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Hi Marta,
Yes, you can say that those qualities are the sefirot.
In general, spirituality works according to the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that in order to come into contact or reveal anything spiritual, we need to become similar to whatever we want to reveal. This is just like how a radio can pick up an external wave, when we tune the internal frequency of the radio to that wave.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Kristin,
It’s normal to feel confused from time to time. This follows the saying that “there is no light without a vessel”. Meaning that you cannot receive something if you don’t build a lack for that thing.
In general, we go through many states on the spiritual path. The main thing is to just keep going, to keep placing yourself under the influence of the light, especially in the Kabbalistic studies, and it’ll balance everything out.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Iheb,
Yes, you can say that we should calibrate ourselves to seeing good as having a connection with the Creator and bad as getting disconnected from Him.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Jarrett,
Morality means choosing between good or bad behaviors. The problem with morality is that our nature is egoistic. So no matter what behavior we choose, it’ll stem from our egoistic nature. As long as our actions stem from our ego, they will also be considered egoistic and will ultimately not lead us to anything good.
This is why Kabbalah does not deal with morality. Rather, Kabbalah deals with the root problem, our egoistic nature and how we can correct it.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Marta,
Check out the Guest and Host analogy in Chapter 3 of Attaining the Worlds Beyond.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Marta,
Our very nature is the desire to receive pleasure. So no matter how we manipulate our desires, we will never be able to do anything against this nature. Just like a PC cannot just reprogram itself to run as a Mac, we too are incapable of correcting our own desires.
We need outside help to perform such corrections. This help comes to us from the Creator, from the force of His light. Our entire work boils down to extracting more and more of this reforming light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
