Ask anything about week 1 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.

[Tony Kosinec- KabU Instructor]

Ask anything about week 1 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.

[Jonathan Lawrence]

#1. In this study, is it possible to make certain connections and understand things too fast, and get “the bends” in a spiritual sense, like a deep sea diver coming to the surface too quickly? How does one remedy this kind of a situation or make the best of it?

#2. Any tips for making spiritual awakening as safe as humanly possible for myself and the people around me? This is powerful stuff we are learning here.

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Jonathan, great questions!

Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature. There is nothing really unsafe about studying authentic Kabbalah. Although we do go through many ups and down on the spiritual path. This is normal. The important thing is to just keep going, to keep placing yourself under the influence of the light and it’ll balance everything out.

So the best thing is to set aside some time to regularly return to the Kabbalistic sources, weekly lessons, videos, books, etc. Such habits of returning to the source of the light will help us get through all of the different ups and downs on the path. Aside from that, we should continue to live our normal lives. Maintaining a normal corporeal life is an important part of this balance.

Albert @ KabU

[Antoinette Verlaan]

I do not have anty questions for now. Kabbalah is something i recently started taking interest in. I hope to learn a lot from this course.

[Tree]

I have no questions that hasn’t been asked previously. I went back and read all of your answers. I like how you included links to gather more information on each questions subject. I’m looking forward to this sunday’s teaching!

[Felix Hernandez]

I know that this question is a bit off topic. What is the role of the Sefer Yetzirah in the study of Kabbalah?

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Felix, good question!

There have been many Kabbalistic books written throughout the generation, including Sefer Yetzirah, but in our days, we focus mainly on the writings of Baal HaSulam and Rabash, since their books contain the light that is most suitable to correct the level of egoism of our generation.

Let’s put a few things into perspective to understand this: Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature and as a result, we become similar to and reveal the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. Egoism grows from generation to generation. As such, the method for its correction needs to be adapted to the level of egoism that is found within each generation.

For example it’s like in medicine, if a person has a headache he can just drink a tylenol and that’s enough to fix him. But if it’s not just a little headache but something cancerous, then that tylenol won’t do anything for him but he needs a completely different regime to heal himself. This is why Kabbalah gets adapted in each generation to the level of egoism that is currently found in that generation.

So although there have been many Kabbalists from the past generations and they have left behind many books, we usually don’t focus on them. In our days we mainly learn from the writings of Baal HaSulam and Rabash, since their writings contains the light that is most suitable to correct the egoism that is found in our generation.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details on Baal HaSulam and Rabash: https://laitman.com/2015/11/the-great-kabbalists-and-their-works/

Albert @ KabU

[Ann]

We are told that Kabbalah  started and practiced from the time of Abraham.  What were the guiding principles of life before the time of Abraham.

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Ann, good question!

Kabbalah actually started around 6000 years ago with Adam. He was not the first one alive, but rather the first one to reveal the Creator by becoming similar to this quality of bestowal. So Adam was indeed the first Kabbalist. The reason why we sometimes attribute this wisdom to Abraham is because Abraham was a major milestone within this wisdom who adapted it to the people of his generation and turned it into a practical method.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/10/what-came-first-the-torah-or-the-wisdom-of-kabbalah/

Albert @ KabU

[TIMOTHY KAYOLA]

Amongst the books of enlightenment I have come across to land on the wisdom of kabbalah is a book written by Albert pike “morals and dogma” which through all its teachings point to kabbalah and you would understand that a spiritual enlightenment comes with a lot of questions according to the screen at which the message to the spirit is allowed in through our senses. How is the morals and dogma book connected to kabbalah? because it’s with so much enlightenment in hes writings aligned with the wisdom of kabbalah. Please help me understand.

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hello Timothy,

I’m not an expert in other spiritual methods, even those that seemingly teach “Kabbalah”, so I cannot comment on what they do or teach there. Regarding feeling spirituality, this works according to the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that if we want to feel spirituality, we need to become similar to it, similar to the qualities of love and bestowal that reside there.

It’s similar to how a radio works. That we just need to tune the inner frequency of the radio to match the external wave. Once we tune in to the wave that we want, we right away hear the music that is on that wave. Likewise with us, once we tune ourselves in the direction of bestowal, we will reveal the spiritual world.

We’ll learn how to do this more practically in the more advanced lessons. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman: http://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/

Albert @ KabU

[TIMOTHY KAYOLA]

I understand, thank you. 

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