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It says in the text that because we are nothing but ” a will to receive pleasure”, I find it difficult to act in any way in which I don’t foresee personal satisfactions…Thus, it almost sounds as though I need to fake it. Is that a good approach?
Hi Ben,
In the corporeal world, we need to take care of our necessities regardless of how we feel about it. Meaning I have to keep working, taking care of my family, health, etc.
In our spiritual work, which is primarily within the Kabbalistic group, there we aspire to reach the qualities of love and bestowal. But since bestowal is completely against our egoistic nature, it’s impossible for us to have a real desire to bestow. In the best case scenario, we can ASPIRE to bestow. We can play pretend AS IF we want bestowal. This is as much as our nature allows and actually this is enough. Such a game, especially when played with other points in the hearts in the Kabbalistic group, is how we extract the reforming light. It’s ultimately the light that corrects our nature and gives us a true desire to bestow. Our work is to extract more and more of it until it begins to work on us and makes this aspiration a reality.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/03/building-blocks-of-the-first-spiritual-degree/
Albert @ KabU
I am not a dedicated and studious student but I am trying. I get distracted unfocused so much. But I am loving studying when I do. I can’t even express my gratitude in all the things I have learned from this classes and videos, etc.
Bit by bit I am getting somewhere in grasping what is authentic Kabballah is and these concepts, and be ONE with the Creator. I know that the more I learned the less I know but at least I am in the right path with Kab U team, the teaching, teachers and of course Dr. M. Laitman. From the deepest of my ❤️ Thank you so much.
I understand that the Law of Equivalence of Form is key to aligning with the Creator and that our suffering is caused by being out of balance with these forces. How can I begin to consciously align my emotions, intentions, and actions with the laws of nature in order to create this balance and reduce suffering in my life and in the world around me?
Hi Natu,
The Creator’s qualities are pure bestowal and love. If we want to reach equivalence of form with Him, we too need to aspire to those same qualities.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Keep in mind that in practice, we start this type of spiritual work first in a small Kabbalistic group. In that group, we build a strong connection with other points in the heart that are together with us on the spiritual path. This becomes like a nucleus. Once we build that nucleus, we will be able to add to it wider and wider circles of the world, until we’ll come to include the whole world in that connection. But this is gradual work. And until we build that nucleus, we have nothing with which to do any spiritual work towards the world.
We’ll learn more about these things and practically implement them in the advanced semester.
Albert @ KabU
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Do we have an expectation of any person asking the Upper Force directly questions and then hearing a voice or having some kind of communication that gives us immediate answers – from the Upper Force, not our own mind or the influences of others?
Hi Vivian,
Every moment comes to us directly from the Creator. This is called “there is none else besides Him”. So the expectation is to try to be in a constant connection with the Creator.
We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming semester, in the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/12/there-is-none-else-besides-him/
Albert @ KabU
How do we work with a desire? What does it mean to correct a desire with an intention to bestow? Suppose I desire a type of food, or a new job. How do I work with this using an intention to bestow?
Hi Branden,
We learn from the shattering of the system of Adam HaRishon that the only thing that is broken in the ENTIRE system of creation are the proper connections between people. This is the only thing that is broken and the only thing we need to correct.
In other words, each one of us is perfect. We don’t need to correct ourselves. We only need to correct our connection with others. It’s just like when doing a large jigsaw puzzle. Each piece is unique and necessary as is. We don’t start recoloring the pieces or cutting off seemingly redundant parts. All we need to do is find where each piece fits relative to all the other pieces.
It’s the same with us. Each one of us is like that unique jigsaw piece. We don’t need to fix ourselves or change ourselves. The 613 desires that we need to correct are not within me. Rather, these are the things standing in the way of my connection with others. So our focus should be entirely on the connection with others.
We do this work first of all with other points in the heart that are together with us on this spiritual path. After we learn how to connect with them, we can expand this connection to the whole world. We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced lessons.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
Albert @ KabU
¿Cómo puedo saber si mi deseo, a partir del estudio de la sabiduría de la Kabbalah, ha empezado a ser corregido conforme al pensamiento de la Creación? ¿A través de cuáles señales puedo asegurarme de estar apartándome del camino del Sufrimiento y, en cambio, estar aproximándome al camino de la Luz?
Google translation of the question:
How can I know if my desire, based on the study of the wisdom of Kabbalah, has begun to be corrected according to the thought of Creation? Through what signs can I ensure that I am moving away from the path of Suffering and, instead, approaching the path of Light?
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Hi Enrique,
To the extent that we correct ourselves, to that extent we reveal the Creator in practice.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/04/when-all-doubts-will-dissipate/
Albert @ KabU
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