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Hi Dan,
The Kabbalists call our material world the “imaginary world”. Since once we correct ourselves, relative to that corrected state this life would appear as nothing more than a dream.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2010/11/this-life-is-a-dream/
Albert @ KabU
I wanted to ask, what the names of the worlds mean and what they are? I’de like to know, I’m still having a hard time trying to understand them.
Hi Rigo,
The 5 spiritual worlds are not place like we think, but rather levels of concealment. World (Olam in Hebrew) comes from the word Concealment (ha-alama). So the 5 worlds are 5 levels of concealment between us, the desire to receive, and the Creator the general force of love and bestowal. To the extent that we correct our own opposite, egoistic nature, for it to also operate in the direction of bestowal, to that extent we reveal these worlds, these higher qualities.
Regarding the order and meaning of each world:
First is Adam Kadmon (primordial Man) this is the first form of the desire to receive that became similar to the Creator, but it operates in a different way then the rest of the system, so it’s called primordial.
Atzilut (from the Hebrew words etz lo: at his place, in his possession). This is the place where the Creator exists, meaning the pure desire to bestow.
Beria (creation), comes from the Hebrew word Bar, meaning outside of. Meaning that it’s already a distinct degree of remoteness from the quality of bestowal.
Yetzira (creation), also means creation but this time it stems from the Hebrew word yetzer, inclination. Meaning there is already an inclination of its own to the Creator.
Assiya (action), this completes the action of creating the desire to receive.
Keep in mind that we usually don’t translate these words when we use them in the lessons. A lot of times it’s better to use the Hebrew word instead of being confused by the translation.
Albert @ KabU
I wonder when sayîng Kabbalah can be taught to everybody for the essence of Kabbalah is the divine Torah through the great Zohar.
We can set apart that wondrous Torah from it for the Zohar is from it.
Even if the creator open some doors to Torah unbeliever, shall he not be stop at a certain level of the ladder?
According to me, What is the real purpose of Kabbalah ?
Is it only to know who am I or so on?
Our great Kabbalists went to the went up to the creator with love to the creator because they have heard about him, his greatness; they desired to see him and dwell in his majesty, fullness and presence.
Today, Why are we climbing the ladder? Are we doing as Babel time?
It is for our own egoism purpose ?
Everybody can hold the same device but are we using it for the purpose for which it has been designed?
Hi Mathieu DANHO,
Kabbalah is a method through which we can correct our egoistic nature. As a result of that correction we become similar to the Creator, to His qualities of love and bestowal. As a result of becoming similar to Him, we reveal Him in practice, in our lives. This is why we study the wisdom of Kabbalah.
Baal HaSulam writes about this in “The Teaching of the Kabbalah and Its Essence”, here’s an excerpt:
“all the conducts of creation, in its every corner, inlet, and outlet, are completely prearranged for the purpose of nurturing the human species from within it, to improve its qualities until it can sense the Creator as one feels one’s friend. These ascensions are like rungs of a ladder, arranged degree by degree until it is completed and achieves its purpose.”
But just like a PC cannot just reprogram itself to run as a Mac, we too cannot just change our own nature. We need an outside force to make this change on us. We call that force the light. And we extract that force specifically through the Kabbalistic books. It could be from the Torah, Zohar, writings of Baal HaSulam, Rabash, etc. Ultimately all these books are simply means by which we extract the force of the light to change our nature.
We’ll learn how to do this practically in the upcoming lessons. In the meantime, 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
At 56:01 James asked ‘Was Jesus a kabbalist? What is the kabbalistic concept of the Holy Spirit?’ Can you explain more on your answer that Jesus was not a kabbalist and that if he was things would have been different? What exactly would be different? Was your comment about not teaching anything about Jesus strictly in context of this kabbalah course or was it a private interpretation of Jesus’ teachings at large? Thank you
Hi Roberto,
It’s possible that he was a Kabbalist. But since the Kabbalistic writings don’t talk about him, we can’t say for sure. So we could speculate one way or another, but these would just be speculations. We should keep in mind that Kabbalah is a science. Kabbalah only deals with the correction of our egoistic nature and the revelation of the Creator. It has no connection to faith, religion, or religious leaders.
But ultimately these things are not so opposed. Both talk about the importance of loving others as yourself. Kabbalah goes even further and gives us a method to actualize loving others to such an extent that we can reveal in our lives the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal.
Albert @ KabU
Does everyone who goes through the methodology of Kaballah to receive wisdom, arrive at similar conclusions on such things as the meaning of life, the origin of creation, the structure of the spiritual worlds, the problem of evil, God and so forth? Or is it that they are simply trying to be unanimous or concur with each other.?
Hi Paulo,
If you’re talking about simply an intellectual study of the wisdom of Kabbalah, then yes, on such a superficial level, it’s possible to study from the same sources and reach the same conclusions.
But if you’re talking about actual spiritual attainment, which is not just an intellectual understanding, but rather a feeling, there we cannot compare one person to another. This is because each and every person is completely unique and feels the world through his/her uniqueness. As such, it’s impossible to compare how one person feels spirituality with another.
Although we can say that whoever reaches the same spiritual degree will experience the same things that are found on that spiritual degrees. But nonetheless, each one will experience those things through their own uniqueness. Just like two people can be riding in the same car, one person can feel hot while another can feel cold.
And if we’re talking about two different spiritual degrees, then their experiences could be light years away from each other. This is because every new spiritual degree comes with a completely different set of values and way of thinking. What was valid on the previous degree, becomes false on the current one. What we used to value previously, becomes worthless. This is called “what is waste for the upper is nourishment for the lower”.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/01/rising-to-a-new-degree/
Albert @ KabU
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