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Hi Albert, I just saw you answered a lot of this in a previous threat in that we are never going backwards, and are not in multiple stages at the same time (I just cannot edit my question anymore). So, basically, most is answered already, I am just wondering what this stage of feeling like being drawn back and forth, of sensing the creator and then being pushed back into darkness, of sensing and then losing the sensation of „love thy neighbour as thyself“ on various levels refers to. Is this correction? And then the other question about how correction works on us and the whole remains for me. How often do we have to go through a correction to make it last in us and around us?
Hi Verena,
1. Spiritual advancement happens specifically from the ups AND downs. It’s just like the EKG chart that measures the heart. If there are ups and downs, the heart is beating, the body is alive. If it flatlines, the body dies.
Likewise in our spiritual work, our advancement is composed of many of ups and downs. But if we’re in the same state for a long period of time, then we stop advancing and are spiritually dead.
2. The corrections always remain. What happens after each correction is a new egoistic level is revealed, and then we start working on correcting that new level.
Keep in mind the emergence of a new level of egoism and experiencing those down states is a sign of spiritual advancement. So we should relate to these things positively. It’s just like when a child completes a puzzle, we are happy and reward him with a more challenging puzzle, so he can keep growing and developing.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2019/08/spiritual-sine-wave/
Albert @ KabU
Hi, are we passing through the stages of development one after the next, or are we going back and forth, or even experience different stages of spiritual development at the same time depending on our environment or inner states? Like a child sometimes goes through different phases of development step by step (like from turning over, to sit, to crawl, to stand, to walk) versus sometimes seems to be at different stages of maturity at the same time (like a child can be really immature in kindergarden, but reasonable when being with an older sibling or suddenly seeming to mature when being placed in a school environment)? I understand that as we start to grow our point in the heart and start to work on correcting our ego, we might just sometimes loose track, stumble back, and feel surrounded by darkness, and then there is a new revelation coming up. And sometimes it may seem clear and light to „love thy neighbour as thyself“ and then again it seems that doubts are closing this up… is this referring to a specific stage of development, or is it that we are just dropping down to an early stage then? And the same with „corrections“… if you have corrected a specific state / egoistic trait… do you have to go through it multiple times before it lasts? I once read to correct a specific human behaviour you may need up to a 1000 times of practice… (depending on what you want to correct, of course, and on how high the resistance is)… but how lasting are corrections? And actually, do they have to be lasting or is it like lighting a match, that lights a piece of wood, that lights a fire…?
Kabbalah is enriching the quality of my spiritual life so very much. I am going beyond some boundaries; but the ways makes so much sense. Faith over Reason: The Wisdom is drawing me. Thank you for teaching the teacher. I have been teaching faith and practice for many years. This is taking me deeper— where I have always known I would be going—requiring adjustment and correction.
What are the Hebrew root words ofcontentment, receive, and to bestow. I seem to know what to receive means but is there more to these words used in kabbalah and do they translate to english directly?
Thanks
Hi Robert,
Here are the words in Hebrew, the transliteration, the main translation of the word and some alternatives:
Reception / acceptance = kabbalah = קבלה
Bestowal / influence = hashpa-a = השפעה
Contentment / pleasure = nakhat ruakh = נחת רוח
If there are any important Hebrew words you should know, we’ll learn them together throughout the courses.
Albert @ KabU
On the human level before the speaking level, the humans are dependent on each other for their life. Even though the can move freely and can mate anytime etc they are controlled by the money they get or have to work for money that society created and other people make war and destroy life or give a child to make a life etc but they still depend on each other on the existence of their life?
Hi Robert,
Yes, you can say that.
We’re all part of a single system, like cells within a single body. So of course we’re dependent on each other. The only difference between us and the other levels of nature is that the other levels naturally feel this connection, whereas for us, our ego hides this connection. As a result, we don’t take that connection into account, and each one becomes like a cancerous cell in our common body.
By studying Kabbalah, we can correct the ego and properly integrate into that body, until we come to feel spiritual life between us.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
Albert @ KabU
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