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“The Kabbalists tell us that all the generations that have existed in this world are really the same generation that has returned and progressed over thousands of years.”
Does this mean that Adam, Abraham, Noah, Jacob, etc.. still exist today within a person or as different people within our generation?
Does a generation in Kabbalah means the same as the mainstream meaning of generation or something else?
Hi Iheb,
Both are true. Adam, Abraham, etc represent spiritual levels which each person attains.
At the same time, there did indeed exist Kabbalists with those names in the past, which continue to reincarnate generation after generation (generation in the normal sense of the word).
Baal HaSulam writes about it in the article “The Peace“, here’s an excerpt:
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THE WHEEL OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE FORM
First, let me present the opinion of our sages concerning the unfolding of the generations of the world: although we see the bodies changing from generation to generation, this is only the case with the bodies. But the souls, which are the essence of the body’s self, do not vanish, to be replaced, but move from body to body, from generation to generation. The same souls that were at the time of the flood came also during the time of Babylon, and in the exile in Egypt, and in the exodus from Egypt, etc., until this generation and until the end of correction.
Thus, in our world, there are no new souls the way bodies are renewed, but only a certain amount of souls that incarnate on the wheel of transformation of the form, because each time they clothe a new body and a new generation.
Therefore, with regard to the souls, all generations since the beginning of Creation to the end of correction are as one generation that has extended its life over several thousand years, until it developed and became corrected as it should be. And the fact that in the meantime each has changed its body several thousand times is completely irrelevant, because the essence of the body’s self, called “the soul,” did not suffer at all by these changes.
And there is much evidence pointing to that, and a great wisdom called “the secret of the incarnation of the souls.” And while this is not the place to explain it, because of the great importance of the matter, it is worthwhile to point out to the uneducated that reincarnation occurs in all the objects of the tangible reality, and each object, in its own way, lives eternal life.
Although our senses tell us that everything is transient, it is only how we see it. In fact, there are only incarnations here—each item is not still and does not rest for a moment, but incarnates on the wheel of transformation of the form, losing nothing of its essence along its way, as physicists have shown.
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Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
Albert @ KabU
How does our intention relate to whatever freedom of choice we have? Is it my choice to develop the correct intention or does the Creator decide it for me?
Hi Lana,
Our freedom of choice is in choosing to be influenced by the spiritual environment (meaning the Kabbalistic books, group, and teacher). Everything else, including our intentions, is a result of that choice.
Baal HaSulam writes about it in the article “The Freedom”. Here’s an excerpt:
“However, there is freedom for the will to initially choose such an environment, such books, and such guides that impart to him good concepts. If one does not do that, but is willing to enter any environment that appears to him and read any book that falls into his hands, he is bound to fall into a bad environment or waste his time on worthless books, which are abundant and easier to come by. In consequence, he will be forced into foul concepts that make him sin and condemn. He will certainly be punished, not because of his evil thoughts or deeds, in which he has no choice, but because he did not choose to be in a good environment, for in that there is definitely a choice.
Therefore, he who strives to continually choose a better environment is worthy of praise and reward. But here, too, it is not because of his good thoughts and deeds, which come to him without his choice, but because of his effort to acquire a good environment, which brings him these good thoughts and deeds.”
Albert @ KabU
How does the 600 000 parts relate to individuals living today? Are these 600 000 parts distributed among the population today? Do each of us have a part? Are some without a part?
Hi Mel,
600,000 is less of a quantitative number and more of a qualitative number. It represents the strength of the spiritual desire after it’s been fully corrected. So essentially all of humanity is included in this number.
Check out this blog post to see how this number is derived: https://laitman.com/2010/09/love-and-hatred-of-600000-souls/
Albert @ KabU
I am watching the video (Related materials) of Tony Kosinec, The Wednesday Wisdom Show: Do we have free will (m. 13’:30”), when he explains the law of our egoism: “What is yours is yours, and what is mine is mine”, and after he explains the law to opening that door to spirituality and the perception of the Creator’s quality and to see that is actually running everything, goes like this: “What is your is yours, and what is mine is yours”, so as to recognize that we have received everything, that actually what we have, we have received, and that there’s always a bottomless treasure chest of pure giving coming to us.
I also watched an interview to Rav M. Laitman about Providence.
My question is: when I have the sensation that everything is coming the way it has to be, the sensation to be in the right moment and in the right place, that everything is just perfect and I can perceive this total harmony and perfect design and integration of all the elements, is that the revealing of the work of the force of the general Providence, that is always running, in that specific moment?
It makes me feel happy and relieved, since I feel as being part of a general design pre established, so I don’t have to strive to join all the separated pieces. It is always given there, and I only have to watch it and enjoy seeing it.
Hi Marta,
I cannot comment on your personal feelings. But in general, we should keep in mind that perceiving spirituality works according to the law of equivalence of form. To the extent that we correct our egoistic nature in our common work with other points in the heart, to that extent we become similar to the upper force of nature and reveal it in practice.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
Is the rest of nature/creation (still, vegetative, animal) part of the unified soul, even though they don’t have PIH’s?
Hi Alejandro,
We’re all part of one system. In this system, there are internal and external parts. The internal parts include the common soul of Adam HaRishon, while the external parts are all the different things that influence this common soul, including the still, vegetative, and animate parts of nature.
Albert @ KabU
It’s a pleasant experience to hear the deep insights of this video about free will (1). It’s true that in my present state, the concealment is total, and this is what makes it possible to feel the sensation of free will, which is actually ignorance of the laws of nature that are affecting me all the time.
There are a lot of insights in this video that I’ve never realized before. Thank you.
I have learnt about how being locked inside a level makes it impossible to realize how it is actually working; we have to rise above one level to understand how things work there.
I have also learnt how animals interact with the force of nature, and don’t evaluate or question anything.
Another statement that kept me thinking about it is that, being in a group, everything goes fine until I feel some restriction on my desire to fulfill my needs.
Thanks a lot for all of this info.
I’m looking forward to seeing the 2nd video about free will.
Thank you for the advice about the books explaining the meaning of the Torah symbols and stories. I have started reading the book The Secrets of the Eternal Book, and it’s fantastic. I am also reading The Path of Kabbalah, and I’m enjoying it.
Thank you for this course.
Best Regards
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