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Dear Instructor,
FAO Seth
Re. Apr 5, 2022 | A Sage Speaks
I posted a question on the 13th of April and not had a repy from seth yet. The question starts “Thank you so much for your reply to my last question, appreciated as always pal.”
Could Seth please reply when he has time, this would be so kind. Thank you all so much.
Lyndon S.
Hi Lyndon. Well I see now I am reading the posting dates incorrectly. Sorry about that. I will forward your April 13 question to Seth.
Hello Lyndon. I will again send your question to Seth. He may have missed it. My answer would be that the problem here is labeling the war as “dreadful”. In the corporeal world we label things as good or bad by how they make us feel. In the spiritual world, good or bad depends on whether it brings me closer or further from the Creator. In kabbalah we learn that everything comes from the Creator and it is all good (including war, earthquakes, pandemics, etc.) Our reality only has one purpose – to bring us closer to Him. A good parent will discipline their child when they see it is in the best interest of their child.
Hi Lyndon, here’s a reply from Seth: Hi Lyndon,
Happy to get your heartfelt question. I can feel how this terrible situation before our eyes is so confusing while we are learning about a perfect harmonious spiritual life.
The answer that any of us can give will not go in your ear. We can explain a lot of things, but the answer that you want, the answer that we need comes from the development and establishment of our inner vessel, that we make our inner vessel similar to the light.
So let’s try to hold this concept for a minute and we’ll go from there.
Let’s imagine that we are in a perfect, whole world but what we see is the opposite.
So leave all of the other learnings on the side now about your roots and branches and your Malchut dwellers.
Imagine that the extent of the suffering you see is the extent of our distance from the Creator. Like the speedometer in your car. It’s just showing you the measurement, that’s it.
The suffering is just the gauge to show us our distance from Him.
It’s unusual because we don’t feel that distant from Him. That’s exactly what we’re learning and all of that suffering is just our disparity of form. So instead of naming it any of the other names that you’re giving it just try and think of it in terms of that for now and let’s keep moving closer to our goal and see how as we come closer to bestowal we will start to perceive a world that is all good.
Together,
SethHello Lyndon. I will again send your question to Seth. He may have missed it. My answer would be that the problem here is labeling the war as “dreadful”. In the corporeal world we label things as good or bad by how they make us feel. In the spiritual world, good or bad depends on whether it brings me closer or further from the Creator. In kabbalah we learn that everything comes from the Creator and it is all good (including war, earthquakes, pandemics, etc.) Our reality only has one purpose – to bring us closer to Him. A good parent will discipline their child when they see it is in the best interest of their child.
Hi,
I joined the KabU graduate environment this week.
In attempting to change the payment method, I get a loading screen which after a while, just reloads the course page. My current billing method is not adjusted to the new graduate plan. Can you help me change the payment method? (I submitted a contact form and emailed Melody, but got no response).Also, what exactly is the next step? I see that there are ongoing “young groups”, but where should I start? From what I understand I will only be assigned one group by the beginning of the next semester. Is this right? When does the semester begin?
I apologize for the insistence, but I remain without any replies from anywhere and I was already removed from the graduate environment.
Everyday I attempt to do it but it fails. Now the ‘add payment method’ button is gone. Find in attachment the screenshot (by the way the ‘delete’ button for the current payment method doesn’t do anything). I tried in 2 browsers.
Dear Francisco,
Sorry we didn’t get back to you sooner.
For these matters you are better off writing to our student support team at support@kabuconnect.com
Michelle or Iva will surely help you fix this issue. There may be a bug in the payment system and they can get it cared for.
I am forwarding your information to them now so you should be hearing by email from them soon.
Have great day
ZoharDear Zohar,
Emailed support@kabuconnect.com with a clear explanation of what is going on (plus screenshots).
Hopefully I will get a reply soon.
Thank you so much for your help.
Hopefully I will be able to join soon.
Hi KabU Instruction,
FAO Seth B.
Re. Apr 12, 2022 | A Sage Speaks
I loved the above class, wow it was so varied and ranging and yes strange {but good]. I love your quote near the end “If you think you are having a spiritual descent just have something to eat, it may just be your blood-sugar levels [laughter]”, great and fun quote, but seriously thank you.
Lyndon S.
I noticed you said there were some “young group like” groups we could attend now. Do you mind if I ask where in the GE area you are referring to. Thanks and kind regards.
Hello Richard. I did not say “young group like”. There are two actual young groups going on , each of them somewhere in the middle of the current semester. You are free to join those zooms until the next semester starts, then you will be invited to your own young group. To find these groups go to the KabU landing page and click on Graduate Environment. Scroll down and you will see 7 large images. Each takes you to a different place in the graduate environment. The first two are the Sunday and Tuesday Young Groups. Questions are always welcome.
Hi, I recently joined Graduate Environment and I feel a bit lost. I tried to post here a week ago and it seems as my question got lost 🙂
Can someone please guide me on what am I supposed to do in The GE? Is it structured or do I just watch videos? How do I join the 10?
Thank you
Hello Yana.
Welcome to the Graduate Environment we are very glad you are with us.
The GE currently consists of six interactive components, and you can use all or some of them.
The heart of the Graduate Environment is the Young Group. You will be receiving an email assigning you to your group.
In the meantime, you can visit either of the current Young Groups (one on Sundays and another on Tuesdays) to get a feel for it and start connecting with friends.
On Tuesday night “A Sage Speaks” taught by Seth Breitman covers some of Baal HaSulam’s articles.
On Thursday night “Grad Class” with Mike Kellogg explores one of the aspects of Kabbalah that Rav Laitman taught this week.
“Sunday meeting with Friends”, hosted by Zohar, is a chance to ask any questions about our work and study in kabbalah.
“Weekly Portion of Light” is taught by Gilad Shir.
Also, you have access to the “Forum” where you can post any questions you have, and they will be answered by KabU instructors.
In the event you missed, or want to watch again, a particular class, all are recorded and archived.
There are also links to all sorts of Kabbalah materials such as songs, articles, videos, so explore the site.
As you have heard, joining a ten is a very important part of Kabbalah. Once you have been assigned to your permanent Young Group, about 4-5 weeks into the semester, the YG will be divided into tens and you will work with this 10 throughout the course.
Use the Graduate Environment how it works best for you, some, or all.
Enjoy and Connect
Dear Instructor,
FAO Seth
Re. Apr 5, 2022 | A Sage Speaks
Thank you so much for your reply to my last question, appreciated as always pal.
One of the students in the above class asked about the war in Ukraine, the question was complicated and it was passed by. You later referred to how our perceived reality is like looking at the front of the tapestry when “all the knots, frayed edges and tied ends” are behind on the reverse side.
My question is, as stated in ‘Kabbalah for the Student’;
“ the wisdom is no more and no less than a sequence of roots which hang down by way of cause and consequence . . . This continues similarly down to the world before us where the substance of the elements in reality is coarser and darker however the shapes and elements of reality and all their occurrences are unchanged and equal in every world both in quantity and quality”
Now, to go back to the question asked about Ukraine, with the dreadful consequences of this war; if we extrapolate the rationale form above we conclude that all such dreadful occurrences emanate by way of ‘root and branch’ to our world down from the upper worlds ABYA to our meaning that the actual root cause of the war [and all other infractions] are a product of occurrences in the above worlds cascading down and their roots are from above down?
This is a bit rough on us poor Malchut-dwellers? and, doesn’t make sense to me like this?
Thank you in advance.
Lyndon S.
We were in a live Q and A together with Julian. I wanted to point out that during that session Julian also pointed out that you dont even have to know the language you are listening to or reading. Confusion is not forever, so if you are stuck on something, might I suggest asking yourself what about that obstacle on your path seems to be the true conflict within?
We learned in Kabbalah revealed we dont have free will. We also learned that the only thing we can control is our “environment” of study. Rav Leightman says that “all of our spiritual work” is done in the 10. If that is the case then we can deduce that the creator will sort this out for your Reshimot, and you are already doing everything you can to produce both qualitative and quantitative results for your spiritual growth. Now may be the time to focus more on what faith above reason from the Rav’s lessons.
We learned that creator does not reveal himself unless we pretty much give up trying to do it on our own this proves we are still evil, have flaws, and are totally opposite the creator’s nature. It also makes us cherish the relationship (zivug) that much more because we know we cant do anything without the creator for a fact there is no longer any doubt we need a creator (it is genius when you think about it really).
We dont lose faith in the creator but we must stop believing we can do something without the creators help or outside the creators will. Believing in a power outside of the creator such as myself is plain Idolatry, and believing any power but the creator exists according to KabTV in the last 48 hours was defined as “heresy”. This is what keeps us in darkness, and keeps us from the “revelation of evil”(Knowing we have no light and are in total darkness without the creator’s light having been revealed), which is required to actually receive the light through the work in the 10.
All that being said, I understand the process pretty well to this entry point but, admittedly I do not have a 10 from KabU and I wont even go as far as to say im not in darkness. I personally have adopted that theory only takes me so far and that is why im just going to let the method which is the tool do the work. Its a lot like hammering a nail with a hammer. If you hold the hammer wrong you end up doing twice the work and with less results. Sometimes holding on to what we want (ourselves and its dopamine fix through feeding the ego) hurts us so much we forget the pain exists. This is why I let go, I am now just accepting I dont know, and soon I will.
I really hope this helps. I felt the same way you did a few weeks ago and that is when i came to this conclusion to just let things happen. Part of acceptance is a stage of grief. I am dying inside so the creator can grow. Im mourning my own death so i can become a spiritual birth. Every part of me wants to be knowledgeable and know all things, but I know now that the creator will just put more in my path to learn until final correction. So acceptance is the path of least resistance to grow.
I hope this helps friend.
Dear Richard, Thank you very much for your reply and comments to my question. Many things appear strange, back to front, counterintuitive or mutually exclusive and this is certainly one of them (i.e. the existence of the cruelty in the world which must emanate from above down and down to above and therefore exist in all worlds).
I have to yield to the greater power at some point and just accept things and take the writings on faith. I am not yet in a permanent 10 and this is where I’m struggling a little bit as it’s all a little bit ‘stop & start’ at this time with different people in our new 10.
Thank you for your kind comments I will try and implement what you have said. Warm wishes. Lyndon.
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