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Some actions of certain people do not seem to correspond to the desire to receive, exactly. It looks like they are due to the desire to destroy, rather. Is this desire to destroy a distortion of the desire to receive?
So if I don’t like another person, find this person hateful and observe their bad qualities (egoism, lack of empathy, narcissism, etc), does that mean that these are all my qualities that I am actually observing?
Hi Lana,
Essentially, any lack of correction we see on the outside, is a reflection of our own lack of correction. It’s like seeing the world dirty because I’m looking at it through dirty glasses. And when I clean my own glasses, I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s clean and perfect.
We’ll learn how to work with these things practically in the more advanced semesters. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2019/06/correct-the-perception-of-reality/
Albert @ KabU
Hi, I was thinking on the love your neighbour or friend as yourself goal mentioned in quite a few religious texts it seems. I assume this entails a certain closeness in thoughts and lifestyle with the neighbour or friend. So here is a practical problem I have come up against. A work colleague has an interest in football say and so do I so there is a closeness between us due to similarity of desires. However he loves shooting animals, birds and most things that move. Not for food at all, just the pleasure of killing. I am an animal lover so immediately there is a distance between us, preventing true friendship. Is there a way past this barrier between us without either having to compromise our beliefs?
Hi Martin,
First we need to clarify this statement. When Kabbalists tell us that we need to “Love your friend as yourself”, they are not talking about our neighbors, our colleagues, or our corporeal acquaintances. Rather, a friend, in Kabbalah is someone close to me spiritually, someone that shares the same spiritual goal as me. In other words, a friend is someone with an active point in the heart that is together with me on the spiritual path. This is why the spiritual work of “love your friend as yourself” is primarily carried out in a Kabbalistic group.
What about our work towards the rest of the world? There we need to remember the rule that “there is no coercion in spirituality” and not try to force anyone to do spiritual work with us. Rather, there we need to act normal, just like everyone else.
We’ll learn about these things in greater detail in the more advanced semesters, especially after each one will receive their own Kabbalah group with whom they can put these things into practice.
Albert @ KabU
Dear instructor,
I have a question that I found reading the related materials, if I may ask.
What is the Poem of Unification and where can I find it?
I only found 2 quotes of this poem, but I couldn’t find the poem itself:
“By Your actions, we know You”
and ““Of all Your work, not a thing You have forgotten; You did not add, and You did not subtract.”
Thanks in advance
Hi Marta,
There is no official English version of this poem. You can check out this Google translated version to get a taste of it.
But in general, keep in mind that we usually don’t study such things directly, but only when Baal HaSulam or Rabash quote a line or two from there in order to explain to us what it means.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Zoran,
The Creator created us with the nature of reception. Resisting the landlord means that we can rise above this nature and operate according to a different nature, that of bestowal. Keep in mind that we cannot rise above our nature with our own strength, but only through the strength of the light.
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
Hi Zoran,
The screen is our intention to bestow. We acquire the screen as well thanks to the light. We can say that everything we achieve in spirituality is thanks to the light. Why is that so? Because attaining spirituality or rising above reason means that we rise above our egoistic nature. But just like a PC cannot just change itself to run as a Mac, we too cannot just do anything against our own nature with our own strength, it’s impossible. We need outside help to make this change. So ultimately all of our spiritual work boils down to extracting more and more light, especially through the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.
Albert @ KabU
Ill be honest, even though I want more than anything to attain higher spirituality, The further I go in these lessons, the more I feel one major part of me that is so selfish and has been with me since my youth, that I either don’t want to let go of it or sometimes I feel too weak to let go of it. I start feeling anxiety because I feel as if I may have to give up that selfish part of me. I feel such a heavy pressing on me to succumb to this desire for corporeal pleasure even though I know it’s only temporary. At the same time it also brings me close to feelings of despair and unworthiness that I wont be able to change this one major part of me or that I wont come to a point that I want to let it go.
Hi Alejandro,
Just like a PC cannot just reprogram itself to run as a Mac, we too cannot change our own egoistic nature with our own strength. It’s impossible. It’s ultimately the light that makes all the changes on us. Our work is only to extract more and more of it, especially during the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.
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
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