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My question initially is why have bad things started to happen to me after starting the study of Kabbalah? I would like to evolve that question to be: Why since studying Kabbalah things have happened in my life that are not just challenging but epically challenging and coming out of the clear blue sky. Things that make me constantly question my relationship to other people, government, society, nature and on and on. Questioning who I want to impress and why. What do I want in my life. What are these systems actually accomplishing and what they are lying about and what is my future going to be it is unclear now and on and on. So what do I make of this?
Correlation isn’t causation – as in there being a clear connection between those things and studying Kabbalah. In the worst case, the Light from the study can illuminate what’s already there – or surfacing what already existed. Therefore, all I can say is to continue in both – necessities for life, and the study of Kabbalah. If one takes both seriously, it will surely be good.
I’m trying to recall these authentic teachings accurately. Is the rest of creation—like animals, trees, and rocks—already in a perfected state, with only humans needing to follow the three-line model journey from and back to the Creator?
And, if the rest of creation is fully corrected, does this mean it is in a state of “receiving in order to bestow,” or is it in some other state? Or is it not related to that model at all and simply receives?
Also, I’d love to see an animation of the Pticha, showing how the light develops the desire and moves through the partzufim. If such an animation already exists, could you point me to it?
Hi AspiringAltruist,
We thought of creating such an animation for the Blueprint of Creation course, but it would have required more significant resources than we had.
All of creation but man is corrected, and he, with his shattered perception projects everything as shattered. It’s that simple.
The entire Kl (vessel) is in the final, corrected state.
Awesome, the answers are very helpful. Thank you.
I interpret that to mean that the rest of creation “receives in order to bestow contentment” to the Creator. It receives the light in a pure, unmolested way and is in perfect balance with the forces of nature. The reason I ask is that I sometimes like to contemplate Creation. For example, when I look at a tree or an animal, I think to myself that this object, this thing, is simply bringing contentment to the Creator. Is this a correct understanding?
The contrasting understanding is that only humans are on the pathway of receiving in order to bestow, while nature just receives.
This has encouraged me to start the Blueprint of Creation, I’ve heard of it many times and just haven’t started it.
Why are we always worried about corporalizing spirituality, but not working on spiritualizing corporality.?
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Can you please post the links to Baal HaSulam texts talking about all dimensions above the 6th millenium up to the 10th millenium. Thank you
Hi Sandra,
There’s really no language for that, few have ever attained or even glimpsed it, and so it’s only mentioned here and there. We have a few excerpts in the Zohar https://kabbalahmedia.info/en/sources/XTxHufIN and The Tree (HaIlan) by Baal HaSulam, which is essentially just a diagram.
I’ve heard that the Creator hears all our prayers, even those that don’t come from the depths of our hearts. But what does it mean that He “hears” those prayers?
We have this selfish trait of egoism from which those prayers arise, and according to these teachings, we never fully rise above that quality. While it’s “possible”, it feels like a paradoxical distant goal. What should we do or feel in the meantime? Do we keep approaching the Creator with our brokenness, even when it seems pointless?
Often, it feels like He doesn’t hear those prayers. When we say that He hears every prayer and answers it instantly, even though we can’t perceive it, it feels like motivated reasoning. I understand we shouldn’t try to justify the Creator, but it still feels very far off.
The Creator seems so absolutely concealed in this world. It feels like this path is a fool’s errand—trying to reveal something that won’t be revealed. It’s one thing to say “there is none else besides Him” and “He is the good that does good,” but it’s another thing to know that, and yet another to feel it.
My question is, how do we regard our prayers to the Creator in our lowly state, far from Lo Lishma and even farther from Lishma?
Are there any excerpts or articles that can uplift those of us who feel like we are in “exile”?
Shamati #1 mentions, “rather, he should regret the exile of the Shechina (Divinity), meaning that he is causing the sorrow of Divinity.” I am sorry for causing the sorrow of Divinity and for not being able to feel the greatness of the Creator, but the Creator put me in this state, and I am demanding answers from the attained sages. I need one of them to reach down and give a hand.
(1) What does it mean that He “hears” those prayers?
That you always get a response, a change, if you ask.
(2) Do we keep approaching the Creator with our brokenness, even when it seems pointless?
It registers with even greater value upon that feeling of pointlessness. But in every state our prayers are valuable. “Many pennies accumulate into a great sum.”
(3) How do we regard our prayers to the Creator in our lowly state, far from Lo Lishma and even farther from Lishma?
I still have to ask Him from where I am. The path is a series of requests that start from exactly where I am in relation to my group and the Creator.
(4) Are there any excerpts or articles that can uplift those of us who feel like we are in “exile”?
Shamati 1, 2, 3, and 4
How does one craft their immediate physical environment to remind one’s self of the importance of the goal?
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