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Do we work on one of the 613 desires at a time?  Is there a sequence? Which one do we work on first?  Do we correct 613 desires for each step of the 125 steps?
Hi Todd,
Yes, you can say that each degree contains 613 desires. This is because spirituality is a state of wholeness. Every degree has everything within it. From that point of view, 613 becomes less of a quantitative number and move of a qualitative description of a whole state.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/numbers-indicate-quality-not-quantity/
Keep in mind that in practice, we don’t work according to some kind of list of desires, but simply with whatever is being awakened in the moment.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/09/compliance-with-the-613-mitzvot-commandments/
Also keep in mind that the 613 desires that we are learning about are spiritual desires, meaning desires that we don’t yet have. This is similar to how a single cell in a body only has some basic desires. But when that cell is part of a greater body, it reveals there higher desires which are impossible for the individual cell to have: desires for money, honor, power, etc. Same with us, until we integrate with the general body of Adam HaRishon, we don’t reveal or understand these 613 spiritual desires.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/12/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-613-desires/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Albert,
The bottom line is that, I have to pay attention to my intentions, and follow kabbalah courses. Am I corret, or is there anything else to do in order to reach equivalence of form with the creator?
Thank you for your work!
I think coming from a Christian background puts me in an ackward state I mean im first confused by the terminologies which i think i will just come over. My question therefore is this whos is this Adam Harishom is he the first created Adam or a spiritual state.
Hi Otienodhek,
It depends on the context, but it could be used for both of those things. On the one hand, there is a spiritual system called Adam HaRishon, which is the system of connections between all of humanity.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
On the other hand, in our world there existed a person at some point who was called Adam. He was the first Kabbalist, the first one to reveal the Creator in practice. His name gives us a hint at this since Adam comes from the Hebrew word “Dome”, meaning “similar to”. He was not the first person alive, but rather the first one to reveal the Creator by becoming similar to this quality of love and bestowal.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
Regarding being confused, in truth, we all have a certain set of baggage with which we come to the wisdom of Kabbalah, but we don’t need to fight these things or try to force changes upon ourselves. All the changes we experience here are not due to our own strength, or mental geniusness, or anything of that sort but rather all the changes we undergo is due to the force of the light that we extract from the Kabbalistic studies. It’s ultimately this force that can change us, not we ourselves. So it does not matter what baggage we come with, when we place ourselves under the influence of the light, it will make all the necessary clarifications, changes and corrections upon us.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
Fate and free will walking hand in hand for a path of pain if we deny it, or a path of enlightenment. Opposites?
I don’t really understand how I can develop my sixth sense or how I will recognize that I am doing things right –
Hi Cyndi,
The sixth sense is felt in the desire to bestow. But since our nature is completely opposite to bestowal, meaning pure egoism, this nature does not allow us to feel that desire to bestow. We first need to correct that nature. But if this is our nature, how can we change it? Just like a PC cannot just reprogram itself to run as a Mac, we too cannot just change our own nature. We need outside help for that. This help comes to me from the force of the light. The light is a spiritual force that has the ability to change our nature. Our entire work is essentially to extract more and more of the light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest. Meaning that it will gradually correct us more and more until we begin to feel that desire to bestow and in that desire begin to reveal the Creator.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
Thank you for the answer.
I understood we need the Light to help the transformation. but may I ask two questions:
1. I think one reason that I don’t always bestowing is because I feel I don’t have. I don’t have the thing to share, or I don’t know the solution for that situation so don’t know what to share. This points me to the main point that I’m confused throughout the courses: if we are now already a shattered vessel after the 4phases of creation, can we still have something to actually bestow? Or we bestow in intention (action-wise we keep stay usual) ,and through the intention we gain surrounding Light?
Many thanks @albert
Hi Sarah,
We need both an action and an intention. An action by itself is not enough. This follows what the Kabbalists tell us that “an action without an intention is like a body without a soul”. On the other hand just an intention is also not enough. An intention by itself without an action is detached from reality and has no effect. So we need both.
Keep in mind that the spiritual work of bestowal that we’re learning about here is something that we practice only with other points in the heart in the Kabbalistic group. If you practice this anywhere else, in the best case scenario you’ll build some good relationships, in the worst case, people will think you’re weird or try to take advantage of you. But either way it will not lead to the revelation of the Creator. So generally with the rest of the world it’s best to just act normal, like everyone else. Meaning don’t make a saint of yourself and at the same time don’t cause harm to others, but just act the way normal people act there.
But is there something we can actually bestow within the Kabbalistic group? Yes. If a person has a point in the heart and we help them realize that point, then we are bestowing to them. So supporting each other on the spiritual path is how we bestow. We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
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