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what is the meaning of those five spiritual levels that come before the infinite and which level comes first
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Hello,
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 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 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 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
Please my question goes practical kabbalah how can I chant the names of God and for how long can I do that
Hi Williams, good question!
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. Things like chanting/meditation help to calm us down, but ultimately it doesn’t correct our egoistic nature, so it’s not a part of the authentic Kabbalistic method.
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
I would respectfully like to know if Rav Laitman, Tony Kosinec, or any other Kabbalists with Bnei Baruch, are actually working in and from the spiritual world, and if able to “work the controls in the control room” and effect outcomes from the Level of Causes, as you often say? Is all of the the extremely complex and arcane information in Kabbalist books an effective reality for the teachers of Bnei Baruch, who can wield this spiritual technology powerfully, or is it just that you are very good experts in the theory, but still not able to realize the kinds of power over reality that you promise (and please forgive me if I have misunderstood what you are saying. This sincere question is just based the conclusions I draw from your presentations)?
Hi Seraphim, great question!
Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature. As a result of this correction, we become similar to the Creator, and reveal this general force of love and bestowal in practice, in our lives. What are the signs that someone is a Kabbalist, that someone attained spirituality? Can we see it on his/her appearance? Maybe they wear robes, have long beards, and sound smart? Or maybe we expect of this person to perform miracles and magic tricks? Or perhaps such a person is rich and never has to work a day of his life? Or maybe he’s super healthy and never gets sick?
The correction that Kabbalah talks about is an internal correction, on the level of a person’s thoughts and desires. Externally, such a person would appear just like any other normal person. He continues to work, take care of his family, health, and live life in a normal way. In other words, there are no external signs that someone attained spirituality.
Alright, so if I cannot judge whether someone else is in spiritual attainment, perhaps they can just tell me if they are? In Kabbalah, we don’t talk about our personal revelations. It’s like someone that has a diamond in his pocket that is worth billions of dollars, he would not go around telling others about it, otherwise he risks losing it. Same thing here. Spiritual attainment is the most precious thing in the world, worth more than all of the diamonds and pleasures of this world put together. A genuine Kabbalist will never openly reveal the fact that he is in attainment, since this might evoke negative envy in others which can cause him to lose this special connection.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details on that: https://laitman.com/2011/05/do-not-trigger-fire-upon-yourself/
So we don’t share our personal revelations with anyone, but at the very least we can say that all of the instructors here have been studying Kabbalah with Rav Laitman for many years and have been extensively trained by Bnei Baruch to be instructors for beginners. After completing the courses on KabU, you should have a strong enough foundation to connect directly to Rav Laitman’s lessons.
Albert @ KabU
Shalom shalom, I would like to know if you think that hashem called us and knew we would be learning kabbala, and when it is said that Yaakov saw angels going down a “ladder”, and then back up, is it the allegory of mitsvos, or is it meaning that the language of branches is saying that angels come to earth to take “orders” from humans and then they go back to “heaven” to bring the prayers and wishes to Hashem… thank you very much
Hi Gedula, great questions!
1. We cannot speak from the Creator’s point of view because we don’t attain such things. Kabbalah is a science, with clear limits of what we can and cannot research. Kabbalah differentiate two parts to the Creator. The first is His essence (atzmuto in Hebrew). This is He Himself, His point of view, the Creator as an entity separate from the Created beings. We’re incapable of researching this part of the Creator simply because our research tools are not built in such a way that we can grasp such things. Perhaps after we finish the process of correction, we’ll discover additional research tools through which we’ll be able to research these things, but until then we limit ourselves and don’t talk about this part of the Creator because we cannot properly research it.
The other part of the Creator is called Bo-Re (Hebrew for Come (Bo) and See (Re)). This is the part of the Creator that we can research and reveal. How do we research this? Through the desire. When we take a part of our desire to receive and correct it in the direction of bestowal, in that corrected desire, we reveal a certain phenomenon, we call this phenomenon the Creator. This is why there are many names for the Creator (in Hebrew), since every time we correct a different part of the desire, we reveal a different aspect of this thing called the Creator.
So all of our understanding of this thing called the Creator is based on what we reveal within the corrected desire. Whatever exists outside of the corrected desire, whatever we don’t grasp, perceive or attain within the desire, whatever is beyond our tools of research, we don’t talk about. We need to keep these limits in mind in order to stay within the realm of science and not venture off into religion or philosophy.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/12/the-holy-names-of-bestowal/
2. The ladder is the 125 degrees of difference between us and the Creator. The Earth is our desire to receive, it’s our egoistic nature. And the heavens is the Creator’s nature, that of pure love and bestowal. To the extent that we correct our nature, make it similar to the Creator’s nature, to that extent we’re “climbing” this ladder. All of this follows the law of equivalence of form.
If you’re interesting in learning more on how to properly decipher the Torah, check out the books: Disclosing a Portion or The Secrets of the Eternal Book.
Albert @ KabU
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