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What of Sin and Forgiveness, Is it attainable or does the creative force not reconcile that, and Could Jesus have been a Kabbalahist, he says alot of things that Line up with Kabbalah. I’m trying to learn more, just trying to find the place to lay my head.
Hi Mark, good questions!
We’ll learn in the upcoming lessons the concept of “there is none else besides Him”. This means that there is a single force behind ALL of reality. All of our thoughts, desires, all of the external events of the world come from this singular force. If so, then there is really no room for sin in the traditional sense of the word.
The Kabbalistic definition of sin is closer to a mistake. And mistakes are not bad, but rather the natural process by which we grow and develop. Similar to how kids have a tendency to break a toy in order to learn how it works.
Likewise in our spiritual work. There is a saying that “there is no righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin” and “a person does not keep a commandment if he has not failed in it first”. Meaning that it’s impossible to advance without first making such mistakes. They are a vital part of our development.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/05/there-are-no-sins-in-this-world/
As for Jesus, we could speculate one way or another, but in general, 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
Hola kabu. Quisiera preguntar si es posible desde la kabbalah trabajar para eliminar toda la corrupción y opresión de algunos gobiernos sobre sus ciudadanos?
google translation of Henry’s question:
Hi kabu. I would like to ask if it is possible from the kabbalah to work to eliminate all the corruption and oppression of some governments on their citizens?
Hi Henry, good question!
We’ll learn in the upcoming lesson on the perception of reality that the entire world is nothing more than a reflection of my own uncorrected egoistic state. As long as I’m not corrected, I will see in front of me a bad world, full of suffering, corruption, etc.
It’s like I have these dirty glasses through which I see the whole world as dirty. But the moment I clean my own glasses, I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s clean and perfect.
In other words, we don’t need to become humanitarians or make any corrections in the external world, we only need to correct ourselves, and we’ll see this correction reflected in the world.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2014/04/in-neutral-gear/
Albert @ KabU
ojojojo if my results from the first knowledge checkpoint are anything to go by, 0 out of 4, I am even more disconnected than I thought!! I thought that the work was hidden as much by accident, language, time and the ability for students to understand, than by desire to hide the information. my questions are ; is there a set order to study the material? why have I understood so little? could it be I am not meant or able to understand?
In general, I am very confused and struggling to make sense of so many things in my life, let alone the meaning of life. The change I sense in me is not for the better, it is based on being more selfish!! is this just feeding ego? As a younger man I felt a strong connection with nature and what I shall call a force, something bigger and omni present, but I most definately struggle with the image of an old man representing god and judging for heaven or hell. Feeling instead that what ever this omnipresent force is, it is here now controlling us but not judging us. If we work within the natural paramètres or laws we could be in heaven conversely if we work against said laws it could become hell. So my next question is; why does what we do as individuals seem to have such little effect? from experience I know that giving myself can leave me unfulfilled, but I also see that being selfish is not working, it leaves me feeling worse than unfulfilled because in my heart I know I was not put here to be selfish. Was I not giving myself correctly? does this only work if we give collectively? is our path nothing to do with this? am i going mad? best wihes keith
Hi Keith, great questions!
1. Just follow along with the course, it provides a good foundation and order to study the materials. If you want you can also read through the course book “Kabbalah Revealed” from beginning to end, this will also give you a good foundation.
2. As for the knowledge checkpoint, this is just a tool we use to help students stay engaged. But keep in mind that ultimately it’s not through our knowledge that we attain spirituality. After all, we can take a super computer and load it up with all of Kabbalistic books as well as all of the knowledge that this entire world has to offer. But this computer will not attain spirituality. Spiritual attainment depends on one thing and one thing only, the desire. If we build the right desire for it, within that correct desire, we will reveal spiritual sensations. That’s it.
Although we spend a lot of time studying, the goal is not to acquire knowledge, but through the study to draw the light, a special force that helps us to build the right desire. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
3. As for the changes we go through on the spiritual path, we need to understand that Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature. In order to correct our egoistic nature, we first need to discover this ego. So by engaging in spiritual work, we don’t just become saints. Rather, each time we uncover more and more of our egoistic nature and then we have what to correct. This follows the sayings that “there is no righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin” and “a person does not keep a commandment if he has not failed in it first”.
4. What we do has little effect because our world is the world of branches. To change something here, we need to do it on the level of roots. It’s like watching TV. Let’s say I’m watching a TV show and want to change something in the show. I can start yelling at the show or even turn it off, or go to sleep or make a thousand other actions. Ultimately none of this will change the show itself. In order to make any changes, I would need to go to the source. In this case maybe to contact the director or producer.
Likewise with our world, We’re on the level of branches, like that end result of a TV show that was already made. In order to make any changes here, we need to go to the roots. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2009/09/the-law-of-roots-and-branches-the-most-imporant-law-in-kabbalah/
5. As for being able to give, we need to keep in mind that true altruism does not exist on the level of our world. Bestowal is the Creator’s nature. While our nature is that of pure reception. So it’s impossible for us to truly bestow. At best we can perform more and more covert actions of reception. For example, I go to the store and I give them my money, but obviously I want something in return. It’s the same with all of our actions of bestowal in corporeality. Either I do it to receive pleasure directly or indirectly from fame, honor, money, or even the pride of knowing that no one knows about this action, or even avoiding pain or guilt is also part of this same calculation.
So real bestowal, above any calculations for receiving for oneself, does not exist in our world. Real bestowal is purely the Creator’s quality. If we want to acquire such a quality, we first need to correct our nature. This is done by the force of the light we evoke through the Kabbalistic studies. This light begins to work on us, even if we don’t have the true desire to bestow. Even if we’re just like little kids, pretending to be spiritual grown ups. It takes this aspiration of ours and corrects it little by little, building in us a true desire for spirituality, for the spiritual qualities of love and bestowal.
Albert @ KabU
<p style=”text-align: center;”>I would like to take a moment to thank you. I have been a member of Kabu and kabbalah.info since winter 2015, when I took my first course with you, and in that time, I have managed to change in leaps and bounds, saving my marriage, being a lot close to not only my family but my wife’s family. Kabbalah has enabled me to make inner changes that would not have been possible without the kabbalistic teaches. I have returned to restudy everything that I studied previously in the hope to reconnect with all the friends here and to deepen my connection to the Creator. I will be honest, in that, I do study with Chabad and with an Orthodox Rabbi and others, and so my time has been limited with regards to how much I had to restudy Kabbalah, however for now, I hope to focus what time I have available to restudying Kabbalah, when not with family and supporting them.</p>
Eu nasci em uma familia muito pobre, mina mãe morreu quando eu tinha apenas 1 ano de nascido, e meu pai nos abandou nas casas dos vizinhos e sumiu e ninguém ouviu mais falar dele, e a vida foi comigo bastante dificil, nos meus primeiros anos da minha adolecência dormi na rua por 2 anos, minha primeira namorada fez um feitiço para eu morrer, já que eu não queria ficar mais com ela, e por 45 anos sofri todo tipo de violência pisicológica por conta da minha condição de vida nesse mundo, minha pergunta é: por eu? Mais graças a uma foça sobrenatural eu não morri, estou 65 anos de idade, que me orgulho muito de ter chegado até aqui.
Hi Antonio,
I cannot comment on your personal state, we can speak about these things only in general. In general, we learn in Kabbalah this concept of “none else besides Him”. This means that there is a singular benevolent force behind EVERYTHING in life. All of my thoughts, desires, all of the life events we go through, EVERYTHING comes from this one force.
But if everything is coming from a singular BENEVOLENT force, why don’t we sense this goodness? Why is life so full of suffering? It’s because we’re opposite to Him. Our opposite egoistic nature inverts this goodness into something bad. It’s like multiplying numbers: a positive times a negative, equals negative. So as long as we remain within this egoistic nature, we will continue to suffer more and more in life. But if we correct our nature to be similar to the Creator’s nature, we will reveal the true reality in which only goodness exists and that our previous egoistic state was nothing more than a dream.
We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lessons, in the meantime check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/
Albert @ KabU
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