels with the 613 mitzvot from the Torah and the descent and fragmentation from Adam HaRishon into those 613 parts. I am curious as to whether or not there is a significance (as I know there always is with gematria) connecting the two scenarios with the fragmentation and the mitzvot. Also, if there are sections that are not necessarily attainable, like there are certain mitzvot that can only be done by certain people, in certain places (like only in Israel), etc. Or, are the “pieces” that are sought to be brought back together more representational, and not necessarily actual “goals”, for lack of a better word.
I hope this made sense in how I worded this question. I understand a lot more will be revealed as we progress, but I was curious about this nonetheless.
Hi Aeryck,
The numbers all have their own significance. When a person attains spirituality, he begins to research it, and discovers all these numbers from his research. But what exactly is he researching, what is spirituality?
Essentially we’re always talking about a desire. Our current reality is based on our current nature, the desire to receive. Spirituality on the other hand operates according to a different desire, that of pure bestowal. The different numbers are just a different way to divide up that spiritual desire. This desire can be divided into 613 parts, or 620 parts, or 600,000 pieces, or 125 degrees, or even 10 sefirot.
It’s just like how we can study a person based on his behavior, or based on his anatomy, or based on his external appearance, or his internal chemistry. Ultimately we’re studying the same person, but from different angles. Same with these different divisions, they are all talking about the same spiritual desire but from different angles or a different scale.
So if we are describing the desire as 613 parts, then we’re talking about the number of corrections that need to be placed over the desire. This number is further divided into 248 desires of bestowing in order to bestow and 365 desires that operate on receiving in order to bestow. We’ll learn about this in detail in the more advanced lessons on KabU that deal with the structure of the upper worlds.
Regarding the 600,000 pieces of Adam HaRishon, this is less of a quantitative number and more of a qualitative number. It represents the strength of the spiritual desire after it’s been fully corrected.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman to see how this number is derived: https://laitman.com/2010/09/love-and-hatred-of-600000-souls/
Albert @ KabU
I was pretty lost reading the chapter in the Kabbalah for the Student this time. I’m not sure where even to begin. Is it a matter of reading it over and over again over time?
In addition. I have studied A Course in Miracles before and I see many parallels, I feel like that Course is one introduction to Kabbalah, but it is not reveal this way in the mainstream. Has anyone from KabU ever heard something similar? It almost feels like ACIM was a small doorway and if you get it, you come to Kabbalah…
thank you
Hi Jade,
1. Kabbalah for the Student is composed of source materials from Baal HaSulam and Rabash. These materials will accompany us throughout our entire spiritual development. As we grow and develop, we will reread those materials and they will appear as something completely new to us.
So it’s okay that you didn’t understand it now. You can try reading that article again in a week or a month and see how your impression of the article changes over time as you change and develop spiritually.
Also, in the more advanced semesters, we’ll study those articles in depth together.
2. I used to think something similar when I first came to Kabbalah. But if you actually offer Kabbalah to people who went through such courses or other similar methods, you’ll see that very few will actually be drawn to it. Ultimately, the main reason why Kabbalah resonates with a person is the point in the heart. If a person has an active point in the heart, they will be drawn to study Kabbalah, if not, then it does not matter what they have read or experienced in life, they naturally wont find anything special about it.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/11/only-people-with-the-point-in-the-heart-can-feel-that-kabbalah-is-the-salvation/
Albert @ KabU
In my experience the Path of suffering leads me to the Path of light. Because allways after painfull situations i can see the light behind the suffering. So does it have to be two separeted paths and why not conected or related? Suffering leading to awareness therefore leading to light? Thank you
Hi Daniela,
Yes, you can say that ultimately it’s just one path. This is because we don’t really advance on the path of suffering.
It’s like a child that refuses to go to school, so the parents put more and more pressures on him until he agrees to go. But pressuring and punishing a child is not the same as educating him. So after all of the pressures and punishments they put on him, he will still have to go to school and get his education.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2011/01/lets-go-with-the-light/
https://laitman.com/2015/05/we-wont-follow-the-path-of-suffering-forever/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Alina,
It’s under the “recommended reading” section under week 3.
Here’s a link: https://kabuconnect.com/lessons/recommend-reading-3/
Albert @ KabU
We learned that the soul of Adam Ha Rishon scattered first in 600,000 pieces and later in 8 billion pieces. Our task is to bring our individual piece back to the Light. Is the piece that we have to bring back a unique piece of the puzzle? In other words, do we all have a unique individual purpose in life? And if so, how do we know what that is?
I recently lost my job as a PE-teacher for juvenile delinquents. I loved my job, but unfortunately it came to an end. In the past I also did some development projects in Southern Africa, West Africa and India. Those kind of jobs always gave me a lot of fulfillment, but it were always short term contracts and didn’t pay a whole lot. Later I became an entrepreneur for about 10 years, and although it was financially a successful time of my life, it never gave me the fulfillment of the other jobs.
Now I am very thankful that due to the unemployment situation I am in right now, I am able to spend a lot of time studying the wisdom of Kabbalah. Has our work/profession anything to do with our purpose in life, or is it just a means to get through our time in this world? I am trying to figure out if I should find my purpose in life first before looking for another job, or just go with whatever job is available? Financially I am not in a hurry, and my kids are happy that I am home more often.
Hi Mark,
We all have a unique piece and every single one will need to reconnect their piece back into the general system. But this is not individualistic work, rather it’s mutual work with other points in the heart.
We first start this work in a small Kabbalistic group of ten. The ten is like a nucleus upon which we build all of our work. Once we build that nucleus, we will be able to add to it wider and wider circles until we include the whole world in that connection. But this is gradual work. And until we build that nucleus, we have nothing with which to do any spiritual work towards anyone outside of the ten.
So in the meantime, outside of the ten, we should just act normal towards everyone. Not to make a righteous out of ourselves and also not to deliberately cause any harm, but just act normal.
As for choosing a profession for yourself, Kabbalists have traditionally leaned towards simple jobs or manual labor, since this freed up their minds to think about spirituality while they are working. But it’s not mandatory. As long as it’s within the boundaries of the law and not harming others, each one is free to choose whatever profession they feel is best for them and their family.
As for the connection between spirituality and our profession, once we start to do spiritual work in a group of ten, we’ll see how our everyday life adds resistance to that work, which is good. This is similar to how a bodybuilder needs more resistance in order to have greater muscle gains. Likewise, we need the resistance from our everyday life in order to reach greater spiritual levels. We’ll learn more about these things in the advanced semesters.
Albert @ KabU
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