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Good morning. This teaching of Kabbalah, called ‘the Creator’ seems irreverent … I have heard and read that to study or to practice Kabbalah one does not need to believe God exists, however one does need to acknowledge the universe is the work of ‘the Creator’ who “does not signify a supernatural, distinct entity, but the next degree that a human being should reach when pursuing higher knowledge.” Who and what is ‘the creator’ ?
Hi Janice,
Kabbalah divides our research of the Creator into two parts:
The first is His essence (atzmuto in Hebrew). This is He Himself, His point of view, the Creator as an entity separate from the Created beings. We’re incapable of researching this part of the Creator because our research tools are not built in such a way that we can grasp such things. Perhaps after we finish the process of correction, we’ll discover additional research tools through which we’ll be able to research these things, but until then we limit ourselves and don’t talk about this part of the Creator because we cannot properly research it.
The other part of the Creator is called Bo-Re (Hebrew for Come (Bo) and See (Re)). This is the part of the Creator that we can research and reveal. How do we research this? Through the desire. When we take a part of our desire to receive and correct it in the direction of bestowal, in that corrected desire, we reveal a certain phenomenon, we call this phenomenon the Creator. This is why there are many names for the Creator (in Hebrew), since every time we correct a different part of the desire, we reveal a different aspect of this thing called the Creator.
So all of our understanding of this thing called the Creator (and any spiritual phenomena) is based on what we reveal within the corrected desire. But whatever exists outside of the corrected desire, whatever we don’t grasp, perceive or attain within the desire, whatever is beyond our tools of research, we don’t talk about. We need to keep these limits in mind in order to stay within the realm of science and not venture off into religion or philosophy.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/11/the-concept-of-god-in-kabbalah/
Albert @ KabU
Week 1 Lesson was very interesting, and plus the zoom link was a great to learn about some people who in the class. As beginners, I am in searching for wisdom and I believe that, I maybe in the right track. What do you of you think?
Hi Mitch,
When the point in the heart awakens, it pulls a person to the place where it can get realized. So when a person finds such a place, there is a certain inner resonance, a click where a person feels that he found the right place for himself.
So no one can tell you if this is the place for you or not, you need to feel it for yourself. This follows the rules that “there is no coercion in spirituality” and “one studies only where one’s heart desires”.
Albert @ KabU
Am I understanding this correctly? Humanity had ego from the beginning, but the ego didn’t hurt humanity. As the ego developed over the centuries it has basically taken over and distant us from the spiritual world. It is interesting that the ego became ripe just in 1995, and before that time the ego was pushing us to progress on the corporeal level, but stearing us away from the spiritual world. Does this mean that Kabbalah have the secret of how to work with the ego so that we can use it to our advantage?
Hi Melanie,
Yes, you can say that. Kabbalah is the method by which we can correct our egoistic nature. And correcting the ego doesn’t mean we eradicate it. Rather it means that we rise above it.
The ego is like a mountain that we’re climbing towards spirituality. The bigger the desires, the higher we can climb, and the higher the spiritual degree that we can attain. On the other hand, if we were to eliminate our egoistic desires, then accordingly, we would only be able to attain a tiny degree of spiritual attainment.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/02/the-worse-the-better/
Albert @ KabU
It seems that Kabbalah was available only to one specific People: the Jewish people. Why is that? Why wasn’t it available to all people?
Hi Akosua Marie,
In the days of Abraham, before there was such a thing as Jewish people, there were simply different families and clans. At that time, Abraham assembled all of the people of his time who had active points in the heart. It’s those people that later became the Israeli nation. The word Israel comes from the Hebrew words “Yashar” “El” meaning straight to God. These are the people who had an active point in the heart in those days and were interested in revealing the Creator.
This group of points in the hearts was the one developing this method for thousands of years. They were preparing it specifically for our days, when the point in the heart begins to emerge in the rest of humanity. And now that the world is ready for it, this wisdom became revealed again and open for everyone.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/08/building-the-third-temple/
Albert @ KabU
Hi, Albert.
Thank you in advance for your dedication and Wisdom.
Where is the Light to be found? Is this revealed through further and ongoing study?
kajó
Hi Kajó,
Yes, we draw the light every time we aspire towards higher spiritual levels of development, which is primarily when we are studying and reading the Kabbalistic texts.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
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