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Referring to this week’s reading from Kabbalah for the Student p.385.
I am puzzling over the meaning of this quote:
“Make for yourself a Rav, and buy for yourself a friend.”
Could you please explain the meaning of this and how it relates to “freedom”?
Thank you,
David
Hi David,
Freedom means rising above our egoistic nature. If we want to do that, we need to be influenced by a strong spiritual environment that has that goal.
Just like if I want to lose weight, I sign up to the gym, maybe get a personal trainer, read health articles, pair up with a friend to motivate each other, etc. Likewise here, if I want to reach freedom from the ego, I need a spiritual environment that will influence me and support me in that direction.
The spiritual environment consists of the Kabbalistic teacher (Rav), group (friends), and books or lessons. So the quote “make for yourself a Rav and buy for yourself a friend” is talking about the need to place yourself under the influence of the spiritual environment so you can have the strength to come out of the ego and reach spirituality.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/10/bestowal-should-become-fashionable/
Albert @ KabU
How do I recognize the Point in the Heart within myself?
What does it mean to “accelerate development” spiritually?
How do I find the right environment for my soul’s growth?
Can you explain how the Four Factors apply to daily life decisions?
What’s the difference between spiritual freedom and psychological freedom
Hi Kebede,
1. The point in the heart keeps pushing and pulling us until we come to the place where we feel that we can satisfy that desire. So those with a ripe point in the heart would feel what we’re learning here resonates with them. If not, they may need to search elsewhere until they find what resonates with them. This follows the rule that “one studies only where one’s heart desires”.
2. The end goal is already set: complete adhesion with the Creator, with His qualities of love and bestowal. If we want to accelerate our development towards that goal, we need to place ourselves into a good spiritual environment that will constantly influence us in that direction.
This is similar to how if we take the goal for ourselves to get into shape, then we go to the gym and get inspired by the people in the gym to keep working out. Likewise with our spiritual work, we need to find or build for ourselves such an environment that will push us towards developing spiritually.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/10/bestowal-should-become-fashionable/
3. If you want to continue with KabU, in the graduate semester, everyone will receive their own Kabbalah group with whom they can start to build for themselves a good spiritual environment.
4. The main takeaway from the four factors is that if we want to reach freedom from our egoistic nature, then we need to place ourselves in a good spiritual environment. If you understand that, that’s enough to implement the four factors in practice.
5. Spiritual freedom means freedom from our egoistic nature. That is what we hope to achieve through Kabbalah.
Albert @ KabU
In this life, everything is all planned out by the Creator already, which makes sense when we are in a state of receiving for receiving and even receiving to bestow. Our thoughts, decisions, every moment of our existence is receiving of some sort. Once we become like the Creator, the state of true bestowal, does free will change, or will the Creator always be writing our story?
Hi Sean,
Becoming like the Creator takes 125 steps. This is the whole focus of our current work. Our current research tools are incapable of researching anything beyond that point, so the science of Kabbalah does not talk about it. Once we get there, we’ll see what is next.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/10/what-happens-after-the-final-correction/
Albert @ KabU
Hi, if I buy the online sessions for the upcoming retreat, how interactive is it, is there some zoom participation, or is it just watching videos for 3 days?
Just did the session with Tony. Someone mentioned that they are signing in for a daily lesson with Rav Laitman (at 2am). Is this open to anyone in this course?
Hi Avi,
The daily lesson with Rav Laitman is geared more towards students that have already graduated from KabU and are part of a ten. You’re welcome to check it out in the Kabbalah Media archive.
Albert @ KabU
Hello
What does it mean : giving Joy to the creator by giving Joy to other fellow-souls?
Does it mean to help others to understand and progressing in achieving kabballah ?
Does it mean to behave as an individuel with respect and love towards plants, animals, humains, environnement ?
Hi Anja,
In our day to day lives, we should avoid causing harm to others and not break the laws of the society we live in. But beyond that, our spiritual work is focused entirely within the Kabbalistic group. It’s only in mutual work with other points in the heart that we can reveal the Creator, so our main focus is there.
We’ll learn how to apply these things practically in the advanced semesters when everyone will receive their own Kabbalah group in which to put these things into practice.
Albert @ KabU
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