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What are the 613 laws of love? How to identify the law in each circumstance and therefore the desire that must be corrected?
Hi Renata,
There are 613 spiritual desires and relative to each spiritual desire there is a law, a process by which we correct that desire. Keep in mind that in practice we don’t work according to some list of desires, but only according to whatever desire is awakened at the moment. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/09/compliance-with-the-613-mitzvot-commandments/
Albert @ KabU
I have two questions. To understand the thought and intention of the artist behind their creation. Is this a way to view all of nature around us. To see the beauty and depth of wisdom in nature is this what you mean by trying to become closer to understanding the thought of the creator who is the artist behind all we perceive? Example is for me to view and look at a tree in nature and know that this thought of the creator will bring me closer to understanding and help bring me closer to Equivalence of form?
Another question I have is as I was discussing my Kaballah course with my therapist she asked me if EnSof is the same as YAWAH that is in the Bible?
Hi Joel,
1. The artist made everything through the quality of bestowal. We on the other hand look at everything through the lens of our egoistic nature. As such, it’s impossible for us to understand Him. We’re simply operating on two different frequencies. But if we correct our egoistic nature and acquire the nature of bestowal, then we’ll become like Him and understand the reason why He created everything the way it is.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/09/learn-the-creators-language/
2. Ein Sof is commonly translated from Hebrew as infinity. But here the literal translation “without end” is more accurate. This is referring to the state in which the desire is completely fulfilled, to the max. Similar to how you can take a cup and fill it up to the max where it’s impossible to add any more liquid to the cup. Even if you add one more drop it will just spill over. So if you take a desire and fill it with pleasure to the max, that state is called Ein Sof. Keep in mind that we’re talking about spiritual desires and spiritual fulfillment, meaning that of bestowal.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Joel,
No, these are different things.
In general, Kabbalists ascribe many names to the Creator, such as “I am that I am”, HaVaYaH (Yawah), and many more. This is because we research this thing called the Creator through our desires. Every time we correct a different desire, we reveal a different aspect of this thing called the Creator, and thereby give it a different name. But ultimately these are all phenomena within our desire.
As for the Creator Himself, His essence, what exists outside of our desires, we don’t have the tools to measure such things, so we don’t talk about it. It’s important to keep this in mind so we stay within the realm of science and not venture into religion or philosophy.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/12/the-holy-names-of-bestowal/
And if you’re interested in learning how to properly decipher the Torah, check out the books: Disclosing a Portion or The Secrets of the Eternal Book.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Robert,
In practice, we don’t work according to some list of desires, but only according to whatever desire is awakened at the moment. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/09/compliance-with-the-613-mitzvot-commandments/
Also check out my reply below to Helen.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Hans,
613 is the number of corrections that need to be placed over the spiritual desire. This number is further divided into 248 desires of bestowing in order to bestow and 365 desires that operate on receiving in order to bestow. We’ll learn how this number is derived in the more advanced lessons on KabU that deal with the structure of the upper worlds.
See my reply below to Helen for more details.
Dear instructor, can you elaborate on 613 desires?
and is there any connection between 613 desires and 613 Mitzvot?
Hi Helen,
The 613 desires that we are learning about are spiritual desires, meaning desires that we don’t yet have. This is similar to how a single cell in a body only has some basic desires. But when that cell is part of a greater body, it reveals there higher desires which are impossible for the individual cell to have: desires for money, honor, power, etc. Same with us, until we integrate with the general body of Adam HaRishon, we don’t reveal or understand these 613 spiritual desires.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/12/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-613-desires/
As for the 613 Mitzvot, each Mitzvah (commandment) is an INTERNAL process by which we correct the corresponding desire. In other words, 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.
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 Shiloh,
We’ll learn about the spiritual meaning behind these things. But the most practical tool that we have is building for ourselves a strong spiritual environment.
This is because spirituality is against our egoistic nature. So it’s impossible to do real spiritual work by ourselves. We simply don’t have the strength to do it. Where do we get this strength? From the spiritual environment. The spiritual environment is like a support group which gives us the strength to do something we’re naturally incapable of doing. It’s just like with the example of exercising. If I don’t feel like going to the gym and exercising, but if I have friends who do enjoy this and want to do this, if I value these friends, by this I’ll receive their strength to overcome my resistance and will also go to the gym and exercise.
So all of our spiritual work boils down to building for ourselves a strong spiritual environment. All the rest is a result of that work. We’ll learn more about this in lesson 2 of the next semester.
For now, your spiritual environment consists mostly of these different KabU forums, weekly lessons, live sessions, etc. But in the more advanced semesters, everyone will receive their own virtual Kabbalah group with whom they can put these things into practice.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/10/bestowal-should-become-fashionable/
Albert @ KabU
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