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Hi Nathan,
We learn that “necessities are neither praised nor condemned”. Meaning that taking care of our necessities to live a normal life is not considered egoistic. It’s perfectly fine to do that.
As for choosing the path of light, that depends on what we do with the rest of our free time, beyond the time it takes us to acquire our normal necessities. On the one hand, you can say that it’s all about adding the right intention to our lives, but on the other hand, if we don’t invest a certain amount of time in the studies, we won’t be able to extract enough light to make this type of change. So we do need to find the right balance between the Kabbalistic studies and our everyday life.
Also keep in mind that the study is not just the time we read and learn, but also the time that we are connecting with other points in the heart. This is actually the most important part, as we will learn from the shattering of the common soul, the only thing broken in the entire system of creation are the connections between people, so that is really the only thing that needs fixing.
We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lessons, in the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Andreanne,
We were indeed created in the state of perfection, in complete adhesion with the Creator. (Baal HaSulam describes this in the article Introduction to the book of Zohar). But this was an unconscious state, like a baby in its mother’s womb. So we necessarily had to come to the complete opposite state, to lose that state of perfection, in order to once again reach it, but this time consciously.
And the fact that we had to lose this state is not something bad, but it’s a necessary part of our development. It’s just like with kids. We don’t just give them a completed jigsaw puzzle. On the contrary we take it and break it down into many pieces. Then in the process of them putting it together, they grow and develop. Same with us, this process of losing that state is a necessary part of our further growth and development.
This process also adds to us a certain level of freedom, without which, we would be no different than machines, or robots, that were programmed to act a certain way and they just carry out this inner script. Instead, we were programmed one way, and we rise above this inner programming, become independent of it, and then develop our own desire to advance towards this goal.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/01/from-perfection-to-perfection/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Sean,
The reshimot are our spiritual genes. Just like when we investigate our corporeal genes, we reveal our entire ancestry, where we came from, as well as the reasons for our inclinations, tendencies, etc. Similarly, the reshimot are our spiritual genes. They are all the states that we have gone through and all the states that we will need to go through in the future.
In other words, they detail the process we need to undergo starting from the initial thought of creation all the way until the end of correction. Essentially our entire path of development is preset in these reshimot. So all the forms we need to evolve through and all the desires that will awaken in us is also preset there. The only choice we have is in the pace we go through it. It’s like all of life is one big strip of film or a movie reel. Every new moment is a new frame, a new reshimot is shown to us. And we cannot change the movie at all, but only to fast forward or go one frame at a time.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/07/the-whole-world-is-inside-the-reshimo/
As for the 613 desires, there are 613 spiritual desires and corresponding to each desire is a law, an inner process by which we extract the reforming light and correct that desire. Keep in mind that when Kabbalists talk about these laws or commandments, they are not referring to the actions that a religious person performs with his hands and feet, but rather they are talking about the inner process of correcting those desires.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/spice-up-your-desire/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Elena,
It’s normal. 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, and it’ll balance everything out.
For this reason, it’s important to set aside some time to regularly return to the Kabbalistic writings, weekly lessons, videos, books, etc. Such a habit of regularly returning to the source of the light will help you throughout your entire spiritual development.
Albert @ KabU
