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I honestly don’t agree with the ending because as we live in the flesh we realize that the flesh needs to be fed. Therefore with this proof a negative emotions would always be negative and the same as a positive if not then that would be mixed emotions. Yet I’m assuming that leads to the will to receive?
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
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