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Good evening! I enjoyed lesson one and am thankful for it.
My question is:
What is the most common barrier a new student faces on their journey to grab hold of the “1st rung of the ladder” on their ascent back up?
Thank you!
Hi Paul, great question!
The most common barrier is finding the right balance between our corporeal lives and our spiritual aspirations. Without a good balance in our corporeal lives, we won’t be able to advance in spirituality either. This is called “no flour, no Torah – no Torah, no flour”. Meaning a Kabbalist continues to exist on the level of this world throughout the entire spiritual ladder. So I cannot just turn into a monk and disconnect from this life and only focus on spirituality. On the other hand, if I only focus on corporeality, then I’m no different than an animal. So the important thing is to find the right balance between the two: to take care of all of one’s normal necessities: to work, take care of the family, health, etc (this is called flour) and to set aside some time on a regular basis to focus on spirituality (this is called Torah).
Albert @ KabU
Hello,
Im loving what I’m learning about Kabbalah here and in the YouTubes.
As a Christian I am curious what Kabbalists think about Jesus.
Do they consider Jesus a prophet? Or God?
Did Jesus teach Kabbalah?
Thank you
Hi RDB, great questions!
Kabbalistic writings don’t talk about Jesus. 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
Hi Jensen, good question!
We learn that nature is a perfect integral system. In an integral system, there are no parts that are more or less important, but rather everyone is equal and everyone is important. If even a single part is missing, then the whole system is incomplete.
Meaning the purpose of creation will be attained by EVERYONE. And if even one person is missing, then we have not yet attained the entire purpose of creation. It’s like a 8 billion piece jigsaw puzzle, where if even 1 piece is missing, the entire puzzle is incomplete.
So no one will be left behind, we will all reach the goal. The only difference is that there are those that are awakened to this work earlier and those that are awakened to it later. This is because there is a certain order of corrections that need to take place. It’s like building a large jigsaw puzzle. First you start with all the corner pieces, and only then do you gradually work your way to the center. So those that received awakened points in the hearts are like those corner pieces of the puzzle that need to start the whole process. Later on, due to their good work, they pave the way for the rest of the world to join this process.
Albert @ KabU
My question is regarding the lineage of Qabalah. Some say that the true Qabalah was stolen from the ancient jewish hebrews and that the qabalah that is taught today is not authentic and is in fact a bastardised version. Some make reference to kazarians, zionists who brought forward their own interpretation of sacred qabalah after stealing this sacred knowledge. I aware from my own reading that Quabalah was taught orally from master to student only so that the purity of the wisdom was translated in its original state. What are your thoughts?
Hi Yvonne, good question!
Authentic Kabbalah has been concealed for the past 2000 years, so naturally there are a lot of misconceptions associated with it. Just picture a 2000 year old game of telephone… Essentially Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature. As a result of this correction, we become similar to the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. As a result of becoming similar to Him, we reveal this force of love in practice, in our lives.
The first one to actualize this was Adam (about 5800 years ago). His name gives us a hint at this since Adam comes from the Hebrew word “Dome”, meaning “similar to”. He was not the first one alive, but rather the first one to reveal the Creator by becoming similar to this quality of bestowal.
This wisdom gets passed on ward from Adam until Abraham who adapted it to the people of his generation and made the wisdom more practical. Abraham put together a large group of Babylonians who were interested in actualizing this method. These people later on 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.
These people greatly succeeded in this method. The peak of their success was symbolized in the building of the first and second temple, which reflected the level of unity and bestowal they were able to reach. At a certain point, they lost the spiritual connection between them (the destruction of the 2nd temple) and what remained was just these external symbols of their connection.
At this point the wisdom of Kabbalah became concealed. People still had the holy books, Torah and etc, but they did not know how to use them. Since the Torah is written in the language of roots and branches. Meaning it uses words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena. But if a person does not have this spiritual connection through which he can see this, then he thinks this book is talking about this world, history, morals, commandments, etc. From this emerges the Jewish religion.
From all the above we see that Kabbalah itself is not connected to any religion, philosophy, or the myriad of spiritual methods out there. Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
Albert @ KabU
I watched all of the series Kabbalah revealed on YouTube & that is what brought me to this site. I’ve had so many A-Ha moments in my brief learning of this subject , I can’t believe that anyone could learn this & not be blown away by it
I am consciously trying to think of others before myself, and to be calm & pleasant to people. I am naturally this way but occasionally my ego is too strong & I get frustrated & criticise & judge people. Is it possible to be critical of people/situations etc yet still be on the path of enlightenment?
I also am starting to pay attention to my intentions when I help others or give to others instead of myself. It really is hard to eliminate that egoistic element in which I gain satisfaction from it.
But at least I’m aware of it , I’m guessing it takes many years to master it ?Thankyou so much for sharing this life changing information
Hi Shaun, great questions!
1. Spiritual work is something that we do with other points in the heart in this safe environment that we call the Kabbalistic group. If you practice this anywhere else, in the best case scenario you’ll build some good relationships, in the worst case, people will think you’re weird or try to take advantage of you. But either way it will not lead to goal of our spiritual work, which is the revelation of the Creator. So generally with the rest of the world it’s best to just act normal, like everyone else. Meaning don’t make a saint of yourself and at the same time don’t cause harm to others, but just act there the way normal people act.
2. We were all created as egoists on purpose. It’s precisely thanks to the ego that we can rise to high spiritual degrees. In Kabbalah, the ego is not a bad force but rather a partner that helps us to advance. Meaning we don’t eliminate our ego, we rise above it. It turns into a type of hill or mountain that we rise above. In other words, the greater the ego, the further up we can climb, and the greater the spiritual level we can achieve. On the other hand if we eliminate the ego, then the spiritual level we can achieve is relatively tiny.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/02/the-worse-the-better/
Albert @ KabU
Does Kabbalah has its foots from Hebrew? If Yes, then What is the relationship between Hebrew and Kabbalah?
Hi Michael, good question!
Hebrew was discovered by the first Kabbalist when he revealed spirituality. Hebrew is a language built for passing spiritual meaning. Not just the meaning of the words, but every single letter and shape of the letter is a code for a spiritual state.
Check out this article for more details: http://www.kabbalah.info/eng/content/view/frame/60270?/eng/content/view/full/60270&main
As well as this blog post from Rav Laitman: https://laitman.com/2010/12/the-iron-rules-of-spiritual-grammar/
Albert @ KabU
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