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One of the difficulties that I am having is semantic. There is much use of words such as “good” “sin” “commandments”, which makes me feel that there is a set, static understanding of the will of the Creator or Upper World. There seems to be a simplistic overlay called altruism which is defined by worldly or egoistic standards. I realize that the Kabbalist Sages use phraseology that can be unfamiliar, if not archaic, but my difficulties seem to be that many words connote conceptual authority or dogmatism while claiming none! It is my hope that this will be cleared up when we get into the actual practice of alignment or correction, but it haunts me. Thank you.
Hi Aleta,
Yes, these things will get cleared up throughout the courses. Let me know if you want a specific definition clarified now.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Aleta,
There are 613 desires that we need to correct. Corresponding to each desire, there is a commandment (mitzvah in Hebrew). These are the INTERNAL processes by which we correct that specific desire. In other words, Kabbalists don’t look at the 613 commandments as physical actions to be performed by our hands and feet, but rather as allegories to the internal process of correcting our desires.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/02/mitzvot-commandments-the-correction-of-desires/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Rita,
There are 620 spiritual desires in total. 248 of them are corrected towards bestowing in order to bestow, 365 desires of receiving in order to bestow, and 7 additional desires that are corrected only in the final correction.
So the numbers 613 and 620 are connected. Depending on the context, sometimes Kabbalists include those additional 7 desires and sometimes they omit them.
Albert @ KabU
How can we have free will in double & single concealment while everything that happens for us is predetermined?
Hi Manzi,
The concealment is exactly what gives us a sense of freedom, because in the states of concealment we don’t feel that everything is predetermined.
And if we don’t feel everything as predetermined, if we have not yet attained revelation and saw this for ourselves, then we cannot use that information as some maxim by which we limit ourselves.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/10/if-i-am-not-for-myself-then-no-one-will-help-me/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Lucy,
Yes, but keep in mind that Kabbalists don’t look at the 613 mitzvot as physical actions to be performed by our hands and feet, but rather as allegories to the internal process of correcting our desires.
The desire to receive is divided into 613 desires. We need to correct all 613 parts. Corresponding to each desire, there is a mitzvah (commandment). These are the INTERNAL processes by which we correct that specific desire.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/02/mitzvot-commandments-the-correction-of-desires/
Albert @ KabU
While meditating this week, I keep seeing a shape . When I finally was able to find the shape, it said it was called Metatron’s Cube. When I googled Metatron, it brings up Kabbalah and the Zohar. Can you help me understand why I keep getting presented with this figure. Is it connected to the tree of life? Any info would be helpful.
Thank you,
Tiffany
Hi Tiffany,
The images we see in our dreams and meditations stem from our current egoistic nature. As such, Kabbalah does not deal with deciphering these things. Kabbalah only deals with helping us come out of our egoistic nature, into the nature of pure love and bestowal.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/02/we-cannot-live-without-sleep/
Albert @ KabU
Is a human with a point in their heart already at the bottom of the spiritual ladder? Does the spiritual ladder only begin when you attain the first spiritual world? Are they the same thing?
Thank you!
Hi Pradeep,
You can say that a person with a point in the heart is at the bottom of the spiritual ladder. Once the point in the heart awakens, a person at least starts to understand that there is such a thing as spirituality, and that they are lacking it. That is already a huge revelation.
Whereas the rest of the people don’t feel that they are lacking spirituality. The rest of the people are simply living out their lives on the animate level of desires, completely disconnected from the spiritual ladder.
Albert @ KabU
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