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- May 17, 2024 at 8:14 am EDT #372680mrc sParticipant
Is the world mathematically precise and rationally reasonable?
- May 17, 2024 at 11:10 am EDT #372692Chris – KabU InstructorModerator
Mathematics are a kind of “descriptor” of what’s going on in our physical reality. It’s another language to describe what’s going on–a set of certain laws that exist.
- May 17, 2024 at 6:37 am EDT #372676JoelParticipant
Question about “causes” in first video:
Are causes considered part of karma? Does DÂ Kabbalah believe we answer to Karma?
- May 17, 2024 at 11:06 am EDT #372691Chris – KabU InstructorModerator
Hey Joel, regarding Karma….Kabbalah does not subscribe to the concept of “karma” as understood in other faiths/methods/religions. Instead, it explains that each person can influence their fate not through karmic actions but by correcting our nature to align with the program of nature. Kabbalah teaches that our actions within the framework of spiritual development, especially those aimed at unity, can positively or negatively influence our lives. If we align ourselves with the unifying force of nature, we experience positive influences; if not, it’s the opposite.
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- May 17, 2024 at 6:54 am EDT #372677JoelParticipant
I am going back to first preparatory video which talks about everything we see has a spiritual cause. Does things like the war in Israel that is going on now have a spiritual cause that we cannot see? Like I said before there are a lot of new concepts I am trying to understand so I hope my questions are okay.
- May 17, 2024 at 10:58 am EDT #372690Chris – KabU InstructorModerator
Hey Joel,
Great questions, no worries.
Everything that happens in the physical world is a manifestation of spiritual forces. This includes wars and conflicts which are viewed as outcomes stemming from spiritual root causes. When people and nations do not correct themselves spiritually, it manifests as physical conflicts.
Chris
- May 16, 2024 at 11:47 pm EDT #372661mrc sParticipant
Does the creator the fundamental reality that underlies/behind the worlds or G-d is all?
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- May 17, 2024 at 10:55 am EDT #372689Chris – KabU InstructorModerator
Hey mrc, I’m not grasping the question here. Can you rephrase?
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- May 16, 2024 at 6:43 pm EDT #372646JoelParticipant
I am just starting to view the preparatory videos. I like what I here and see so far. I know since I am at the beginning with you I come up with questions. Does Kabbalah teachings consider animals to have souls. One of the first videos says that humans do not have a soul and they only have a spark and will have a soul as they progress spiritually. I may not have it totally correct yet but that is my understanding from the video. I have a long way to go I know.
Joel- May 17, 2024 at 10:54 am EDT #372688Chris – KabU InstructorModerator
Welcome Joel!
According to Kabbalah, animals do not possess souls in the same sense that humans can potentially have. Animals are animated by a life-giving force, often called the “animal soul,” which animates their bodies just as it does for human bodies. This force comprises desires that contain a small fraction of the lightthat animates them. Unlike humans, these desires in animals do not require a spiritual correction or alignment between desire and light.
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- May 17, 2024 at 11:31 am EDT #372693JoelParticipant
Thank you Chris for your answer.
I hear a lot that animals have more intelligence than was previously thought and that they have emotions similar to humans. Do you feel that according to Kabbalah teachings this outlook could be answered? Also so far I Live the clarity of your answers. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. - May 17, 2024 at 10:08 pm EDT #372732Chris – KabU InstructorModerator
Hey, my pleasure 🙂
Animals operate purely on instinct, without the complex emotional and intellectual capacities that humans possess. This does not mean that animals do not have emotions or intelligence, but their experiences and actions are dictated by instinct rather than free choice. For example, animals, including pets, can experience emotions such as loyalty and empathy towards humans… they can even sense the owner’s mood and react to it with sincerity and purity. I think we’ve all felt this.
- May 17, 2024 at 11:32 am EDT #372694JoelParticipant
That was I Love the clarity of your answers!
- May 16, 2024 at 1:08 pm EDT #372629mrc sParticipant
What is the difference between the knowledge of future humanity’s state of the Kabbalists and the Prophets and divination?
- May 17, 2024 at 10:48 am EDT #372687Chris – KabU InstructorModerator
Not sure…but Kabbalists tell us what the program of creation is and what the end goal/result will be and this is agreed throughout.
- May 16, 2024 at 12:55 pm EDT #372628mrc sParticipant
Is Adam the first spiritual stage or human stage, it seems more sense if He is the first human and then later we have a divine human personality and then the fully human enter the first Spiritual stage and then complete merging with the Creator?
- May 17, 2024 at 10:46 am EDT #372686Chris – KabU InstructorModerator
Adam represents both the first human and the initial spiritual stage. The subsequent stages described involve the development of a “divine human personality” where a person gradually aligns with spiritual qualities, eventually achieving complete adhesion with the Creator through corrections.
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