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I feel as though I’ve begun to understand the Thought of Creation in increments. But is understanding the Thought of Creation different from actually attaining it? Can this attainment occur in degrees, and is there a way to recognize when we’re approaching it? I’m curious about experiencing the intention behind everything we perceive, rather than simply understanding it conceptually. Not trying to ask too much, so feel free to pick just one of these questions if that seems to make the most sense. Thank you. 🙏🫶🙏
Hi Michael,
Yes, there is a difference between understanding the thought of creation and attaining it. The difference is that when we attain it, we become similar to the Creator, to His pure qualities of love and bestowal, and as a result of that we reveal Him in practice in our lives.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/04/when-all-doubts-will-dissipate/
And yes, it does happen in degrees, 125 degrees of us gradually becoming more and more similar to Him.
Keep in mind that we’re still in the preparation period prior to this spiritual ladder of 125 degrees. 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
When Tony talks about the seeing the thought and intent of the craftsman in all that comes before us, I assume he means the situations and circumstances in our lives that affect our internal states, rather than physical creations in nature?
Hi Chris,
Yes, you can say that. Keep in mind that the Creator, the craftsman behind all of life, is operating through the nature of bestowal, while we look at everything through the lens of our egoistic nature. As such, it’s impossible for us to understand Him. We’re simply operating on two different frequencies. But if we correct our egoistic nature and acquire the nature of bestowal, then we’ll become like Him and understand the reason why He created everything the way it is.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/09/learn-the-creators-language/
Albert @ KabU
After getting a sense of deja vu, I just wanted to check that the section of recommended reading for this week in Kabbalah Revealed is the same as week 2 (pages 100-118)? It fits both weeks, but felt it best to make sure.
I do not understand this at all.
Quote:
“Anyone who delves into the heart of things will certainly be surprised at
how one can achieve complete equivalence of form, so all one’s actions are to
give to others, while man’s very essence is only to receive for oneself. By nature,
we are unable to do even the smallest thing to benefit others. Instead, when
we give to others, we are compelled to expect that in the end, we will receive a
worthwhile reward. If one as much as doubts the reward, one will refrain from
acting. Thus, how can one’s every action be only to bestow upon others and not
at all for oneself?
Indeed, I admit that this is a very difficult thing. One cannot change the
nature of one’s own creation, which is only to receive for oneself, much less
invert one’s nature from one extreme to the other, meaning to not receive
anything for oneself, but rather act only to bestow.
Yet, this is why the Creator gave us Torah and Mitzvot, which we were
commanded to do only in order to bestow contentment upon the Creator. Had
it not been for the engagement in Torah and Mitzvot Lishma (for Her Name), to
bring contentment to the Creator with them, and not to benefit ourselves, there
would have been no tactic in the world that could help us invert our nature.”Bestowing contentment only to the Creator. What does that mean? Or fellow humans? What does it mean to act only to benefit others?
Why are we created only to revive, and then have to correct it? Is correction our intent? The Intent to have the equivalence of form with the Creator? To be altruistic, kind, and loving?
So the way I see it is that reaching the equivalence of form in daily life means seeing others as part of me, not separate. The simplest way I can do that is to smile at strangers and look them in the eye, not avoiding to “see” them.
To send good wishes to friends and family, even when I am not with them.
To catch myself if I am judging someone, and instead send love towards them.
Appreciate any clarifications.
Thank you! 🙏💖
Hi Tiiu,
We were created opposite to the Creator, in the qualities of reception, in order for us to have a certain sense of freedom in this process. If not for that, we would be no different than machines, or robots, that were programmed to act a certain way and they just carry out this inner script. Instead, we were programmed one way, and we rise above this inner programming, become independent of it, and then develop our own desire to advance towards the goal.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/01/from-perfection-to-perfection/
The Creator is the pure quality of love and bestowal. As such, He does not lack anything. Meaning He does not need us to bestow anything to Him. The only ones benefiting from this whole process is us.
Although we sometimes use the words that we perform a certain action in order to bestow to the Creator or to bring Him contentment, but in truth it’s just a game to help us to develop. Just like with kids, when we spoon feed them, they see the example from us and want to pick up a spoon and feed us back. Do we really need them to feed us? Of course not. But we still accept this from them, smile, show them how happy they made us by feeding us etc, since we know that through this game, they grow and develop. So ultimately the Creator is not lacking anything. And all of our attempts to bestow to Him are nothing more than a type of game for our own development.
Furthermore, the Creator is concealed. So we cannot even play this type of game directly with Him. Instead we need to use what is revealed, which are other people. Meaning that if we want to “bestow” to Him in practice, we do so by bestowing to other people. This is called going “from the love of the created beings, to the love of the Creator”.
Keep in mind that we practice this type of spiritual work primarily in the Kabbalah group. The Kabbalah group is like a lab where we practice manifesting the Creator’s qualities of love and bestowal. In the group we build a strong connection with other points in the heart that are together with us on the spiritual path. This becomes like a nucleus. Once we build that nucleus, we will be able to add to it wider and wider circles of the world, until we’ll come to 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 the world. Meaning that until then, with the rest of the world, just act normal.
In the advanced semester everyone will receive their own virtual Kabbalah group and learn how to do these things in practice. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2024/01/communicate-directly-with-the-creator/
Albert @ KabU
If something sad and unwanted happens, is that too part of “how everything exists so we could learn how to bond with the Creator?” Can you offer some examples from everyday life about how to perceive the thought of creation in things like a fight with a friend, problems at work, watching someone in pain etc? I appreciate your time. Thanks!
Hi Mona,
We learn from the Kabbalists that every single moment comes to us directly from the Creator, this is called “there is none else besides Him”. Furthermore, they also say that He is the “good that does good”. Meaning that every moment He is sending us nothing but goodness. But why then don’t we see this in our world? Why do we see so much suffering and problems in the world?
This is because our world is governed by our egoistic nature. This egoistic nature is opposite to the Creator’s nature. Because of that, it inverts the Creator’s goodness into something bad. It’s just like multiplying numbers: a positive times a negative equals negative.
So as long as we remain within this egoistic nature, we will continue to see and feel more suffering and bad things in the world. But if we correct our nature to be similar to the Creator’s nature, then we will reveal the true reality in which only goodness exists, and our previous egoistic state would appear as nothing more than a dream.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/
As for practically how we do this in our day to day life, externally we need to take care of all the problems in the usual way. If I’m sick, I go to the doctor, if someone wants to cause me harm, I turn to the police, etc.
But internally, we try to see how it’s all coming from a single benevolent force, and how these situations are an invitation from Him for us to correct ourselves through the Kabbalistic studies.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/10/dont-ask-for-the-death-to-the-wicked/
Albert @ KabU
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