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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
Hi Clara,
It depends on the context, but typically Kabbalists don’t speak about our corporeal body, but rather about the desire to receive and the changes that take place within it.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2021/06/circles-of-souls/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Catherine,
NRNHY is an acronym for Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Haya, Yechida. These are the names of the lights that enter into the spiritual desire. There are five of them because there are five levels of the spiritual desire. Each level of desire has a corresponding light that enters it.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Daniel,
Yes, you can say that the screen is the intention. How do we implement it practically? What are we intending with our intention? To bestow like the Creator. In order to bestow, we need someone to bestow to. Since the Creator is concealed, we cannot bestow to Him directly. Instead, we need to practice bestowal on other people. But since there is a rule that “there is no coercion in spirituality”, we cannot just practice this with just anyone, we need others who have the same goal as us. Meaning others with a point in the heart that are together with us in the Kabbalistic group. So in order to build an intention for bestowal like the Creator, we need to practice it with others in the Kabbalistic group.
We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced semesters where everyone will receive their own Kabbalah group with whom they can implement these things.
Albert @ KabU
