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I feel that the order of the teaching materials could have been different. Why wasn’t this covered in part 1? In this lesson the word God is mentioned often. Was this done so as not to discourage students? Namely, in the first lessons we were told that you do not have to believe in God. For the record, I have no problem with it. In fact, it does something to me.
Ramar,
Shamati 1 is a very deep article that contains infinite depth.
This article will accompany us throughout our study.
Our work in KabU is to present the fundamentals of the wisdom of kabbalah in a way that every person who desires can approach the authentic wisdom. Each step is thought out according to how one will go though development in the mind and the emotions.Regarding God, we don’t even have what to discuss yet, as one must acquire new definitions for all of these words that we have from our corporeal lives…God, love, evil. We use these words all day, and kabbalah uses these words, they are certainly not the same thing. I recommend, adhering to the lesson material from week to week and investing as much as you can. If you do this, surely you will develop quickly and with a sturdy spiritual foundation.
Seth@KabU
I understand that all actions in the physical world are contained in the Creator. So how do we reconcile this with individual responsibility?
Esther,
This is a great question and is the gate to beginning to understand this very high matter.
One specifically must be engaged in all of the laws of nature of this world, as this is where the Creator put us with family, work, health, etc. and at the same time, go  above reason, from a place where reason cannot reach, attain, or understand, this place is called ‘faith’, it is actually an attainment that is made specifically above reason. If there is no reason then one cannot go above reason… one could have blind faith, called below reason, or one could remain within reason, but the kabbalist engages in this world and it becomes the foundation to rise above reason.
Seth@KabU
In this unit we learned that the thoughts are put in us by the Creator, they are not really ours. Dr. Laitman says that our thoughts and intentions are the strongest force in the world. How do you reconcile the two? If these thoughts are not really mine, how can I change anything by controlling my thought and can I even control my thoughts?
Lana,
Now everything we think and feel comes from our original nature, instinctively.
We discovered that, from the books and the teachers and we want to reach the One who created us.
We want the Creator to give us a second nature, bestowal. It turns out that everything comes from Him, but through our efforts to resemble Him, we become like Him.
Seth@KabULana,
Of course we want to think about things that are beneficial.
The main question is how to do that. Trying to wrestle with our thoughts is pointless.
However the mind serves the desire. And so if you desire something very much your mind will think all of the time of how to reach that.
So the most important is to plant yourself in a good, healthy spiritual environment and be influenced by it and then you will see how your thoughts change too.
Seth@KabU
I just watched the first video under Related where Rav Laitman describes the need for humanity to realize that we must work together, that we have to stop allowing our egos to run the show, if we want mankind and the world to survive. He mentioned that science has begun to realize this, and that surprised me because how can science not be aware of this very thing? Anyway, what I wanted to bring up is this…
I think – that is, I am quite certain – that a lot of the world’s leaders, and people in positions where they can influence the leaders, are completely aware that we, and they, are destroying the world, and that it is getting close to a point of no return. But….they. do. not. care!
Again, these people, who more than anybody could do something about the situation, know how it is, but they don’t care!!…
What would my fellow students’ and our instructor’s (Seth’s) thoughts be about this?
Jack,
We are all running on desire. If I feel more pleasure scratching my cheek, then I lift my hand and scratch my cheek, if not, I leave my hand on the table.
This simple formula is running those world leaders and you are wondering why they don’t feel like you feel.
If you had their desires, you would be in their place and if they had yours, they would be here.
So that is that.
But what to do about it.
What will wake us up? If you won the lottery and everything was wonderful in your life, would you look for answers to the big questions? No. We look when we feel empty.
So let’s see that the Creator is clothing in all of these forms in order for us to awaken these desires to Him.
And if we can run ahead his pushing from behind, then we don’t need to feel the suffering on our flesh.
But how to wake the dawn instead of the dawn awakening us?
For this we need to be in an environment that advertises this good future to me.
My own ego is too strong for me to do this alone
This is also part of the design of the system.
By us connecting together for good, then the Creator can dwell between us and He will perform all of the actions and resolve all of the opposites, it is called that a third force comes and resolves the two opposites.
It is all in front of us and we will make. More and more efforts and we will make it.
Seth@KabU
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