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Hello,
From “Attaining the Worlds Beyond”, page 38, could you please explain what is meant by: “emulating spiritual objects”?
Thank you
Hi Jade,
Emulating meaning trying to become similar to them.
Perceiving spirituality works according to the law of equivalence of form. We can see an example of this law in radio receivers. That when we tune the internal frequency of the radio receiver to match the frequency of the external radio wave, then we can pick up that wave and hear it.
Likewise in our spiritual work, when we become similar to the Creator, we can reveal Him in practice. This is essentially all of our work, to become more and more similar to Him, to His qualities of love and bestowal. All the way until we reach complete adhesion with Him.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
I’ve had spiritual experiences since 2008 through some other book seemingly unconnected to Kabbalah, but now years later, while listening to the teachings I connect my experiences with these teachings. Is it possible I experienced before I learned it in words? I have also always had either nightmares or vivid dreams since I was a child, do dreams have any role in kabbalah?
Thank you.
Hi Jade,
1. It’s possible. After all, Kabbalah does not hold the monopoly over spirituality. It’s not claiming to be the one and only method. The Wisdom of Kabbalah is the accumulation of thousands of years of experience from people practically trying to reach spirituality, what worked, what didn’t, etc. It’s not a must to use it, but as you can imagine, it’s a lot faster and easier with it.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/05/the-presence-of-the-shechina/
2. 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
Thank you Albert,
That was indeed one of the experiences: I was not aware of my body any longer it was very peaceful.
In one of my recent vivid dreams, though, I received a kiss from a man who I could not see the face of, at first it felt it could be a friend of mine who I’ve been in love with for a while, then I thought it was my son’s father (we have been divorced for 18 years), but it was neither of them and I could not see his face, but the kiss felt very real, it was sensual, but not sexual and for a while I could vividly sense that I could either wake up there and see what that reality was or wake up here, there was a moment of suspension where I was certain these were two realities and not just another dream state, and when I finally woke up here, my heart was racing and I was awash in an amazing feeling of Love and excitement about my life in general :). This dream did happen very shortly after I became aware of Kabbalah and started listening to videos and classes…
Hi Jariv,
I’m not an expert in Christianity, so I cannot comment on that. In general, Kabbalah is not a religion, it’s a scientific method by which we can correct our egoistic nature. As a result of that correction, we become similar to the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. As a result of becoming similar to Him, we reveal Him in practice, in our lives.
Baal HaSulam writes about it in the article 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.”
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2019/04/the-purpose-of-creation/
Albert @ KabU
Hi!
What about the kabbalah tattoos that celebrities are having? Does kabbalah condemn tattoos or not?
Hi Heli,
The goal of authentic Kabbalah is to correct our egoistic nature and as a result to become similar to and reveal the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. Tattoos don’t do anything to correct our egoistic nature, so authentic Kabbalah does not deal with that.
How then do we correct our ego and become similar to the Creator? Only through the light. The light is a special force that can correct our nature. Our entire work boils down to extracting more and more of this light, especially from the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.
We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lessons, in the meantime check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
How can you possibly connect with someone hates you and recently join the study? and do interfere with your work in corporeal.
Hi MayAn,
Our spiritual work of connection goes “from light to heavy”. Meaning that first we focus only on connecting with a small group, called a ten. Later on, after we reach a certain degree of connection there, we expand that connection to include other tens. And after we master that, we expand it further and further until we’re able to connect with the whole world.
The ten is like a nucleus upon which we build all of our work. Once we build that nucleus, we will be able to add to it wider and wider circles. But this is gradual work. And until we build that nucleus, we have nothing with which to do any spiritual work towards anyone outside of the ten.
In the meantime, outside of the ten, we should just act normal towards everyone. Not to make a righteous out of ourselves and also not to deliberately cause any harm, but just act normal.
If you’re already in the advanced semester and have already received a ten, you should post your question there.
Albert @ KabU
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