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Hello my question is. I understand that “There is non else besides him” is not a mantra or ward against “evil” but an attainment.(a specific degree). But sometimes it is all I can fall back on or bring forth to stave off the constant barrage of criticism and accusations etc. Posed by my inner dialog . Almost as a last refuge to my thoughts , something to clutch on to with a desperation so as not to be pulled under the ocean of overwhelming despair . Also I also remind myself “He is the Good that does Good” when faced with things that seem dark or bad. Is this considered improper
Hi David,
Holding on to “none else besides Him” internally is perfectly fine. The only issue is if this would stop us externally. Externally we continue to exist on the level of this world. So we need to take care of all of our problems in the normal way that is customary to take care of these things. So if I’m sick, I go to the doctor. If I’m jobless, I don’t just sit around waiting for a job, rather I go job hunting. If someone is harassing me, I stop them, sue them, etc. In other words, seeing everything as coming from a single benevolent force is our internal work. Externally though, we must keep living and operating our lives in the normal way.
We’ll learn more about these things in the more advanced lessons, in the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman: https://laitman.com/2017/12/there-is-none-else-besides-him/
Albert @ KabU
1. How do I develop or learn to perceive the screen that is really not broken?
2. Is this type of work an exercise or is this something else that has to be done with a guide?
3. Are we awake during this type of work or are we in a different world all together?
4. Can we be in two places at once (aware of our surroundings) or is the physical shut off while the spiritual is made manifest?
5. While I can feel changes in both my intent and behavior, how will I know when I am leaving the sephirot of Malchut? Is there a way to know without an actual guide? Sorry for so many questions I have a bunch more but this is my main interest in lesson 1.
6. Are out of body experiences normal during your training?
7. Why would i start dreaming every night again after 20 years of not dreaming? Do any of these changes in both intent, and physical changes in a sense that cant be explained, along with dreaming have anything to do with the work of Kabbalah. Keep in mind I have already ruled out any medical issues with my doctors, and specialist who found nothing wrong.
Hi Richard, great questions!
1. Our development is in the form of a game. Just like kids play pretend that they are adults, fireman, doctors, etc. Through that game they grow and develop. It’s the same with us. We play “as if” we’re already corrected, as if we already have a screen and the qualities of bestowal. Such a game extracts the reforming light which gradually makes this game a reality.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/03/building-blocks-of-the-first-spiritual-degree/
2. You can call it an exercise, or a game, or spiritual work. Just keep in mind that we do this type of spiritual work only within this safe environment that we call the Kabbalistic group. With the rest of the world, we should act normal, just like everyone else.
As for the guide, yes there is a guide. Our guide is Rav Laitman. He helps us to implement the writings of the Kabbalists in our spiritual work.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/11/the-great-kabbalists-and-their-works/
3. We are awake. “There is no coercion in spirituality”. You cannot attain spirituality if you’re not consciously striving towards it.
As for the spiritual worlds, see my reply 221138 to Carlos below for more details:
4. A Kabbalist continues to exist on the level of this world throughout the entire spiritual ladder. So we exist on both levels at the same time.
5. If you reveal the Creator in practice, then you know.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/04/when-all-doubts-will-dissipate/
I don’t mind answering many questions as long as you don’t mind all the extra reading materials I’ll provide 🙂
6. Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature and as a result reveal the Creator, the general force of love of bestowal. “Body” in Kabbalah refers to our egoistic desires. Rising above means that we develop the Creator’s qualities of love and bestowal. So yes coming out of our egoistic body (desires) is what Kabbalah is all about.
7. I can’t say for sure, but it’s possible. After all, we go through many ups and downs on the spiritual path. The important thing is to just keep going, to keep placing yourself under the influence of the light and it’ll balance everything out.
So the best thing is to set aside some time to regularly return to the Kabbalistic sources, weekly lessons, videos, books, etc. Such habits of returning to the source of the light will help us get through all of the different ups and downs on the path.
Albert @ KabU
Many thanks for your time and responses,
I don’t mind reading your responses at all. I have spent countless hours in history books, archeological findings on both websites and books, along with many of the ancient texts I could not even read (slowly translating each word not even remembering half of it). I am very happy to have a place to come to make sense of some of this distractions I have come across over the years. It has been over 20 years now that I searched and for whatever reason after studying many faiths just to know what they actually believe, I ended up on this particular path.  I feel the Universal forces of both life and nature have led me to this exact spot and I am supposed to be here. However, I also know that everything I learned along the way was just a distraction until now. I need real answers from a real source, and I thank you for providing some of these and taking that time out of your day. I personally feel that my ego has been fed with worldly knowledge, but the more I learn the more I realize we know nothing. Even Science cant be explained because there is a hole in Math (just look at the Dr. Turing’s Machine and experiments that are in every computer for proof of this). So after I came up with no answers from what I could actually touch and calculate I ended up hear. I have taken some great interest in Ancient Geometry but for now I am going to put all that on hold and try to learn as much as i can about true Wisdom not of this world.
Each time I see this video and read the comment, questions, and replies, tears well up in my eyes and emotions too.
thank you
Hi,
I always heard and read (maybe I misunderstood it) that the world of Asya is our world. But from this lesson, looks like our physical world is another one after the barrier.
Have I misunderstood it from other sources, or there is really a confusion or different schools of thought regarding the worlds?
Thanks.
Hi Carlos,
I’m not an expert in other methods, so I cannot comment on what they do or teach there. As for the worlds, 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.
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/
As for our world, when Kabbalists use the term “assiya” or even the term “this world” they are not referring to our current world. Our world is below the ladder of spiritual degrees. Kabbalists call our world “the imaginary world”. Since once we correct ourselves, relative to that corrected state this life would appear as nothing more than a dream.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2010/11/this-life-is-a-dream/
Albert @ KabU
I have no expectations from these lessons because I got the right answer by reading the Talmud of the Ten Sefirot by Rav Ashlag and now I know the purpose of creating myself and the universe. Of course, we should not forget the Torah and Mitzvot, because by following these commands we can become Yechida. I have no questions left …
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