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Hi Isabel,
Rabbi Shimon and his group, the authors of the book of Zohar, reached the state of the full correction. They were the pioneers that had to reach this state in order to pave the way for the rest of us.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/05/what-do-we-celebrate-on-lag-bomer/
Albert @ KabU
Thank you for your answer 🙏
May I ask an other question?
When they reached the second revelation, did they remain in that state or were there also periods when they descended to the first revelation?
Hi Simon,
Revealing the Creator works according to the law of equivalence of form, meaning that to reveal Him we need to become similar to Him, to His qualities of love and bestowal. In order to acquire the qualities of love and bestowal, I need someone with whom to practice these things, so a group is absolutely necessary.
In the advanced semesters of KabU, everyone will be placed in a virtual KabU group with other fellow students where you can put all these things into practice.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
One of the difficulties that I am having is semantic. There is much use of words such as “good” “sin” “commandments”, which makes me feel that there is a set, static understanding of the will of the Creator or Upper World. There seems to be a simplistic overlay called altruism which is defined by worldly or egoistic standards. I realize that the Kabbalist Sages use phraseology that can be unfamiliar, if not archaic, but my difficulties seem to be that many words connote conceptual authority or dogmatism while claiming none! It is my hope that this will be cleared up when we get into the actual practice of alignment or correction, but it haunts me. Thank you.
Hi Aleta,
Yes, these things will get cleared up throughout the courses. Let me know if you want a specific definition clarified now.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Aleta,
There are 613 desires that we need to correct. Corresponding to each desire, there is a commandment (mitzvah in Hebrew). These are the INTERNAL processes by which we correct that specific desire. In other words, Kabbalists don’t look at the 613 commandments as physical actions to be performed by our hands and feet, but rather as allegories to the internal process of correcting our desires.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/02/mitzvot-commandments-the-correction-of-desires/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Rita,
There are 620 spiritual desires in total. 248 of them are corrected towards bestowing in order to bestow, 365 desires of receiving in order to bestow, and 7 additional desires that are corrected only in the final correction.
So the numbers 613 and 620 are connected. Depending on the context, sometimes Kabbalists include those additional 7 desires and sometimes they omit them.
Albert @ KabU
How can we have free will in double & single concealment while everything that happens for us is predetermined?
Hi Manzi,
The concealment is exactly what gives us a sense of freedom, because in the states of concealment we don’t feel that everything is predetermined.
And if we don’t feel everything as predetermined, if we have not yet attained revelation and saw this for ourselves, then we cannot use that information as some maxim by which we limit ourselves.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/10/if-i-am-not-for-myself-then-no-one-will-help-me/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Lucy,
Yes, but keep in mind that Kabbalists don’t look at the 613 mitzvot as physical actions to be performed by our hands and feet, but rather as allegories to the internal process of correcting our desires.
The desire to receive is divided into 613 desires. We need to correct all 613 parts. Corresponding to each desire, there is a mitzvah (commandment). These are the INTERNAL processes by which we correct that specific desire.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/02/mitzvot-commandments-the-correction-of-desires/
Albert @ KabU
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