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Google translate of the question:
You say that suffering is necessary as a necessary stage of growth. Is it the same for love? Is love achieved through suffering? What is Creator’s love like?
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1. Suffering is a motivating force for our ego. To the extent that we remain in our ego, suffering becomes necessary to get us to do something. Without it, we would just agree to remain in our ego forever. But when we rise above our ego, we no longer need suffering to move forward.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/
2. Love is necessary for our growth. We see it even at the most basic corporeal level: babies that are not shown enough love can have all sorts of development delays and even mental health issues as adults.
3. There is something called “sufferings of love”. But it’s a sweet type of suffering. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/12/sweet-suffering-of-love/
4. As for the Creator’s love, it’s the desire to fulfill others. It’s similar to a mother wanting to feed her baby. This follows the saying that “more than the calf wants to eat, the cow wants to feed it”. So the Creator’s love is a huge desire to fulfill others.
Albert @ KabU
I’m having difficulty with the concept of murder or rape or pedophelia and any horrible acts of humans upon other humans as being anything but evil. I really need help with this area.
Hi Sherry,
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 don’t we feel everything that is happening as something good?
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 horrors 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
I probably have many questions but they are brewing at the moment. I just really want to thank the instructors for the lessons and the graphics and their knowledge and wisdom and desire to teach us such deep and inspiring and mind blowing lessons. I take so many notes and listen to all the videos and read the books but somehow I get confused when test taking time comes so I really have to work on that part. Each level of coursework just wants to make me know more and more.
Google translate of the question: What is a Masach screen?
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Hello,
The screen (masach in Hebrew) is the intention that is placed over the desire. It’s the calculation of how much the desire can receive in order to bestow.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman and the Guest & Host analogy in Chapter 3 of Attaining the Worlds Beyond for more details.
Albert @ KabU
If I understood correctly, one of the mostvimportant parts when we start to study Torah, to respect the mitzvot, is the right intention, as well as the prayer. Could you please explain a little more in detail how would the right intention should be formulated for example when I start to study Torah or other kabbalistic books, or accomplish mitzvot? Thank you!
Hi Vera,
We learn from the shattering of the system of Adam HaRishon that the only thing that is broken in the ENTIRE system of creation are the proper connections between people. So all of our actions need to be aimed at returning that system to a state of connection, all the way until we reach complete love between all the parts. This is why Kabbalists tell us that the main commandment is “love your friend as yourself”.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
You can also check out Baal HaSulam’s article Matan Torah (The Giving of the Torah). We’ll learn it together in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
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