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.

[Alejandro Escontrias]

 

I don’t understand this section from this point to the end. Is there another way to explain?

Is this discussing that Kabbalah is on an even higher attainment than what we are able to do with our mind in this world as exemplified in the seemingly remarkable or fantastic ways our minds have been able to perceive things in this world? For example, If I attain to such a high “noetic” ability to train my mind to conduct “Remote Viewing” I have only elevated my mind to a higher “worldly” level, versus Kabbalah has nothing to do with our minds or this world no matter how advanced our minds can get? Is this correct or am I misunderstanding this section?

Reference pg 36 Spiritual Expressions

We might ask, “Would it not be more correct to call them by names used in scrutiny, such as observation and attainment, or to express oneself with expressions that emphasize the phenomena of the noetic mind?” The thing is that it is nothing like the conducts of the noetic phenomena, since the mind is a particular branch among all the elements of reality. Hence, it has its own ways of manifestation…..

 

[Alejandro Escontrias]

I am unclear what these excerpts mean

P33. Our sages said about that, “I have created the evil inclination; I have created for it the Torah as a spice.”

I understand that this means Torah helps us subdue or annul theyetzer hara. But what does this sentence mean:

They did not say, “I have created for it the Mitzvot as a spice,” since “your guarantor needs a bondsman himself,” as the evil inclination desires licentiousness and will not let him keep the Mitzvot.

Also,P34 Although they are more important with respect to the actions, with respect to the Light, the revelation of the Creator to our fathers is certainly more important. Anyone with an honest heart who has tried to ask to receive the Light of the Torah will admit to that.

Does this mean that there are 2 components to the words of Torah? the lower practical and the higher revelation? and that revelation supersedes the practical?

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Alejandro,
Imagine you arrived to a new country with a new culture.
For example in the United States, when something is good and we agree, we give the thumbs up.  But there are other countries where giving the thumbs up is an insult.
So we need to not only know that we can raise our thumb, but also know what the result of that will be depending on what place we are in.
So you are in kind of a different country now and you will need to learn the customs of the new place.
The language and definitions that you brought from your last country will get you different results here.
So lower or higher revelation…I don’t even know what you are talking about, for sure we don’t have the same definitions yet.
The verse you reference means that what did the Creator do?  He created a vessel called Malchut of Ein Sof that can receive all of the abundance that He wants to give.
So what’s the problem?
The problem is that the vessel feels 100% to receive while the Creator is 100% to bestow, and this makes them as opposite and spiritually as far from each other as possible.  To correct his distance, the vessel empties herself of all of the light and makes a calculation that she will only receive if she can receive in order to bestow contentment back to Him, meaning she will receive, but not for herself, she will receive in order to bestow and in this, her intention becomes the same as His intention.
The power to change herself comes also from Him (after all she has nothing of her own, everything comes from Him).  The Light that corrects her intention from reception to bestowal is called the Light of the Torah.
Seth@KabU

[Alejandro Escontrias]

Beautiful, Thank you Seth!

[Ilya]

From p.108 of Kabbalah Revealed:

In fact, the name “sixth sense” is a bit misleading, because we are not actually developing another sense; we are developing an intention… Building the intention over each desire we feel is what makes us conscious of who we are, who the Creator is, and whether or not we want to be like Him.

Does this start with everyday material desires? For example, I go for a walk and enjoy the outdoors, but I remind myself that it’s the Creator who brings every moment of the outdoors into existence and so I enjoy them because He gives them?

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Ilya,
Yes, this is how it begins.
While you study, you are building an inner model, inner systems.  Later through your work with the texts and the others studying with you, you will work with your thoughts and desires and process it all through the inner system you build and you will feel how a new perception is built.
Seth@KabU

[Stephen]

Shalom,

1)  “The purpose of life is to create a creature and bring it to unbounded light.”

How do we “create a creature”? Are we the creatures we are to create, or is it something else?

 

2)  Once we perceive an object, our programming imterprets it and then it leaves “the machine”. How does it leave the machine? Is that projection, or does it refer to something different?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Stephen,
The thought of Creation, the “thought” of the Creator as the kabbalists say is to create a creature and bring it unbounded delight.  We are the creation, we are not creating anything?  What can we create? With what materials?  Everything is here already, all we can do is rearrange what is already created.
Our problem is that we don’t feel the unbounded delight.  So how can we?
That is what this wisdom deals with.
First of all, we need to understand and start to feel who we are, what forces are operating on us and what we can do with all this.

I don’t understand your second question.
Seth@KabU

[Alejandro Escontrias]

I don’t mean to be jumping ahead, but since Kabbalah is an ancient tradition, there are 2 scriptures which come to mind. one from Torah and one from Prophets:

Deuteronomy 29:29 and Daniel 12:4

Do these verses refer to Kabbalah as how, when, why it is being revealed to us today?

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Alejandro,
All of Moses 5 books and all of the books of the prophets are discussing these internal processes that we are going through.
Certainly the verses you refer to are relevant to us today.
Seth@KabU

[julie]

I feel a sense of connection here. I’ve been searching for the meaning of life for a very long time through a variety of religions. The religions I have tried to belong to felt constricted, judgmental and conditional. I’m excited about Kabbalah! It appears that I finally found my spiritual home. Fingers crossed. lol

[Seth – KabU Instructor]

Julie,
Good luck.
Go slow and go consistently forward and you will find worlds that open for you.
Seth@KabU

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