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Ok. correcting my desires will take me back to Adam Ha Rishon, and even though i think Torah/Mitzvot is different from kabbalistic aproach, since they are developing in different planes (material / spiritual), does not the spiritual correction, affect the material concious, and by inertia, correct our attitudes to life and those sorrounding us? isnt there a real material change as a result of the spiritual correction?.
Thank you.
Hi Ricardo,
Yes, you can say that the spiritual correction affects the corporeal world. This follows what we learned in the lesson on the perception of reality, that the entire external world is nothing more than a reflection of our inner egoistic state. So when I correct myself, the external world will appear corrected as well. It’s like I have these dirty glasses through which I see the whole world as dirty. The moment I clean my own glasses, I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s clean and perfect.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/04/in-neutral-gear/
Albert @ KabU
Thank you very much for this teaching, it’s make me to see my life in a very different way.
My questions are:
Why the world population raised so much during the last two century? Is it connected with a bigger egoism?
When we died and reincarnated in a new life, we can choose the time and the life we are going to live?
Thank you very much!
Another question: when a point in the heart reaches the last 125th level and its correction is complete, what happens to all the other point in the heart in Adam HaRishon? Are they influenced and if yes, how? Thanks
Hi Maria,
All of humanity is interconnected in one single system. So it’s not just when we reach the full correction, but with every single action that we take, we’re influencing the ENTIRE system.
Keep in mind that each one still has their own personal correction that they need to perform, we cannot perform the correction instead of the others. But if we reach our correction it makes it easier for the others to reach their correction. Just picture that all of humanity is part of a 8 billion piece jigsaw puzzle. Each person is responsible for his own piece. If I find where my piece fits, it makes it easier for others to find where their piece fits. But no one can do the work instead of the other.
As to what happens after the final correction, Kabbalists hint that there are further degrees of development beyond that point. But it’s still beyond our ability to understand and research such things, so we’ll need to get there and see for ourselves.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/10/what-happens-after-the-final-correction/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Maria,
All of humanity is part of a single system, like cells within a single body. So naturally what one experiences influences EVERYONE else. And if I reach a correction, this same correction influences everyone. But I don’t correct the other person, rather I correct my part that is found within everyone.
It’s like a hologram where the big image is made up of identical smaller copies of that image. So if there is a flaw in one of the smaller images, that same flaw is found in every piece. And if you correct that flaw in the small piece, it’s reflected in the whole image.
For more details, see the example of the jigsaw puzzle above as well as this blog post from Rav Laitman: https://laitman.com/2017/04/the-fractality-of-nature/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Maria,
1. Yes, the bigger the general level of egoism, the more the population grows.
Rav Laitman wrote about it in one of his blog posts:
“600,000 is the number of initial fragments, but after that they are fragmented again into whatever number is necessary for the optimal correction in each generation – so that each fragment will have as much egoism as it’s able to correct. Therefore, to the degree that egoism grows, the world’s population grows as well.”
2. It’s not the person that reincarnates but the point in the heart. Our point in the heart is our spiritual potential. Just like a single sperm cell contains all of the genetic makeup needed to build the future person, likewise with our point in the heart. It contains all of the information about our development, what we went through, and what we still need to go through.
If we realize this potential then we use it to build the soul. If not, this same spiritual potential continues to reincarnate again and again until it gets fully realized.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/06/what-happens-to-the-soul-after-death/
Albert @ KabU
is the 600000 pieces shattered soul is a symbol or a real number?, what does this have to do with the 7 billion people who are living now?
Thank you for your answers. Is it possible to see these video lessons in italian language or with italian subtitles? I am afraid to miss something important, I speak only a little English.
Hi Maria,
This site was created for the English speaking world. But we have other courses made specifically for other languages. Check out our portal site for details. You can also check out our Italian Youtube Channel.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Mohamed,
600,000 is less of a quantitative number and more of a qualitative number. It represents the strength of the spiritual desire after it’s been fully corrected. So essentially all of humanity is included in this number.
Check out this blog post to see how this number is derived: https://laitman.com/2010/09/love-and-hatred-of-600000-souls/
Albert @ KabU
How can we decide on anything good or bad, when all good and bad are due to our parochial understanding? And if it is so, how can we be blameworthy?
Hi Muhammad,
In the wisdom of Kabbalah, we learn that we are like a seed. What happens to the seed ENTIRELY depends on where you plant it. If you plant it in the desert, nothing will come out of it. If you plant it in good soil, something good will come out of it. Likewise with us. All of our choices are the result of the environment that we plant ourselves in.
Baal HaSulam writes about this in the article “the Freedom“. Here’s an excerpt:
there is freedom for the will to initially choose such an environment, such books, and such guides that impart upon him good concepts. If one does not do this but is willing to enter any environment that appears before him and read any book that falls into his hands, he is bound to fall into a bad environment or waste his time on worthless books, which are abundant and more accessible. In consequence, he will be forced into foul concepts that make him sin and condemn. He will certainly be punished, not because of his evil thoughts or deeds, in which he has no choice, but because he did not choose to be in a good environment, for in this there is definitely a choice.
Therefore, he who strives to continually choose a better environment is worthy of praise and reward. But here, too, it is not because of his good thoughts or deeds, which come to him without his choice, but because of his effort to acquire a good environment, which brings him these good thoughts and actions.
For this reason, it’s important that we find a good spiritual environment for ourselves. We’ll learn about these things in depth in the next semester.
As for “sinning” and “punishments”, these terms have a different meaning in Kabbalah. Essentially there are no sins or punishments in Kabbalah the way religions depict it. Punishment in Kabbalah is simply a cause and effect relationship. If I disregard the law of gravity and jump from a 100 story building, then I’ll be “punished” by falling to my death. Meaning it’s not a punishment, but cause and effect, jump off 100 story building -> death.
Likewise with our spiritual work:
If build a good spiritual environment for myself -> correct my egoistic nature and become similar to the Creator.
If I don’t build a good spiritual environment for myself -> I’ll waste my time and not reach the spiritual correction in this life.
So there are no sins nor punishments, but there are laws of nature. Our work is to come into balance with these laws.
Albert @ KabU
If anyone doesn’t have the knowledge of Torah and Mishna, can’t s/he be enlightened and reach the real realm of pleasure?
Hi Muhammad,
Spiritual attainment does not depend on our knowledge. After all, we can take a computer and load it up with all of the Kabbalistic books as well as all of the knowledge that this entire world has to offer. But this computer will not attain spirituality.
Spiritual attainment depends on one thing and one thing only, the desire. If we build the right desire for it, within that correct desire, we will reveal spiritual sensations. That’s it. And although we spend a lot of time studying, the goal is not to acquire knowledge, but through the study to draw the light, a special force that helps us to build the right desire.
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
Hello,
I read this today in my Kabbalah Revealed book (p.30): “Today, we are beginning to realize that we are all connected and that we must rebuild the state that existed prior to the shattering. By rebuilding into a united humanity, we will also rebuild our connection with Nature, with the Creator.” Does this mean that Kabbalah has a forgiving outlook on interfaith intermarriage?
I ask this because I married outside of my faith years ago, and repeatedly encounter unforgiveness (indeed, a venomous resentment for being a spiritual traitor). At the time, I needed to separate myself completely from my faith/religious culture of origin for my absolute psychological survival. You can say this was a powerful egoistic desire, not simply “for a better life”, but for the ability to live at all. I simply couldn’t handle all the inter generational trauma on top of the personal kinds of trauma I experienced in my family. But my husband and I have raised ethical, thoughtful, responsible good children, in a loving home. If forgiveness is not to happen from my those in my religious background, is it reasonable to expect it from God? Can the Kabbalah approach restore a sense of inner forgiveness?
Hi Sharon,
I’m sorry but I cannot comment on your personal life, we can only talk about these things in general. In general, we need to remember that Kabbalah is not a religion nor a faith. It does not deal with these types of things. Kabbalah only deals with our desire for spirituality.
As for the past, in general, the healthiest attitude towards the past is to say “there is none else besides Him” and that we went through exactly what we needed to go through. Beyond that, we should be very happy that through everything we went through, we merited an awakened point in the heart. After all, less than 1% of the world has this desire and we were as if handpicked by the Creator to be among such people. So we shouldn’t go digging into the past, but rather we should focus on the present, on the opportunity that is presented before us and be happy for the priceless gift that we received!
Albert @ KabU
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