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Hi Loyda,
Each week has its own recommended reading materials. Here’s the link for week 1 recommended reading.
It’s also recommended to just read through from beginning to end the books Kabbalah Revealed and then Attaining the Worlds Beyond.
For the live Zoom, check out the live page link for details and recordings.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Ayantu,
If we were strong and could do everything by ourselves, we would have no need to ask the Creator for help. So the system is set up such that we cannot finish the work ourselves. We can try, fail, and then discover the need for His help. This is because the goal is not to succeed, but the goal is to build a connection with Him. And by turning to Him for help, we are at least in some kind of connection with Him.
As for being born with the point in the heart, that is not enough. If we didn’t have this type of system which constantly pushed and pulled us, we would be content with little and not have the drive to continue our development until we reach the full correction and fulfill the purpose of creation.
We’ll study the article “there is none else besides Him” in depth in the next 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
Hi Esther,
Even underneath the desire to destroy is a desire to receive, to enjoy destruction.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Lana,
Essentially, any lack of correction we see on the outside, is a reflection of our own lack of correction. It’s like seeing the world dirty because I’m looking at it through dirty glasses. And when I clean my own glasses, I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s clean and perfect.
We’ll learn how to work with these things practically in the more advanced semesters. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2019/06/correct-the-perception-of-reality/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Sandor,
There are 620 spiritual desires in total. 248 of them are corrected towards bestowing in order to bestow, 365 desires of receiving in order to bestow, and 7 additional desires that are corrected only in the final correction.
So the numbers 613 and 620 are connected. Depending on the context, sometimes Kabbalists include those additional 7 desires and sometimes they omit them.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Sandor,
In general, we don’t speak about our personal attainments. Kabbalists don’t share their personal revelations with anyone, since people are not yet corrected and this evokes negative envy, which ultimately harms both parties.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/05/do-not-trigger-fire-upon-yourself/
The exception to this rule is with one’s spouse. Since the spouse is essentially considered an extension of ourselves, like one’s other half. But even then, it should be done very gently, without violating the rule that “there is no coercion in spirituality”.
Albert @ KabU
