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[Gil]

Ask any question and get an answer from a KabU instructor! (for tech questions see “Tech Support” Section)

[mrc s]

If we correct ourselves we correct the world, if we correct the world we correct ourselves?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey mrc,

Well, correcting ourselves is correcting the world, but the correction is always only done in ourselves.

[mrc s]

Is stage three a desire to receive by giving or desire to give by receiving, thx

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey mrc,

It’s a little of both, correct.

[mrc s]

Is the desire to give and to receive two sides like of the same coin or two different things? thx

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey mrc,

Kabbalists tell us there is one true reality, the reality of the Creator, yet there is the perception of this reality and the perception of reality where that perception is hidden–so essentially yes, two sides of the same, one, reality.

Chris

[mrc s]

If there is none besides him, then the Creator suffers too as the Creation sometimes suffers?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey mrc,

Kabbalists tell us there is a kind of “suffering” from the side of the Creator, but it’s just how we perceive it. It’s like “bringing contentment to Him” which is just how the created being perceives the Creator receiving pleasure–the created being cannot say anything about the Creator since our perception is only how we perceive it and not of the Creator’s essence.

Thanks!

[mrc s]

There is none besides him, is it meaning that me , others, the table the chair etc are the Creator?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey mrc,

Correct, nothing in reality except for the Creator and how He expresses Himself to creation.

 

[Jarrett Twaddle]

In the 10, are we meant to be representing, or “passing around” the role of the sefirot for the friends?
Also, if I may, as a father I find myself playing “good cop, bad cop” with my wife, as unpleasant as it might be at times; are we meant to play “devil’s advocate,” as it were, in the 10 so that we’re constantly challenging one another, even if we agree with the fundamental direction the 10 is going in? If not, how else do we sharpen our intention… if that’s the purpose?

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey Jarrett,

About the Sefirot, this is something that happens but it’s not up to us. This is certainly how the Creator plays and develops us but it’s not like we are choosing certain roles–we accept the state we are given and from there figure out how to turn it into something beneficial for the ten.

Regarding your second question, I wouldn’t say this is the correct approach. Regardless, we all have our own qualities (relating to your first question) and this is enough coarseness needed in order to build upon that a strong connection. If the ten is unable to find “atop what” in order to connect, this means they haven’t come close enough together yet. Possibly, in the beginning, while still trying to feel out everyone this strategy might come out but it should be as a means over coming closer and not some means of artificially creating distance. The tendency 100 percent of the time should always be towards greater connection and we should never be looking for distance/ego/hatred.

Hope that helps, thanks!

Chris

[Jarrett Twaddle]

Thank you, Chris.

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