Ask Anything

[Gil]

Ask, connect, inspire.

[Todd]

Why did Abraham give gifts to the east?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

That’s not written. There are things that we know when we attain them and Kabbalists don’t write them because you need to attain it on your own.

[Clara]

There are some forces in the world, within the animals, who are very subtle in draining divine energy. They drain and are able to subtle act they would be the drained ones by the “objects” they choose. I’ve learned that’s called Klipa. But I have also red that Kedusha is the source of norishment for the Klipa, because this would be needed for some reason. (Pre-question) For what reason is Klipa needed?  Related to this, I’ve heard many times “we’re in a state of preparation to the work” – so we haven’t even begin to work properly.

Questions:

1. What happens if we cut ourselves – the wills to bestow – off from sustaining Klipa?

2. How long still goes this “preparation” state, and what can we do to shortening it?

3. What can the ones do, who have no capability to bear any longer the conditions of the preparation, in order to anyway stay in a service mode? (there are certain rhythyms in nature, everything what is going over the range of these rhythyms comes down as “unpleasent/bumpy” experience for the ones who’re not paying attention/for the world. What can we do to stay in a certain harmonious/peaceful rhythm for the world, so they can develop best?

Thank you

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[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Where is what you’re asking about written in authentic Kabbalah sources?

[Clara]

Can’t name the precise articles, I will when I’ll read them again. It is much written about Klipot and that they sustain themselves from the vitality of Kedusha, aren’t Klipot not about the ego/beast?

And about rhythms – these are observations of nature in this world, where we experience time

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[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

You asked about animals and divine energy, and that sounds like the books where people who were not Kabbalists started making up their own wisdom loosely based on their false understanding of Kabbalah. Even if there was something using some of those words in an authentic Kabbalah book, it would mean that the Kabbalist wrote in code, as we know Kabbalists do, using the 4 languages Kabbalists use. They would never talk about animals in our world because Kabbalists didn’t write a single word about our world. There’s no wisdom about our world in the wisdom of Kabbalah. The only time they write about us is when they tell us to connect with our friends, overcome the obstacles to connection, and only within that connection, reveal the Creator. And if we’re talking about that, I wouldn’t want to mix in any confusing coded language. Even Klipa is something we don’t really have; we merely have distractions and we lose the importance of connection and spirituality. A klipa is something you only have in the spiritual worlds.

[Clara]

Well I said divine energy, in the yesterday’s lesson Rav said divine ‘part’ – as he explained the ‘I’ containes 2 parts, one is the divine part – Adam in me, bestowal and the other the will to receive, the animal in me and we should always distinguish and ascribe ourselves to the divine bestowal part when we mean ‘I’. But is true, I need to be more precise in expression

[Magsy Kapoor]

Dear Gianni,

Reading the Introduction to TES, a desire has awakened to grasp the difference between sins and mistakes. Is there anything you could say that could help with that? How do we get to this elusive state?

Thank you ❤️

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

No, that’s talking about states that are literally dozens of real spiritual degrees away, and not only a Kabbalist, but a great Kabbalist. We can paint them broadly as our world, where I actually feel that I’m kind of a pretty ok guy, maybe I’m a bit of an egoist, but so is everyone, right? That’s a state of not reaching the revlation of evil – because revelation of evil means that I can’t let this parasite inside me operate me. For now, I am like the glove on the hand of that parasite, and I’m fine with it, which is why I’m still a pretty ok guy, in my mind. Sins means I have revelation of evil. Mistakes is that I have already risen above the sins as well, meaning I would not have done them had I seen the parasite, which was actually doing them, while I went along with it.

[Todd]

Hi Gianni,

And the works of the field are plowing, sowing, and reaping. It is said about that: “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy,” and this is called “a field which the Lord has blessed.”

– Love of Friends 1

What does plowing, sowing and reaping mean here?  Specifically “plowing”.  It seems like it would make sense or even more sense if he just said sowing and reaping and left out plowing.  It seems like he put that word in there for a reason, what does it mean?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

This is a combination of these verses:

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy” — Psalms 126:5
“A field which the Lord has blessed” — Genesis 27:27

These are very high. If Rabash stopped short of explaining it, that’s all we have. I don’t think we’re already in such detailed work. We need to labor. Exert. That’s what activates the Light. Where is the field? It’s across the threshold between the thoughts of myself and the thoughts of the friends. We haven’t done that general work yet. Later, we’ll find higher resolution in it.

[Verena]

Hi Gianni, how can we differentiate between psychological effects versus spiritual effects in the work? Take work in the group for example.. while one finds enlightenment , the other may find conflicts … we say the Shechina dwells in the connection between us… how do we not fool ourselves…? And to the opposite, how do we gain spiritual awareness as oposed to blindly following orders? On other words: How can we truly attain anything?

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

You can accurately describe all the phenomena you experience as psychological. That’s your answer, and then more broadly, we can actually say that the whole perception of reality is psychological. The order of inner properties in a person, if they are egoistic, paint this world. When I will have more spiritual properties, they will paint the spiritual world. Crossing the border between the two requires me wanting to cross that border, which requires me always imagining that border between reception and bestowal, the difference between the two, and demonstrating that I’m trying to be already across the border. I can tell that I’m not ready to cross that border if I’m not imagining it all the time, or if I even prefer to stay on my egoistic side of the border.

[Helen]

Hi Gianni

If a certain klipa is revealed in my corporeal life, is it correct to say that it already exists in relation to the Ten as well, but has not yet been revealed there?

If so, how should I work with this klipa correctly on two levels:

In corporeal life, where it was revealed
In the Ten, where it’s not revealed yet

What should I do, and what should I avoid doing?

thanks

Helen

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

All in all, we have only the button of connection to push and we don’t comprehend a more specific klipa than that which stands in the way of this connection. Connecting covers everything. Measure everything against this. All the klipot differ just in HOW convincing they are that I have something spiritual to do other than connection.

[Helen]

what are the forms of connection at different major stages? for example, during preparation period and after machsom.

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

You’ve heard the story of Rabbi Simon from the market, that even before the ultimate spiritual degree you have to go from disconnected to connected. Every time, the steps are the same. We learn about the main ones from Rabash.

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