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I am new and I translate English. 1) I want to start Kabbalah from scratch. Where should I start? 2) What does the Kabbalah tree and its underground means mean?
Hi Nasrin,
A good way to start your studies in Kabbalah is by taking our course Kabbalah Revealed 1, https://kabuconnect.com/courses/kabbalah-revealed-part-1/. The course is in English though.
Best,
Michelle
Hello! I am wondering what should be the right attitude when facing with situations where you have to stand for yourself and defend your rights in this World. Is this also considered to be egoistic?
Hi Alexandra,
We exist in a reality we didn’t choose to be born into. The laws of nature which govern everything from how atoms bond with one another to what governmental leaders are chosen–all exist in this same “bubble”. Human beings, particularly in these later generations are more disconnected from this awareness and therefore we see a world that seemingly ruled by human intervention when certainly this is not the case. Our eyes see multiple forces and not one single force that governs all of reality.
Referring to your question, it sounds like it’s coming from a place where the source of a problem originates in a place other than that single governing force. According to Kabbalah, the approach is always from this perspective that any corruption in our world stems only from our disconnected perception of this single force, which then also points to the only solution–a remedied perception. Therefore, a kind of “forceful” change to the all kinds of “governing bodies” in our world–positions in office and lawmakers etc., is similar to cutting our a cancer without identifying the root cause and treating that instead.
Kabbalah teaches us that this approach is futile since anything that occurs in our world is a reflection of what is occurring in the upper worlds–the causal world, the world of forces. If we want to see a change in this world, we go to the root and change it from there. In this case, that would be the correcting the only corruption which is our disconnection of our sensation of the upper force which is the only reason we feel all kinds of pressures in this world, to push us to that understanding and make the correction at the root level.
So to answer your question, you could say it’s “egoistic” since with this approach we’re only concerned about making life in this world better as opposed to actually taking notice to what nature wants from us by giving us these pressures in the first place, but it might be more accurate to say that attitude or approach is “outdated”–meaning, that’s how our world progressed and developed egoistically, but now that the world is closer than ever to the recognition of the true evil, our egoistic nature, everything that’s happening is only in order to bring us to that awareness which means we need to act in the place nature wants us to act, in correcting our attitude towards one another and towards the upper force and not in the way we’ve been reacting until now.
Hope that helps!
Chris
Hello,
Can i ask how a bigger ego helps with your spiritual growth? And how is this in line with being humble? (For example in Micah 6:8)
Classic question, Anna.
Yes. Well, when we’re referring to a “bigger ego” it could mean a few things. It could be referring to the fact that the point in the heart is awakened because this is the start of the biggest desire. Sure, a person can have food, sex/family, shelter, money, power and knowledge all filled up, but if they still feel like they’re missing something–this indicates that the ego wants even more–the spiritual world.
It could also be referring to a more advanced stage where each spiritual degree reveals greater uncorrected desire. The battle to want to use this for our own sake is always present and these great desires are nothing compared to the desires we feel in corporeality.
Being humble might be interpreted as needing to “shrink” the desire so I “want less”, “eat less” etc., but developing our inner, spiritual reality requires us to expand and work above what is revealed to us–meaning to use what’s revealed with a completely different intention. Greater desire requires a greater Masach or “screen” to keep us from using the intention in order to receive.
Being humble most likely is referring to not being proud in front of the Creator–not to think that I can do something alone–without the Creator’s help, or that He and “some other force” exists in the world. It could also refer to lowering oneself, meaning to acquire greatness of the Creator instead of greatness of myself.
Thanks!
Second question
I know that circumcision is talking about cutting off our egoistic desires. The heart, why does Ezekiel 44:9 say Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in FLESH shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
Why also the flesh? If that is just a tradition, it seems to be saying that the flesh is mandatory. Sorry for beating this in the head…😂
Im seeing now on kabbalah media that Bassar (flesh) is talking about Bahina dalet and desires ? Flesh, bones, skin etc…
Typically voting is something a person does to contribute to some change in society but as you know, Kabbalists understand that the only change comes in correcting how we connect and relate to one another–that’s one way of looking at it. Another way of looking at it is participating with society, doing the same as the nation–if the nation decided on an action then you, as part of that nation, would want to go along with the general.
“Choosing leaders” like you said is part of that, sure. No doubt there are different outcomes for different voting results and if you are inclined to believe one “leader” would have a greater influence on the unity of the nation, maybe this is how you should approach it.
Choosing leaders for the nation of “Israel” is not exactly relevant at the moment. One, because the nation of Israel is referring to those with a point in the heart, and two because this “nation” has not been established yet.
Hope that helps!
Chris
In the writings of Rabash and Baal HaSulam it says one progresses when engaging in Torah and Mitzvot, my question is how do you perform mitzvot if they are referencing the Jewish mitzvah like marriage, wearing tzitzit tefifilin etc?
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