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Hello,
I have two questions
Question 1
To achieve this equivalence of form what or how should be my attitude in my day to day life?
Suppose I have some terrible events happening in my life right now, like, separation from a loved one, an accident or a deep financial crisis. Should I take these events as a gifts from the creator or a natural plan of the nature created just for me, for my evolvement and giving me an opportunity to achieve equivalence of form through these difficult situations?
Question 2
How does Kabbalah view the external pleasures of the worlds? Not the hedonistic lifestyle but normal pleasures like having a coffee, a drink or falling in love or sex or buying a new car. Will pursuing these pleasures affect the pursuing of equivalence of form?
Can you please explain. Thank you.
Hi Sudhi,
1. Internally we should try to see how everything in life comes to us from a single benevolent force. This is called “there is none else besides Him” and that He is the “good that does good”. But this is our internal work. It does not cancel out any of the work we need to do in life in order to take care of all of our problems in the normal way that we would go about taking care of them. Meaning that if I’m sick, I still must go to a doctor. If I lose my job, I need to go job hunting. If someone is hurting me, I need to call the police, etc. Externally we need to take care of all of our problems in the normal way.
We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming semester. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman: https://laitman.com/2017/12/there-is-none-else-besides-him/
2. We learn that “necessities are neither praised nor condemned”. Meaning that taking care of our necessities to live a normal life is not considered egoistic. It’s perfectly fine to do that.
Albert @ KabU
Thank you so much KabU Team, it was an eye opening and awakening ride through the Week 1 courses.
My question is related to the current event of Tisha B’Av – 9th of Av, that is supposedly tomorrow Shabbat. Now since the Kabbalist speaks only the language of root and branches as i learnt and understand through this program, is the 9th of Av a language of the the branches too and what is its representation in relation to us please.
Thank you!
Hi Katel,
Yes you can say that. We learn that we, as the created beings, can only experience reality out of opposites: hot/cold, up/down, love/hate, bestowal/reception, etc. The 9th of Av represents the revelation of the most opposite state to the Creator. Although this state is not very pleasant, it’s a necessary part of our spiritual development. Without revealing this opposite form to the fullest, we will not be able to fully correct it and thereby reach the final correction.
For more details, check out this clip from the lesson Rav Laitman gave on this topic yesterday: https://kabbalahmedia.info/lessons/cu/exvvR4Vr?sstart=35s&send=5m7s&mediaType=video&shareLang=en
Albert @ KabU
Hi Amani,
Kabbalah is also a science. The difference is that traditional scientists study nature that is found within the egoistic desire to receive. Kabbalists on the other hand correct their egoistic desire into the desire to bestow, and study nature within that corrected desire.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/01/kabbalah-and-other-sciences-philosophy-and-religion/
Albert @ KabU
What happens if I die in the process of attaining the degrees? Am I starting from scratch on the next round?
Hi Peter,
Nothing is lost. If we don’t finish this work in this lifetime, we continue it in the next. Kabbalists compare the process of life and death of the corporeal body as to changing shirts: at the end of the day, we drop our dirty shirt into the hamper and in the morning put on a clean one. So we don’t lose anything, but continue the next time around until we reach the final correction.
Albert @ KabU
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