Ask anything about week 2 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.

[Tony Kosinec- KabU Instructor]

Ask anything about week 2 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.

[Tracey]

Just going to say what I think: We as humans think we have free will but until we reach the spiritual level we do not have free will or we have what we perceive to be free will but we do not?

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Tracey,

It’s like a child in his room who thinks he’s the king of the world and has full control over everything there. He does not realize that his parents arranged every single detail in his entire room, giving him exactly what is beneficial for his current level of development, and not more than that.

Albert @ KabU

[Lucy]

How do you teach your little children about spirituality ( freedom)?

 

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Lucy,

With our kids, generally not with words but through our own personal example. That’s the main way we have of teaching them. We need to also remember the rule that “there is no coercion in spirituality”. So we shouldn’t force our children to learn about spirituality if they don’t want it.

If you want a more detailed approach, there were a few dozen episodes with Rav Laitman where he goes into great depth of the proper approach to educating children. “New Life” episodes 203 – 219 were the main ones. Here’s a link.

Albert @ KabU

[Lily Palacios]

I’m alone, my immediate family is not interested in spirituality. My friends are in other states or countries and not interested in Kabbalah. How can I choose my environment and friends if I feel in exile?

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Lily,

The chances of getting an active point in the heart are like the chances of getting struck by lightning, meaning that it’s very rare. Even more rare that there is someone in your immediate circle of friends and family that will also have an active point in the heart. In other words, your situation is not unique to you, we’re all in the same boat.

The solution is that our spiritual environment is not made up of our immediate circle of friends and family, but rather it’s made up of other points in the heart that are on the path with us in KabU. At times these people can be close to you physically, but these days it’s more common that we connect to a virtual environment.

In the advanced semesters of KabU, everyone will be grouped up into small virtual Kabbalistic groups with whom you can start connecting and building your spiritual environment.

Albert @ KabU

[jul]

I didn’t really understand here, can you clarify please. Does this mean a human can only achieve free will that fosters spiritual growth? is free will only applicable in the spiritual area? what about in the physical area? for example someone select to live very far away from the environment where he grew up, pick a different career he never thought about before? or for example in the example of Elon Musk he grew up in South Africa, and he strive and work on achieving his goal in an environment which was different from where he grew up and different ambitions from his parents, wouldn’t we consider it as free will? can you clarify, I am a little lost here. Isn’t there free will in the physical realm?

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Jul,

No matter what choices we make in our corporeal lives, we will continue to remain within our egoistic nature. The only way of reaching freedom from our egoistic nature is by choosing to be influenced by the spiritual environment.

See my reply #423419 to Mitch below for more details.

Albert @ KabU

[jul]

I see, thank you

[Anthony]

It seems to me in this world money is freedom, and total lack is akin to slavery, what does the kabbalistic definition of freedom teach in this regard?

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Anthony,

Regardless of how much money a person has, they are still enslaved to their egoistic nature. This is why Kabbalists equate freedom with coming out of our egoistic nature.

See my reply 423419 to Mitch below for more details.

Albert @ KabU

[Charles]

Are these four states explaining reincarnation in relation to the states of the soul? Can you please help check if my understanding comes close to the topic we are trying to understand:

1. first factor explains that the soul is unchanging no matter what garbs it takes on its outer form

2. second factor explains the ‘programs’ of that creates the desire to take garbs or outer forms for the sake of creation, but already has its own unique pattern

3. the third factor explains how the unique pattern of the soul responds to the outside factors (environment) that is still part of creation, touching the desires that make up the unique pattern

4. the fourth factor explains about the environment that keeps the soul in the cycle

I am probably coming at this from the point of view of karma (the law of cause and effect), and in my mind as I was listening to the video is that these are what keeps our desires entangled in the cycle, and that the environment is created specifically for the maturing of desires thus in the corporeal world there is really no free will  because we (our desires) choose to be in the specific environment that bestows realization for the desires, which also means that the true free will is to switch to an alternate (albeit altruistic) desire that is to realize the unchanging soul (as in the first factor).

This is still too confusing for my mind. Please help enlighten my understanding. Thank you.

[Anthony]

Thank you

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Charles,

We can look at the four states from different points of view, including the development of the soul. But for now, we need to focus on the main takeaway, which is relative to reaching freedom. That if we want to reach freedom from our egoistic nature, we can do so through the influence of the spiritual environment.

See my reply 423419 to Mitch below for more details.

Albert @ KabU

[Charles]

Thank you.

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