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In the recommended readings, I read that we should put as much time and effort in the study of Kabbalah as possible. But it is not only about the quantity of study, but according to dr. Laitman mainly about the quality of time invested. I also understand now, that I should try to evaluate all of my actions with the questions; why am I doing this? What are my intentions?
What confuses me is that I live a very result-driven live. I am an entrepeneur, whit 2 kids growing up, and recently started a study to become better at what I do professionally. To be able to handle this I invest a lot of time in staying healthy; running 3 times a week, going to the gym, finding the best ways to eat for my family and myself. This often feels like a ‘path of pain’, so I can relate to the things written by dr. Laitman. However, if I am able to change the intention behind all the actions that drive my day to day life; would that set me on the ‘path of light’ without changing the actual structure of my life? In other words; does it really matter what I do when my intentions are right?
Hi Nathan,
We learn that “necessities are neither praised nor condemned”. Meaning that taking care of our necessities to live a normal life is not considered egoistic. It’s perfectly fine to do that.
As for choosing the path of light, that depends on what we do with the rest of our free time, beyond the time it takes us to acquire our normal necessities. On the one hand, you can say that it’s all about adding the right intention to our lives, but on the other hand, if we don’t invest a certain amount of time in the studies, we won’t be able to extract enough light to make this type of change. So we do need to find the right balance between the Kabbalistic studies and our everyday life.
Also keep in mind that the study is not just the time we read and learn, but also the time that we are connecting with other points in the heart. This is actually the most important part, as we will learn from the shattering of the common soul, the only thing broken in the entire system of creation are the connections between people, so that is really the only thing that needs fixing.
We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lessons, in the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
Albert @ KabU
Thank you for this lesson. Truly, for years I’ve been yearning, searching and unconsciously praying for clarity on the laws and ways of life and I feel I’m extremely close with what I’m learning here. Thank you. I’ve got 3 questions:
Is Roshimot (the rememberances) something that happens naturally from Mitzvot working on us?
is Roshimot remembrance of being Adam Ha (I forgot the name)?
Is Roshimot something that we consciously do?
Do the 613 desires have any relationship with the 613 laws of Moses?
Thank you KabU!🙏🏾
Hi Sean,
The reshimot are our spiritual genes. Just like when we investigate our corporeal genes, we reveal our entire ancestry, where we came from, as well as the reasons for our inclinations, tendencies, etc. Similarly, the reshimot are our spiritual genes. They are all the states that we have gone through and all the states that we will need to go through in the future.
In other words, they detail the process we need to undergo starting from the initial thought of creation all the way until the end of correction. Essentially our entire path of development is preset in these reshimot. So all the forms we need to evolve through and all the desires that will awaken in us is also preset there. The only choice we have is in the pace we go through it. It’s like all of life is one big strip of film or a movie reel. Every new moment is a new frame, a new reshimot is shown to us. And we cannot change the movie at all, but only to fast forward or go one frame at a time.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/07/the-whole-world-is-inside-the-reshimo/
As for the 613 desires, there are 613 spiritual desires and corresponding to each desire is a law, an inner process by which we extract the reforming light and correct that desire. Keep in mind that when Kabbalists talk about these laws or commandments, they are not referring to the actions that a religious person performs with his hands and feet, but rather they are talking about the inner process of correcting those desires.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/spice-up-your-desire/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Catherine,
NRNHY is an acronym for Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Haya, Yechida. These are the names of the lights that enter into the spiritual desire. There are five of them because there are five levels of the spiritual desire. Each level of desire has a corresponding light that enters it.
Albert @ KabU
I wish to ask, how to match our intention and that of the Creator. Or what is the secret to have the same intention with the Creator?
I understand the screen in theory, but I can’t do it. It’s your intention that creates this right? also im only half way through attaining the worlds beyond. Thats where im at
Hi Daniel,
Yes, you can say that the screen is the intention. How do we implement it practically? What are we intending with our intention? To bestow like the Creator. In order to bestow, we need someone to bestow to. Since the Creator is concealed, we cannot bestow to Him directly. Instead, we need to practice bestowal on other people. But since there is a rule that “there is no coercion in spirituality”, we cannot just practice this with just anyone, we need others who have the same goal as us. Meaning others with a point in the heart that are together with us in the Kabbalistic group. So in order to build an intention for bestowal like the Creator, we need to practice it with others in the Kabbalistic group.
We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced semesters where everyone will receive their own Kabbalah group with whom they can implement these things.
Albert @ KabU
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