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Hi Annie,
Yes, Rav Laitman wrote about it in one of his blog posts, here’s an excerpt:
“Question: You said that 1995 was the starting point of the current events. What happened in 1995 that you are referring to?
My Answer: I felt this because suddenly, the students that started coming to study with me were different: They were serious, diligent, and persistent in their pursuit of the goal. Today they still make up the core of the worldwide Bnei Baruch group. Of course, there were also inner changes that are concealed from the average onlooker – a clearer revelation of new spiritual forces in the world.”
Albert @ KabU
Hi Yeabsera,
We need to find a good balance between our corporeal lives and our spiritual aspirations. Without a good balance in our corporeal lives, we won’t be able to advance in spirituality either. This is called “no flour, no Torah – no Torah, no flour”.
Meaning a Kabbalist continues to exist on the level of this world throughout the entire spiritual ladder. So I cannot just turn into a monk and disconnect from this life and only focus on spirituality. On the other hand, if I only focus on corporeality, then I’m no different than an animal.
So the important thing is to find the right balance between the two: to take care of all of one’s normal necessities: to work, take care of the family, health, etc (this is called flour) and to set aside some time on a regular basis to focus on spirituality (this is called Torah).
And in the more advanced stages of our development, we will see how our day to day life helps us with our spiritual development.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Yeabsera,
1. I’m not sure what you mean. Tikun is Hebrew for the word correction.
2. If we act with the intention to bestow to the Creator, then we’re not thinking about ourselves. By that we become similar to the Creator, who too does not think about Himself.
3. Mind refers to our thoughts and heart refers to our desires.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Alice,
Kabbalists primarily relate to the internality of the Haggadah. That this story symbolizes how our point in the heart (symbolized by Moses) help us come out of our egoistic nature (symbolized by Egypt/Pharaoh) and acquire the Creator’s qualities of love and bestowal (symbolized by the land of Israel). This should be our main aspiration.
As for carrying out the Haggadah physically in the Passover meal, that’s up to you. It’s not something that is mandated, but it is beneficial if done with the right intention. If not with the right intention, then like the Kabbalists tell us “a commandment without the intention is like a body without a soul”.
Check out this article for more details: https://www.kabbalah.info/bb/passover-meaning/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Steven,
Bestowal is the Creator’s nature. While our nature is that of pure reception. So it’s impossible for us to truly bestow. At best we can perform more and more covert actions of reception.
For example, I go to the store and I give them my money, but obviously I want something in return. It’s the same with all of our actions of bestowal in corporeality. Either I do it to receive pleasure directly or indirectly from fame, honor, money, or even the pride of knowing that no one knows about this action, or even avoiding pain or guilt is also part of this same calculation.
So real bestowal, above any calculations for receiving for oneself, does not exist in our world. Real bestowal is purely the Creator’s quality. If we want to acquire such a quality, we first need to correct our nature. This is done by the force of the light we evoke through the Kabbalistic studies. This light begins to work on us, even if we don’t have the true desire to bestow. Even if we’re just like little kids, pretending to be spiritual grown ups. It takes this aspiration of ours and corrects it little by little, building in us a true desire for spirituality, for the spiritual qualities of love and bestowal.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
