[Albert – KabU Instructor]

google translation of the question:

Good evening. What is the difference ADAM KADMON and ADAM ARISHON?

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Hi HOUEGBELO Rodolphe,

Adam Kadmon is a part of the system of worlds. While Adam HaRishon is the active part within this system. Similar to how you have planet Earth and you have people or those that inhabit the planet.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/the-human-is-the-innermost-part-in-the-system-of-worlds/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Ed,

I’m not an expert in such things, we can speculate one way or another, but ultimately it would just be speculations.

In any case, we need to keep in mind that there have been many books written by Kabbalists throughout the generations, but we don’t really study them directly in our days. In our days we mainly study from the writings of Baal HaSulam and Rabash. This is because egoism grows from generation to generation, so Kabbalah, the method for its correction, needs to get adapted in each generation for that level of egoism. For example it’s like in medicine, if a person has a headache he can just drink a tylenol and that’s enough to fix him. But if it’s not just a little headache but something cancerous, then that tylenol won’t do anything for him but he needs a completely different regime to heal himself.

This is why Kabbalah gets adapted in each generation to the level of egoism that is currently found in that generation. So although there were many different Kabbalists and Kabbalistic books throughout the generations, nowadays we mainly learn from the writings of Baal HaSulam and Rabash, since their writings contains the light that is most suitable to correct the egoism that is found in our generation.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/11/the-great-kabbalists-and-their-works/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Greg, great questions!

1. If you don’t see your nature as standing in your way, then you have no drive to do anything about it. So it’s good when we reveal such things. It’s only then that we have a true prayer for the Creator to correct us.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/03/what-is-prayer/

2. 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

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Debra,

I’m not an expert in such things. We can speculate one way or another, but ultimately it would just be speculations.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Anne,

Some of the books and courses were already professionally translated to Chinese. Check out this site for details: http://www.kabbalah.info/cn/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi João Chico,

The path of light means that we develop consciously under the influence of the light.

Whereas the path of suffering is an inactive form of development, where we wait for sufferings to accumulate until we start to move. It’s like a child that refuses to go to school, so the parents put more and more pressures on him until he agrees to go.

Keep in mind that we don’t really advance on the path of suffering. Since pressuring and punishing a child is not the same as educating him. So after all of the pressures and punishments they put on him, he will still have to go to school and get his education.

Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:

https://laitman.com/2011/01/lets-go-with-the-light/

https://laitman.com/2015/05/we-wont-follow-the-path-of-suffering-forever/

Albert @ KabU

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