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What is the most common mistake that you see new students make when studying Kabbalah? And how can the new student prevent his imagination from running away with what is taught to him before studying in a group, or under a teacher in a more intimate way? I’ve been a seeker for most of my life and I’ve noticed an illusion of understanding or greater growth than is actually taking place. Thank you.
Dear John,
Indeed this is something very typical – there is a tremendous amount of excitement when one first discovers the authentic wisdom of Kabbalah. If one has an awakened point in the heart, he found the wellspring that he has been searching for and lacking his entire life, whether consciously or not!
You essentially answered your question – Kabbalah is a method, and to achieve the best results it is recommended to adhere to the method (scheduled study, work in the group, etc… – as you advance throughout KabU, you will be given the completely proper structure to benefit your spiritual advancement).
Although one’s imagination and excitement are very high at first, the more one engages in this wisdom, the more one sees how practical it is. It is a scientific method after all! Meaning we absolutely use our imagination, but we do not run wild with it and equate it with attainment. We use our imagination as a way to increase aspirations, but ultimately we “stick with” what we attain.
Dr. Laitman has a great blog post that goes into deeper detail about your question:
https://laitman.com/2009/12/the-purpose-of-the-human-imagination/
Yours,
Christian @KabU
To want what the Creator wants to give me/people is prayer! Okay I get it. How do I know in each difficulty what it is the Creator wants to give me/people through me? Is it intuitive or is there something I can always rely on doing? Some say “scan zohar” or “share” but what about when I do everything I know to do and I’m still beside myself with all the negativity I feel. Then what do I do?
Dear Pablo,
There is no need to change your everyday life nor proclaim to everyone that you are studying Kabbalah. If an interaction with someone else leads to a conversation about the meaning of life, spirituality, etc… and he/she shows interest, then you can certainly show him/her some of our materials and see if it arouses interest.
Especially as one first gets acquainted with Kabbalah, he wants to tell everyone about it! I remember this about myself quite well. It is important not to persuade people about it or be obnoxious – if there is a genuine interest, they will find it!
Best of luck!
Christian @KabU
Dear Mary,
Since this is a continuation of your first question, I will answer it here.
The main thing is to have a desire to connect everything in your life to the Creator – He is the single Upper Force governing all of reality, and He wants you to completely adhere to Him. Prayer certainly is the key, as it is ideal to constantly pray to Him. The Sages said it would be great to pray all day! These issues concern your internality though and do not reflect what you do in your day to day life or around other people.
Your “regular” life should remain as it always was, but your development occurs within you. The more you continue in the studies, you will be introduced to the group. In the group of your fellow Kabbalah students, you will delve much deeper into the method and how to adhere to the Creator.
Good luck!
Christian @KabU
What should I do when I do want the Creator to be kind to me and them, but I am not sure what I need to do to reveal that kindness? What do you do when you feel a need for that kindness but are not sure what is at this moment required of you?
How is the best evidence that Creator is in our life? Because faith is when we just believe, but if “just believe” is not the way, how I can do this the different way?
Thanks
Dear Ricardo,
This is an excellent question. The wisdom of Kabbalah has nothing to do with believing that there is a Creator. In fact, it is quite the contrary…the Kabbalists tell us that we can only name what we attain.
The name of the Creator in Hebrew is Bore, made out of the words “bo” (come) and “re” (see) – the Creator’s name is “come and see.”
We are tasked not to believe that there is some Creator but to attain the Creator. We do this through achieving equivalence of form – becoming similar to His qualities of love and bestowal. Faith in Kabbalah means bestowal. We attain the Creator through faith, meaning through the quality of bestowal.
After one attains this, he does not have any room for belief or the need for evidence to convince one’s reason, because he comes to the realization that there is only the Creator.
Yours,
Christian @KabU
Concerning the concept of prayer. We call out to God when we experience a need, a need that is significant to us, shouting in our face. Let’s say it is a recurring and disabling pain in the knee.
I can see, on the one hand, that it might be occurring because at my limited level of consciousness, a “victory” of receiving healing in the knee is the confidence, joy, and encouragement that awakens me to the reality of Oneness with my Creator.
On the other hand, desiring simple healing may be a desire to maintain my limited level of consciousness and not move on.
The confusion concerns the idea of where to place my intentionality. Do I win the current challenge specifically designed for me to win (the physical healing), or do I “die” to “the call to be concerned about lower things by setting my intentionality to repeatedly overlooking the body?
Thank you.Dear Bob,
Yes indeed it is perplexing.
Kabbalists are not monks – we do not neglect the needs of the body. We take care of it in whatever “common” fashion is done within one’s external society (doctors, medicine, etc…).
Meanwhile, Kabbalists are also constantly working on their internality, mainly shifting oneself from the desire to receive for oneself to the will to bestow, meaning yearning to reach equivalence of form with the Creator.
The main thing is to ask. Having the aspiration to ask the Creator is already a tremendous step in the right direction, and as you advance on the path, you will refine your prayers more and more. You will be assisted by the Upper Light.
Best of luck!
Christian @KabU
Since being introduced to Kaballah I have been asking for healing of egoism for myself and all humanity in my prayers and for connection to pure, unconditioned consciousness.
Are these prayers valid, as in helpful not just to myself as I feel they are and seem to experience and I guess I am asking- do I need to word these prayers in such a way as to be more beneficial for all of Creation?
I also ask blessings upon Creator, All Creation and All My Relations. Is this type of prayer herecy or blasphemy in any way and if so why?
Dear Rachel,
Great questions!
Kabbalists explain that prayer is the work in the heart, and the main prayer is asking for the force of bestowal. It is a significant shift compared to what we may assume prayer means.
Here is a great blog post from Dr. Laitman that goes into further detail on how a person reaches such a prayer:
https://laitman.com/category/prayer-intention/
Yours,
Christian @KabU
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