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Is it possible to be a kabbalah student from afar?
I live in Iran. In my country I don’t have the internet access to pay for the courses and it somehow dissapoins me to continue if it going to be stopped at some point. With my career position and our political state I don’t think I’ll be able to leave this country either.
I am so grateful I have found this course and this community! I have been searching for the meaning and purpose of life in general and of my own life in particular since my teen years. Now I’m 63 and traversing a transition that makes the study of Kabbalah all the more meaningful to me. This is not really a question, but a statement of gratitude and intent to learn more and to delve deeper into this search for meaning and wisdom.
how would the 5 upper worlds relate to the idea or metaphor as the universe as a singular body similar to that of a human. also how would the concept of the five worlds relate to the concept of higher densities or dimensions achieved after “graduating” from that which we currently exist in?
Hi Terry, great questions!
1. The base 5 stems from the 4 phases (and root phase) of direct light. This is essentially the blueprint of reality that repeats itself on all of the different levels of reality. Check out the chart in the back of Kabbalah for the student for more examples: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZMKAG9VpJehF4anqSBT-RcG4ZqJf6B09/view?usp=sharing
We will learn about this process in detail in the upcoming lessons.
2. The 5 spiritual worlds are not places 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.
All of this follows the law of equivalence of form. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, what does it mean when someone is flying in his dream? Having sex his his dream and most importantly seeing himself been chase by a military personnel?. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank, you.
Hi Kima,
Kabbalah does not deal with dream interpretations. In general, Kabbalists don’t attribute much importance to dreams or the state of dreaming. They see it simply as a state where the brain summarizes/organizes the daily experiences. Similar to how some computers go through the process of defragmentation.
On the other hand, there is a spiritual state called dreaming which is the process by which we transition from one spiritual degree to another. It’s like the neutral gear on a manual transmission, which requires you to switch to the neutral gear before switching to another gear. In other words, in between every spiritual state is a state called “dream”. But it’s not related to the corporeal dreams that we experience in our physical bodies. Kabbalists don’t ascribe any importance to corporeal dreams.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2016/04/an-ordinary-dream/
https://laitman.com/2015/02/we-cannot-live-without-sleep/
Albert @ KabU
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Hi, is there another place to ask general questions? I wanted to ask about relationships but i know this page is only for the lessons relating to week 1.</p>
ThanksHi Troy,
Yes, general questions can be asked in the “Ask Anything” forum.
To navigate to it, go to the navigation bar on top, select your name all the way to the right, in the drop down menu select “Forums”.
Here’s a direct link: https://kabuconnect.com/ask-anything/
Albert @ KabU
Why was it decided in 1995 that it was time to reveal Kabbalah to the world? I’m so grateful they did. I’m an accountant and having a structure to explore my spiritual nature is such a gift. Thank you.
Hi Karim, good question!
Although we point to 1995 as to when Kabbalah became revealed, technically the prohibition was lifted much earlier, from the time of the Ari. He was the one to make a very special correction within the entire spiritual system, after which its not only possible, but a must to openly disseminate the wisdom of Kabbalah in order to help the whole world reach its correction.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details on the Ari: https://laitman.com/2010/08/the-ari-rav-isaac-luria-the-godly-man/
So why do we say 1995? Let’s put a few things into perspective:
Kabbalah is the method of correction of our egoistic nature, thereby revealing the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. Why was it necessary to conceal such a wisdom? Because egoism was still not yet fully developed. For example: if you compare Kabbalah to a medicine that can cure a rare disease, obviously you can’t take the medicine before you’re diagnosed with the disease, but once the disease actually manifests, you can take the medicine and be cured of it.
It’s just like the 5 stages development of a disease within a person. First a person is healthy. Then he is sick, but he does not feel it. Then the disease spreads to the point that he starts to feel pain and symptoms of the disease. This then pushes him to go to a doctor to get diagnosed and find the cure, and etc.
2000 years ago, egoism was still on a very low level, there was no need to correct it. Starting from the days of the Ari, egoism already grew to a certain extent (and technically the prohibition on Kabbalah ended there), but humanity still didn’t feel sick, on the contrary the ego was the main driving force of all of our development. Then from around 1995 egoism peaked and began to show itself as bad, like a cancer that begins to kill the host body. This is the peak at which there was a true need for the cure. Which in essence is what the Kabbalists have been waiting for all these years, for the desire, for egoism to fully ripen.
Albert @ KabU
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