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How can the spiritual have no effect on the physical when from my understanding the spiritual gives birth and is before/ the cause of the physical? If we are the branches and living in the branches that are corporeal realm, then how would the spiritual roots that the corporeal branches stem from not be influenced by them? According to the statement made by
what Are Sefirot? (Tree of Life Unlocked Pt 2) – bit.ly/kes-Kab… – To learn more about Kabbalah join a free online course at KabU.Hi Ricky,
It depends on the angle this explanation is coming from. Many times Kabbalists refer to the corporeal world as the “imaginary world”. Since once we correct ourselves, relative to that corrected state this life would appear as nothing more than a dream.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2010/11/this-life-is-a-dream/
Albert @ KabU
Thank you for article referral! However, my question stems from my interpretation made in the video that nothing corporeal world is effected by the spiritual world. By using the metaphor of the roots and branches to explain the connections of this system of consciousness is it more accurate to use the example of birth? Where one body gives birth to another body only through like parts and form are they connected through this likeness. But are in completely different states? Where father and son are alike and what Roots them together are their equivalence of physical form but are not physically attached in relation to space of one of another? Is that what they’re saying in this video ? When I think of a root I think of a link/chain/connection that is always attached where if it’s only like in form then that’s what they have in common is form but if one is effected the other isn’t because there is no direct link. What do you think? Or could you pass my question on to other instructors to see what they may think as well?
Hey good afternoon albert!
It is at 2:20-3:45, right at the beginning of the video. I’m not making the case about the amulets part he’s mentioning. But more so, the overall theme as far as the statements that correspond with my general thoughts of roots and branches in the posts above is more where it came from for me. Because I thought everything in creation stemmed from a spiritual root? So with that process, everything would contain some level of spirituality
Hi Ricky,
There are spiritual roots to our world, but it does not make any of the objects spiritual.
Ultimately we need to remember that spirituality is acquisition of the pure qualities of love and bestowal. There is no object in our world that contains that, not our protein bodies, nor any of the rocks or anything else in this world.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2017/10/there-is-no-holiness-in-matter/
https://laitman.com/2015/09/where-is-the-upper-world/
Albert @ KabU
I have become fascinated by the Siphusauctum Gregarium plant /animal ..Rooted in the Ground yet feeding like an animal “Dog of the Field ” even dreaming about it …..maybe from week 3 video s Just wondering if dream life has meaning with Kabbalah ?
Hi Tracey,
Kabbalists don’t attribute much importance to dreams or the state of dreaming. They see it simply as a state where the brain summarizes/organizes the daily experiences. Similar to how some computers go through the process of defragmentation.
On the other hand, there is a spiritual state called dreaming which is the process by which we transition from one spiritual degree to another. It’s like the neutral gear on a manual transmission, which requires you to switch to the neutral gear before switching to another gear. In other words, in between every spiritual state is a state called “dream”. But it’s not related to the corporeal dreams that we experience in our physical bodies. Kabbalists don’t ascribe any importance to corporeal dreams.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2016/04/an-ordinary-dream/
https://laitman.com/2015/02/we-cannot-live-without-sleep/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Ricky,
Partzuf = desire to receive + screen (masach). In other words, it’s a certain portion of light that the vessel is able to receive in order to bestow.
Partzufim = plural of partzuf.
Check out this article for more details: The First Restriction, Screen, Partzuf
Albert @ KabU
Thought, feelings, intention, emotion are these what separates the human level from the other levels? And if we correct them to bestow instead of being egocentric, would that make the connection to the creator possible?
Hi Rex,
It’s the level of desire that separates us, the ego in other words. The rest of the levels of nature have a natural connection to the Creator. Whereas our ego disrupts this connection and forces us to consciously aspire towards it.
And yes, adding the intention to bestow is essentially the correction necessary to reach the Creator. We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced semesters.
Albert @ KabU
While I was reading “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar,” pp. 69-71″ and “Understanding Our True Nature,” pp. 424-431″ I thought about this in the bible: Isaiah 45:7-“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things”, how can we interpret Isaiah 45:7, and does it fit into the context of the reading of this week “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar,” pp. 69-71″ and “Understanding Our True Nature,” pp. 424-431″? if yes How? can you clarify
Hi Jul,
This is similar to the saying that “I created the evil inclination, I created the Torah as a spice”. This means that we know in advance that it’s the Creator that made our egoistic nature. At the same time, He gave us the means, the Torah to correct it.
The word Torah comes from the Hebrew word Ohr, meaning light. So using the means of the Torah means extracting the reforming light from the Kabbalistic sources in order to correct our egoistic nature. And once we correct that nature we reach equivalence of form with the Creator.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/spice-up-your-desire/
Albert @ KabU
While looking at the 613 commandments (Mitzvot) as merely correcting our desires; and I believe there is a spiritual component to that… I truly believe that is revealed with physical actions… how do we reconcile the spiritual with the physical?
Hi Gregory,
If we’re able to add the right intention to the action, then the action becomes holy. If not, then it’s like the sages tell us in the Zohar that “a commandment without an intention is like a body without a soul”.
For more details, check out Baal HaSulam’s article The Teaching of the Kabbalah and Its Essence.
Albert @ KabU
Am I correct in understanding that we are not required to study the Torah and can just study Kabbalah and The Zohar. This is what the article by Baal HaSulam seems to say, i.e. that by studying The Zohar you are receiving everything that you. would receive from.reading the Torah. It is a final development of the 3. previous forms…Well I’m sure it’s endless.
Hi Madelainne,
Yes, you can say that.
By the way, the Zohar is a commentary on the Torah. So by studying the Zohar we do indeed study the Torah.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/07/connection-between-the-torah-and-the-book-of-zohar/
Albert @ KabU
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