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Hi Seth,
I submitted a question, but somehow it did not commit. Anyhow, I found the answer in “Kabbalah Revealed” p.94. Since I knew a bit of the name of the 10 sefirot I was a bit confused as to where were Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, and Yesod? I understand now that tese 6 sefirot are part of  Phase Three—Zeir Anpin.
Next time I will complete the entire lesson including the suggested reading before asking a question 😊
Also, your proposal to write a lexicon in order to get familiar and remember the meaning of the basic Kabbalah Hebrew words become a necessity at this point in the study. I realized that.
Thank you for your time,
Wow love listening to this video, now I go away and take in what I have heard and my notes then rewatch I love it when something clicks inside me from confusion to comprehension. Loving this
So my question is this: is my apparent confusion due to a lack of understanding of the language of Kabbalah, or symbols, etc – meaning am I so confused by the language or that I am not ready or able to comprehend it? I feel, at the same time, very confused as some things appear to be very circular(i.e. contradictory or inconclusive?) – but yet clear on the overall structure of the concepts. Should I be concerned with being clear on all the language, or on feeling the sense of the concepts? On reading what I am writing I am thinking this may (hopefully)be a good example of “things are darkest just before the light”??
Mike,
Get used to being confused.
Imagine that you get dropped off in Thailand and you don’t speak the language. People walk and eat and drive, you are familiar with those things, but you can’t speak the language, or know the local customs, etc.
It will take time to get acclimated.
But here, you’re not getting dropped off in another country on Earth, you are learning about spiritual worlds, things that are not material, so it’s even more disorienting because in the material world two things happen on a time line, one thing before and then then next thing happens next. In spirituality there is no time, so I thought you said this happened, but how could that also happen?! This process of going in and out of understanding builds new sensations and new understandings in us.Anyway, make for yourself a glossary and write down the words you are learning and the definitions as you understand them. I promise you for the next 20 years you will edit those definitions.
Like the word love. Imagine asking your 5 year old self for a definition, then refining the definition when you were 16 and when you got married and when you had your first child and then when your child got married and then when you are an old grandpa looking at your children and grandchildren, of course your definition of love will change as you change. Love is love, but you changed.
It’s not clear to everyone right away where the “work” is in the wisdom of kabbalah. But you have some work here that you can do.
Be persistent and stay inspired.
Seth@KabU
On the phases on one side is Behina Aleph, Bet etc., On the other side is Chochma, Bina etc., This is confusing to my understanding.  I think it probably because I have a certain perception and this doesn’t fit that perception. In other words I need to develop a new perception to understand. I am wondering if this is what is written in the book of Genesis, the story of creation?
Rex,
The root phase corresponds to Keter, also the world of Adam Kadmon, also the Yechida of the soul, etc.
Phase one corresponds to Hochma, also the world of Atzilut, also Haya of the soul, etc.
Phase two corresponds to Bina, also the world of Beriyah, also Neshama of the soul, etc.
Phase three corresponds to Zeir Anpin, also the world of Yetzirah, also Ruach of the soul, etc.
Phase four corresponds to Malchut, also the world of Malchut, also Nefesh of the soul, etc.All of this is coded in the Bible.
Seth@KabU
Is shame the reason for the rejection of the light in Behina Bet?
I know these 4 Phases have to do with the upper worlds, but does this process also reflect in the lives of individuals?
Can some one become aware of the source of the giving and be ashamed, and reject the gifts that the Creator wants to give?
I asked in weeks 2 & 3 if the correction for this would be to agree to receive in order to be able to bestow upon ourselves (“corrected” receiving) and bestow on others, is my understanding correct?
Ami,
The shame and rejection comes later in phase 4, in Malchut of Ein Sof when she feels that she is 100% receiver while the Creator is 100% bestowing and she is therefore 100% opposite from Him.The spiritual action is in the intention, the point is not to receive, for the purpose of creation is for the creature to receive all the abundance, however the correction of creation is that the creature receives it not for his own benefit, but for the sake of the Creator, in order to bestow.
I don’t know what you mean by “bestowing upon ourselves”. To bestow means to bestow upon the others/the Creator.
Seth@KabUBy “bestowing upon ourselves”, I mean receiving in a way that removes the shame by “allowing” ourselves to receive the pleasure that the Creator wants to give us. If we are all one soul, then surely we must treat ourselves the same way we treat others, with the same intention of bestowal, and seeing ourselves as worthy of the Creator’s light.
I say all this in order to know how to deal with shame for receiving our desires. PhaseGimmel helps explain how this can be done, where the creature agrees to receive some of the light, not for itself, but for the benefit of the Creator. How does one do that?
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