[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Helton,

The purpose of creation is preset. Meaning that everyone must reach it and everyone must go through all the steps that lead up to it. Our only choice in the matter is whether we get pushed in that direction through wars and suffering or we develop consciously in that direction on the path of light.

But then we can ask: will we still need to go through the war of Gog Umagog on the path of light? Yes, we will, but on the path of light, we can go through that state internally on the level of our thoughts and desires, instead of externally, on the level of physical wars.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/01/lets-go-with-the-light/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Ron,

You’re right, it seems as if we’re just puppets on a string. On the other hand, if there really is no free will, then what is the point of this life at all? So there must be SOME freedom in this system. Where exactly? We’ll learn in depth in lesson 2 of the 2nd semester.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Miekie,

Yes, we will cover all these questions in the upcoming lessons. If you did not receive answers to your questions from the lessons, you can also ask them in the weekly Q/A forums.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Marie,

Yes, egoism continues to grow, even after 1995. This is how it should be, since the greater the ego, the higher we can rise above it in spirituality.

Keep in mind that in Kabbalah, we don’t work on eradicating the ego, but on rising above it. The more we advance, the more our egoistic desires grow. They turn into a type of mountain that we climb over. The bigger the desires, the higher we can climb, and the higher the spiritual degree that we can attain. On the other hand, if we were to eliminate our egoistic desires, then accordingly, we would only be able to attain a tiny degree of spiritual attainment.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/02/the-worse-the-better/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Hanneke,

Yes, the ego is the cause of war and conflicts and even “natural disasters”. This is because nature is in the form of a pyramid. The lowest part of the pyramid is the inanimate nature, then comes the vegetative, then animate, and then the speaking (human) level. Each lower level is greater in quantity while each higher level is greater in quality. Also each higher level has a stronger and stronger effect on all the lower levels. Meaning that humanity, the peak of the pyramid, has the strongest effect over the rest of nature.

So if humanity is not corrected, then the uncorrected human ego causes the rest of the lower levels of nature to lose their balance, which in turn leads to “natural disasters”. And when we correct the human ego, the lower levels will return to their natural balance.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/01/chernobyl-is-flourishing/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Ron,

Without the evil inclination, we would not be separated from the Creator. Without separating from Him, we would not feel ourselves as existing. We would just be annulled within Him “like a candle within a torch”. So it’s thanks to the evil inclination that we can develop consciously.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/01/from-perfection-to-perfection/

Albert @ KabU

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