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Is the 613 laws of love or laws of bestowal the same as the 613 Commandments (Mitzvot), where the 10 Commandments taught in Christianity is also derived from?
Hi Dulce,
I’m not an expert in Christianity, so I cannot comment on what they teach there.
As for the 613 laws, they are the same as the 613 commandments. There are 613 desires that we need to correct. Corresponding to each desire, there is a law or commandment. 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
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Sometimes when I am in nature, hiking or walking and noticing the environment. I get a great sense of connection and peace. Would you say this is a beginning of being one with the creator?Hi Yvette,
Being one with the Creator works according to the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that to the extent that we’re similar to Him, to His qualities of love and bestowal, to that extent we connect to Him and become one with Him. Practicing these qualities of love and bestowal requires other people. So although there is truly something special about being in the nature of this world, true connection with the Creator comes through our connection with other people. We’ll learn how to do this in practice in the more advanced lessons.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
When I’m trying to be closer to the Creator, should I try to understand the intentions behind “bad” actions like when people hurt others emotionally or physically, or focus only on the intentions behind “good” actions such as people showing kindness and support to one another?
Hi György,
The focus is on ascribing all the actions, good and bad, to the Creator. This is called that “there is none else besides Him” behind all of reality. But this is our inner work.
Externally we continue to operate in the normal way. So if you are sick, you should still go to the doctor, if someone is hurting you, you should still stop them, call the police, sue them, etc. Whatever is the normal way of dealing with all these things externally, we continue to do so.
We’ll learn how to work with these things practically in the upcoming lessons. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/12/there-is-none-else-besides-him/
Albert @ KabU
I understand what you are referring to in terms of spiritual desires that we will only possess in the causal/spiritual world and are not related to the desires we have in the manifested/physical world.
I just can’t believe that such a specific number such as 613 would randomly be both the number of spiritual desires and the number of Mosaic laws.
There must be some relation.
Hi Ben,
There are 613 desires that we need to correct. Corresponding to each desire, there is a law or commandment. 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/
Keep in mind that these 613 desires that we are learning about are spiritual desires, meaning desires that we don’t yet have. This is similar to how a single cell in a body only has some basic desires. But when that cell is part of a greater body, it reveals there higher desires which are impossible for the individual cell to have: desires for money, honor, power, etc. Same with us, until we integrate with the general body of Adam HaRishon, we don’t reveal or understand these 613 spiritual desires. We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced lessons.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/12/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-613-desires/
Albert @ KabU
So I keep hearing in the lessons that everyone doesn’t have a soul, but it can be cultivated. But many people don’t have the point in the heart when they pass away. They are content in this life, and you say that is ok. They come back in another life to continue their progress of correction. However, you also say that we all have a spiritual counterpart, since this world is just a reflection of internal states, and so by this definition the soul is not the thing that perpetuates the individual person, so what exactly is a soul and how does that differ from the soul of Adam HaRishon?
Hi Sean,
There are different levels to this thing called a soul. In the beginning, we all have an animalistic soul, meaning a certain force that enlivens our animalistic body, similar to any other animal. But the human level of the soul is not something we have by default, but rather something that we acquire by correcting our egoistic nature. In other words, each one of us has a human soul in potential which we call the point in the heart. If we correct that point, out of it, we can build the full level of the soul. If not, that same potential continues to reincarnate again and again until it gets corrected.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/06/what-happens-to-the-soul-after-death/
Albert @ KabU
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