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Hey mrc,
If your asking from the perspective of Kabbalah, doing “good” would still be an action with the intention to receive which distances us from the Creator and this is considered “bad”. This is how Kabbalah defines good and evil. “In order to bestow” is good. “In order to receive” is considered evil.
Thanks,
Chris
My questions are as follows:
1. Why is it that the greatest Kabbalists of the past were all Jewish Rabbis. This gives the impression that somehow the Kabbalah is connected to Judaism . I also noted that most of the current Rabbis are holding the perception that one can’t delve into the Kabbalah before knowing the TORAH and for learning Kabbalah a person has to be ‘pure’ which is attained by strictly observing all the ‘Mitzvot’ in the Torah.
2. By my understanding, the Kabbalah is written in Aramaic, but if the Hebrew language is the basis of the creation, why it is not written in Hebrew ?
I hope that my questions do not sound stupid , I just would like to know how to respond to people close to me when they bring up the ‘reasoning’ in my first question ( first learn Torah then you can slowly start with Kabbalah).
Thanks 🙂Hi Varda,
Well Judaism did stem from the misuse or misunderstanding of Kabbalah so there’s this “backward” connection, but that’s it. The study of the wisdom had nothing to do with whether you are religiously a Jew or not, it just so happens that many of the books were written in Hebrew and these texts were typically available to those who understood the language or were around those books by chance even. So here when you mention words like “Torah” and “Mitzvot” you’ll need to redefine them according to the wisdom of Kabbalah and not the Jewish religion which would refer to the light that corrects us and the inner actions that draw that light.
The books of Zohar was written in Aramaic. Aramaic and Hebrew are connected and Aramaic is considered the “back side” of the language. Our teacher explains that Hebrew is the language of “lights” whereas Aramaic is the language of the vessels. I found a post where Rav Laitman writes exactly of this so maybe you’ll like to delve into it more if you’re interested.
Thanks!
Chris
Can i please have the source quote of Baal HaSulam saying “one has to become secular” to understand attainment. (Apologies if i worded it wrong).
thanks.
Hey Brad,
I’m not sure what quote you’re referring to exactly, sounds like it’s kind of a mix of some things. BHS refers to the “secular” to those who live according to the quality of reception and “religious” as those according to the quality of bestowal. Maybe you’re referring to “secular” which would refer to faith “within reason” and “religious” referring to “above reason”. Not exactly sure, but with those two additions there you might be able to answer your own question. Let me know, thanks!
Hey mrc,
That’s a pretty complex question, but the goal should always be to attain Lishma. The goal however is only clear once you discover you’re working in Lo Lishma. However then you could ask, then we should aim for Lo Lishma? There’s a lot to discern here but for now, as much as we can understand what Lishma is, we should aim for that which will not be in the direction of “potion of death”.
Chris
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