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Hi Gil,
My name is Immaculate. I’m new to KabU. I finished the Zohar course and Bought the Zohar By Michael Laitman. received it less than a week ago, it is a white hard cover. Is this the one we as students are supposed to buy?
I’m a bit confused as I read that the book of Zohar is 70% been translated and is not yet ready. Can you please clarify.
Thank you
Hi Mackie,
I’m assuming you purchased unlocking the Zohar. That is a wonderful book that will guide you on how to approach the book of Zohar. It also has an entire section of selected (and beautiful) excerpts from the Book of Zohar.
The entire book of Zohar – 13 volumes, is still in the process of translation.
Hope this clarifies things
I keep seeing lessons on “How to study the Zohar” but where is the Zohar? I’ve searched shopping sites and there are so many different versions. Some are 1 book. Some are 23 volumes. Which is the best English translation?
Hi Heather, yes that a totally valid question. Unfortunately I can’t say there is any Zohar translation in English that I can recommend. Due to that a few years ago we started translating the Zohar ourselves. As you can imagine, it’s a big project, but I’m happy to say we are about 70% done.
You can already find the translated materials here: https://kabbalahmedia.info/en/sources/yUcfylRm
As soon as we are done we will also release a print version.
Hello Gil. The comments above reminded me of a question I have been curious about. It’s taught that nothing in the Torah is talking about anything from the physical world but rather it is talking about forces and states of spirituality as man moves closer to the Creator. For example, Adam represents bestowal and Eve represents reception but then it’s taught that Adam wrote a book (Raziel the Angel). Is Adam a force or is Adam a man who wrote a book? Both?
In your ‘Tree of Life Unlocked’ video on YouTube ( I just reviewed it again before sending this) you state that Adam who wrote the book is not the same Adam from the spiritual forces Adam & Chava. Who exactly is this writer Adam? I know he was the first person to attain the spiritual state of ‘Adam’ -is that why he is called Adam?
It became a little clearer as I wrote this but I could still use your expertise.
Thank you for your time,
MichaelHi Michael,
Here is a quick clarification re the different uses of “Adam”
The Soul of Adam HaRishon: The collective soul that was created in the world of Atzilut (before this world existed).
Adam (From Adam & Eve): An internal force describing the chain of event that led to the shattering.
Adam the person: Lived 5780 years ago, and was the first person to discover the general force of Nature (the Creator).
Hope this clarifies things.
Hello again Gil.
I’m afraid I have only been led to more questions. I try to find the answers on my own, usually, but you guys have so much content that the thought of searching this out myself is daunting.
Where does the world Adam Kadmon come in? It’s my current understanding that Adam Kadmon represents a person who has reached the state of having attained the totality of the Tree of Life. Is this correct? I vaguely recall hearing that Adam Kadmon was the first physical man – not associated with any type of attainment, just the first human – but that doesn’t sound right (unless the first human was automatically/naturally attained?). Also, what else do we know about Adam the person? Just the book he left us?
I will almost certainly have more questions in the future, is it ok to ask them here? I have been studying for a few years and will continue to study but for questions should I come back here or another forum?
Thank you for your time and please, never feel rushed to respond. I tend to ask a lot of questions but I have patience.
Michael
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Michael
KabU 210212- Mosean
Your question has no easy answered for me (So have the salt handy 🧂) . Adam wasn’t totally ignorant; he rejects all the animals as companion, so he knew where he come from, he knew the Creator and he knew that had options, and use them when rejecting all animals. When we chose an option, we do blindfolded of the consequences. He decides to follow the woman, to be the first in the mankind. I will call that, responsibility, duty. I used the word “forbidden” previously but wasn’t really forbidden, was more as warned, noticed of one and only one consequence, the spiritual death. Yes, things have no name until we acquire them, but I think that what he acquired, the spiritual death, he didn’t know how was going to be. That’s why I can’t blame him and I should honor and love him, as we should do to our parents. Is hard to explain, why peoples do thing, when we don’t wear the same shoe. He was asked for two opposite duties, create the humanity or remain alone, I will have done the same.
However, there is one thing that I also need to understand, no one take the blame, Adam blame Eve, Eve blame the “serpent” the serpent blame G_d… ???
Kind Regards.Rafael
how can Adam be held accountable for eating ov the tree of knowledge ov good and evil when if prior to eating ov the tree he had no knowledge ov good and evil so therefore could not have even had the concept of do and dont ?
KabU 210212- Mosean
Mosean: (I am a participant like you, so take my thoughts with a lot of salt😁)
I think Adams was accountable for eating from a forbidden tree, no necessarily bad, just prohibited.
O the other hand, he had to pick between remain with Eve as was also commanded or eat from the tree. Very wise he decides to remain with his woman. Who will not?
Regards Rafael
Could it be that Adam can be taken to represent humanity when we left nature. “What can I get more than the other” is what happened. We used to share and not own everything and we were at peace. All things come full circle.
BTW: Nothing spiritual can be literal – That is the trap of religion. We own you by the word. When words are just words.
Tony
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