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I come from a past of colonization and slavery. Pain is written in my DNA. How can this be corrected so the next generation does not suffer from ancestral traumas? Is this even possible and why did the Creator deemed it necessary for me to inherit this genetic background?
Hi Akosua Marie,
Depending on the root of our soul, each one gets exactly what they need for their specific correction.
And it’s not just our past history, but EVERY SINGLE MOMENT of life is arranged exactly as it needs to be for our correction. This is called “there is none else besides Him”.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/12/there-is-none-else-besides-him/
Furthermore, the Kabbalists also say that He is the “good that does good”. Meaning that every moment He is sending us nothing but goodness. But why then don’t we see this in our world? Why do we see so much suffering and problems in the world?
This is because our world is governed by our egoistic nature. This egoistic nature is opposite to the Creator’s nature. Because of that, it inverts the Creator’s goodness into something bad. It’s just like multiplying numbers: a positive times a negative equals negative.
So as long as we remain within this egoistic nature, we will continue to see and feel more suffering and bad things in the world. But if we correct our nature to be similar to the Creator’s nature, then we will reveal the true reality in which only goodness exists, and our previous egoistic state would appear as nothing more than a dream.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/
Albert @ KabU
Is it realistic to be surrounded with people who share the same spiritual goal? We are spread all over the world. What is the solution to this?
Hi Zdravko,
There are KabU groups all over the world. And even if there isn’t one near you, there are always virtual groups.
Keep in mind that we’re not constantly surrounded by these people. We still have to work and take care of our families like anyone else. So the trick is to use those few moments every day where we connect to our Kabbalah group to fuel us with this connection internally for the rest of the day. So that no matter where we are or what we’re doing, we will always feel connected to the spiritual environment.
We’ll learn more about these things in the advanced semesters, where everyone will receive their own virtual Kabbalah group with whom you can put these things into practice.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Mark,
It’s complicated because we’re trying to understand it intellectually. It’s like a blind person that is trying to study colors. He can learn the wavelengths behind each one, the different feelings they all evoke, but ultimately a world full of colors would be complex and completely incomprehensible for him. But if this blind person was to undergo an operation and gain his sense of sight, how easy and simple it would be to teach him colors. We would simply point to it and say “this is red”.
Likewise with us, it’s only after we reach spiritual attainment that we will truly and easily be able to grasp all these things.
Albert @ KabU
I mean, what is the purpose of the creator to make it so complicated?
Reaching spiritual attainment when we don’t have fee will (but), we can’t perceive the root level (unless), etc. Intellectually I have the “illusion” that I understand what is being said in the course. My problem is the connection with the creator since my teenager years, and during the times when loved ones are being sick and dying. Especially in those times the DESIRE to connect is huge, and the DESIRE to heal my loved ones too. Yet, the prayers are not being answered.
In this lesson we learn that we have to choose the right Kabbalistic books, the right teacher and join a group with like minded people (our environment). Does this mean that ONLY through Kabbalah one can reach spiritual attainment?
Hi Mark,
1. Like in the previous example of the blind person, it only appears complicated because we’re still spiritually blind. The true reality is actually quite simple: a desire to receive, a desire to bestow, and the interplay between them.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2019/04/the-purpose-of-creation/
2. We learn from the Kabbalists that every single moment comes to us directly from the Creator, this is called “there is none else besides Him”. Furthermore, they also say that He is the “good that does good”. Meaning that every moment He is sending us nothing but goodness. But why then don’t we see this in our world? Why do we see so much suffering and problems in the world?
This is because our world is governed by our egoistic nature. This egoistic nature is opposite to the Creator’s nature. Because of that, it inverts the Creator’s goodness into something bad. It’s just like multiplying numbers: a positive times a negative equals negative.
So as long as we remain within this egoistic nature, we will continue to see and feel more suffering and bad things in the world. But if we correct our nature to be similar to the Creator’s nature, then we will reveal the true reality in which only goodness exists, and our previous egoistic state would appear as nothing more than a dream.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/
3. Kabbalah does not hold the monopoly over spirituality. It’s not claiming to be the one and only method. The Wisdom of Kabbalah is the accumulation of thousands of years of experience from people practically trying to reach spirituality, what worked, what didn’t, etc. It’s not a must to use it, but as you can imagine, it’s a lot faster and easier with it.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Natu,
Freedom means rising above our egoistic nature. As we learned in this week’s lesson, we do this by building for ourselves a strong spiritual environment.
Baal HaSulam talks about this in the article, the Freedom. He writes: “Harut (carved) on the tables”; do not pronounce it Harut (carved), but rather Herut (freedom), to show that they are liberated from the angel of death.
Throughout the article he explains how our current egoistic nature is that angel of death. Meaning although we are technically alive and surviving, relative to spirituality, our life is considered death. True life is within a completely different nature, that of bestowal. In order to reach freedom from our current nature, we need to choose and build a spiritual environment for ourselves which will influence us with the importance of acquiring the quality of bestowal.
For this reason, the Kabbalists equate our main freedom in life in choosing to be influenced by a spiritual environment. Not just any environment, but specifically a spiritual environment, since only through the spiritual environment can we get the importance of coming out of our egoistic nature and only through that environment can we draw the light that can help us to actualize this.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/10/bestowal-should-become-fashionable/
Albert @ KabU
¿Cómo puedo dar alegría al Creador mediante mis decisiones si, en realidad, mi naturaleza egoísta y tendencias instintivas son la limitante esencial de mi existencia? ¿De qué manera puedo ser impulsado por encima de mi naturaleza egoísta para elegir libremente lo que le agrada al Creador?
google translation of the questions:
How can I bring joy to the Creator through my choices if, in reality, my egoistic nature and instinctive tendencies are the essential limitation of my existence? How can I be driven above my egoistic nature to freely choose what pleases the Creator?
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Hi Enrique,
We learn that “a prisoner cannot release himself from prison”. Meaning that we are stuck within the prison of our egoistic nature and we cannot just bring ourselves out of it by ourselves.
So if our nature prevents us from have a genuine desire to bestow, what can we do? In the best case scenario, we can ASPIRE to bestow. We can play pretend AS IF we want bestowal. This is as much as our nature allows and actually this is enough. Such a game, especially when played with other points in the hearts in the Kabbalistic group, is how we extract the reforming light. It’s ultimately the light that corrects our nature and gives us a true desire to bestow. Our work is to extract more and more of it until it begins to work on us and makes this aspiration 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/
Also, keep in mind that we’re still like spiritual babies. Just like with corporeal babies, the smallest effort that they make brings the parents joy, likewise with us, every little effort we make on the path brings the Creator contentment.
Baal HaSulam writes about this in the article “One Commandment”, here’s an excerpt:
It is hopeless to wait for a time when a solution is found that enables one to begin the work of the Creator in Lishma. As in the past, so is now, and so will it be: Every servant of the Creator must begin the work in Lo Lishma, and from that achieve Lishma.
The way to achieve this degree is not limited by time, but by his qualifiers, and by the measure of one’s control over one’s heart. Hence, many have fallen and will fall in the field of working Lo Lishma, and will die without wisdom. Yet, their reward is nevertheless great, since one’s mind cannot appreciate the true merit and value of bringing contentment to one’s Maker. Even if one works not under this condition, since one is not worthy of another way, one still brings contentment to one’s Maker. This is called “unintentionally.”
(Lishma = that all my actions are in order to bestow contentment to the Creator; Lo Lishma = doing spiritual work to receive pleasure for myself)
Albert @ KabU
¿En qué medida mi libertad depende del entorno con el cual me conecte? Si bien no puedo tener espiritualidad sin libertad, si mi libertad depende de mi imprescindible conexión con un entorno apropiado de espiritualidad, ¿no significa ello entonces que no hay libertad sin espiritualidad? ¿De manera tal, entonces que el supuesto libre albedrío no es lo que literalmente podría pensarse?
google translation of the question:
To what extent does my freedom depend on the environment I connect with? While I cannot have spirituality without freedom, if my freedom depends on my essential connection with an appropriate spiritual environment, does that not mean that there is no freedom without spirituality? So then, is the supposed free will not what it might literally be thought to be?
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Hi Enrique,
Freedom means rising above our egoistic nature. And yes, it’s impossible to reach freedom from our egoistic nature without the support of the spiritual environment.
See my response 395646 below to Ben for more details:
Albert @ KabU
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