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- April 21, 2020 at 6:43 pm EDT #28801
Tony Kosinec- KabU InstructorModeratorAsk anything about week 3 lesson and materials and get an answer from a senior Kabbalah instructor.
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- September 10, 2021 at 10:26 pm EDT #62585Melinda ThaiParticipant
Albert, your answer to Kelly’s question above was insightful for me. I was also wondering if there was a specific order desires are corrected or is it based on the individual? Does everyone correct all 613 desires?
- September 12, 2021 at 1:37 pm EDT #62737Albert – KabU InstructorModerator
Hi Melinda,
Yes, everyone will correct all 613 desires. But keep in mind that in practice we don’t work according to some pre-made list, 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/
Albert @ KabU
- September 9, 2021 at 7:12 am EDT #62370kayParticipant
Why is it that some people seem to be born with true altruism. Does our DNA alter as we progress?
thank you- September 9, 2021 at 1:47 pm EDT #62484Albert – KabU InstructorModerator
Hi Kay,
Baal HaSulam writes in the writings of the last generation that there is up to 10% of the world that has a natural drive towards bestowal and altruism. Just like we’re built to enjoy reception, they’re built to enjoy bestowal. Why is there a need for such a thing, for altruistic egoists? It’s because pure egoism on its own would just destroy the world, so nature implanted a few altruists to balance out the system.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2012/07/altruism-no-more-than-10-or-all-100/
As for our DNA, it does change from generation to generation. Baal HaSulam talks about it in the article “the Freedom“, which we’ll study in depth in the next semester.
And if you’re interested to learn more about Reshimo, which are like our spiritual DNA, see my reply below to Peter.
Albert @ KabU
- September 8, 2021 at 2:26 pm EDT #62197Kelly BeyParticipant
Give me an example of correcting a desire please.
- September 9, 2021 at 1:48 pm EDT #62485Albert – KabU InstructorModerator
Hi Kelly,
All of the corrections are done by the force of the light. Meaning that we don’t need to focus on correcting our desires or fighting them. Rather our entire focus is on extracting more and more of the light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â http://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
- September 6, 2021 at 3:01 pm EDT #61638AnonymousInactive
How does one experience or recognize the “spiritual DNA” on the path of correction?
- September 6, 2021 at 4:13 pm EDT #61643Albert – KabU InstructorModerator
Hi Peter,
Everything we went through, are going through, and will need to go through is preset in the reshimot. 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/
Albert @ KabU
- August 18, 2021 at 11:13 pm EDT #59927MeganParticipant
How should we think about bad things that happen in the world? For example what is happening in Afghanistan right now, or what happened in the holocaust. I can understand how many seemingly negative experiences in life (such as illness, grief over a loved one’s passing, etc) can lead a person to greater spiritual awareness…. but how can we possibly interpret a horrendous event like a murderous regime taking over as being a positive step toward spiritual development? Maybe it would help the rest of the world reflect, but what about the victims? I’m confused how to reconcile this. Is the issue one of misunderstanding what death is?
On the other hand, if someone does not have any struggle in their life (privileged, wealthy, healthy, etc) is it possible for them to develop spiritually? Is suffering necessary in order to gain spiritual understanding? if so, how much suffering?
- August 19, 2021 at 3:32 pm EDT #59953Albert – KabU InstructorModerator
Hi Megan,
We need to relate to everything as coming from the Creator. This is called “there is none else besides Him”. Meaning that the Creator is the singular source behind EVERYTHING. All of our thoughts, desires, all of the life events, everything comes from Him.
But we learn that the Creator is the “good that does good”, meaning a pure quality of love and bestowal. So every single moment He should be sending us nothing but goodness. Why then don’t we sense this goodness? Why do we see so many atrocities in the world? It’s because we’re opposite to Him. Our opposite egoistic nature inverts this goodness into something bad. It’s like multiplying numbers: a positive times a negative, equals negative.
So as long as we remain within this egoistic nature, we will continue to suffer and we will continue to see others suffering more and more in life. But if we correct our nature to be similar to the Creator’s nature, we will reveal the true reality in which only goodness exists. And our previous egoistic state will appear as nothing more than a dream.
We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lessons, in the meantime check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/
Albert @ KabU
- August 10, 2021 at 9:27 pm EDT #59506SeraphimParticipant
My question concerns the dynamics of giving and receiving. I think I understand that even if I had the capacity to bestow to the Creator this would be impossible since the Creator is only a Will to Bestow and so has no Kli to receive anything. However, my friend does have a Kli to receive because my friend, like me, is nothing but a Will to Receive. So, were it somehow possible, by some miracle, that could actually have the intention to Bestow (even while I remain a Will to Receive) could I confer my intention to Bestow upon my friend in lieu of the Creator? Does my friend become a kind of Receiver in place of the Creator cannot receive?
Or, is it the case that, even though the Creator is always already a Will to Bestow, the Creator can create a Kli for Himself through an intention to receive. In other words, does the Creator also have a “masoch” through which he can intend to receive, even though His Nature is to Bestow? Or is all of the Creator’s receiving done through the Kli of my friend by proxy?
- August 11, 2021 at 12:17 pm EDT #59561Albert – KabU InstructorModerator
Hi Seraphim,
Yes, you are correct in what you stated in the first paragraph. The Creator does not have any vessels of reception. We bestow to Him by bestowing to other people. It’s like a mother whose only concern in life is her children. If we want to do something nice for the mother, we can do something nice for her children, and through that, we will make the mother happy. This is called going “from the love of the created beings, to the love of the Creator”.
Keep in mind that we practice this primarily within this safe environment, this spiritual lab that we call the Kabbalistic group. We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
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