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Intellectually I understand that no person, place or thing in the Torah is really a person, place or thing in this world. As a result, when in various talks or writings Dr. Laitman tells the story of Abraham as if he WERE a person in this world, opening his tent and feeding physically and spiritually people from all over…and telling traditional history of Kabbalah as though Abraham were indeed a crucial human discovering and teaching the way of correction–other than simply listening/reading, how am I to respond? Is this roots and branches or language of the legends or both or what? Books are attributed to Kabbalist Abraham and Kabbalist Moses and I have one such book in front of me now…or so I think. Throw me some light, please.
Hi Mike, good question!
On one hand, the Torah is entirely written in the language of roots and branches, meaning it uses words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena. So none of it is literal. On the other hand, there is a law that the spiritual root must touch the corporeal branch at least once. Meaning although these are spiritual phenomena, they must have a corresponding corporeal branch in our world.
For example, Egypt represents the uncorrected egoistic desire while Israel represents the corrected desire, those are the roots. But in our world these things exist as branches as well. There is actually a physical place that is called Egypt and Israel. Still, despite all the above, the Torah is not a history book, not a single word of the Torah speaks about our world.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/10/the-deluge-and-other-natural-disasters/
https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Humehr,
It’s ultimately the force of the light that makes all of the clarifications and corrections. Our work is only to extract more and more of this light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies. See my reply to Micha below for more details.
Albert @ KabU
I am curious if the language of Roots and Branches is the same (or part) of the Hebrew letter-numbers and schemas as written by Carlo Suares in the Cipher of Genesis? He states “in the light of the cabalistic code reveal that they are abstract formulas of cosmic energy focused in the human psyche”. Re-reading the bible with this in mind, opened up another level of understanding. Much more enjoyable that my first reading.
Hi Jj,
I’m not an expert in other methods, so I cannot comment on what they do or teach there.
Regarding the language of roots and branches, this is a type of code that uses words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena. The Torah is entirely written in this code. As such, not a single word in the Torah is speaking about history or our world.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
Albert @ KabU
What if you don’t get the least desires fulfilled? My mother rejected me and I was raised by my grandmother. I have never been loved in any meaningful way by other people. I have desires for love, friendship and marriage but I never felt loved ever. How can I continue to spiritual fulfillment without first getting my basic needs met?
Hi, and thank you all at KabU.
I would like to know. Is there a list of the 613 desires we must correct, and can I find it online?
Sorry, I didn´t mean to write in this thread, and I can not delete it…
Hi Nancy,
I’m not sure if this will help but I thought I’d briefly share my experience: I had a very similar sort of (non-relationship) with my mum. When I had my own kids, I finally felt like I was in some blessed state of unconditional love, and here’s why: Loving another unconditionally, and being loved unconditionally, manifests the same internal experience. In either instance, the energy of love is flowing through you and you don’t pause too much to dwell on what direction it’s going in, you just bask in that incredible (highly,f but maybe not entirely) altruistic feeling.
I don’t know whether this can be applied in exactly the same way to your life right now (eg., having kids if you don’t already have them), but perhaps you can find a cause which gives you a direct outlet for that kind of feeling. There are many social needs out there waiting for some TLC. By bringing our Light to others (doing what looks like a spiritual good deed on the outside), the paradox is that we can bring healing to our basic needs in the process. It’s not either/or, they complement/reinforce one another. At least, that’s been my experience.
Hi Nancy,
Although we sometimes portray desires in a linear fashion, in truth they are not linear at all. Everyday I fulfill my basic desires and the next day I have to fulfill them again. Every day I go to work, everyday I eat, everyday I sleep, etc. So I don’t need to fulfill the basic desires in a linear way, rather I need to find the right balance between the basic desires and our desire for spirituality.
Kabbalists call this balance “no flour, no Torah – no Torah, no flour”. Meaning a Kabbalist continues to exist on the level of this world throughout the entire spiritual ladder. So I cannot just turn into a monk and disconnect from this life and only focus on spirituality. On the other hand, if I only focus on corporeality, then I’m no different than an animal. So the important thing is to find the right balance between the two: to take care of all of one’s normal necessities: to work, take care of the family needs, health, etc (this is called flour) and to set aside some time to focus on spirituality (this is called Torah).
Albert @ KabU
<p style=”text-align: left;”>If I understand it well. We suffer because we don’t listen to the creator and go against his will? Or is that not true?</p>
Hi Danielle,
You can say that, but this sounds very religiousy and has many different connotations. We need to redefine these things in a more scientific way to not get confused. What is the Creator? What does it mean to “listen” to Him? What is His will?
The Creator is the pure quality of love and bestowal. Our nature is the opposite, pure reception, or egoism. “Listening” to Him means to resemble Him, to acquire his qualities of bestowal. Or in other words, to correct our opposite egoistic nature to operate in the direction of bestowal. As long as we remain opposite from Him, in our egoistic nature, then we’re out of balance with Him and thereby suffer.
Meaning we’re talking here purely about laws, laws of bestowal, of equivalence of form. Are we in balance with these laws or not? If not, then we suffer.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/11/the-reason-for-our-suffering-and-the-alternative-path/
Albert @ KabU
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