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Hi Hadil,
Authentic Kabbalah has been concealed for the past 2000 years, so naturally there are a lot of misconceptions associated with it. Just picture a 2000 year old game of telephone… Essentially Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature. As a result of this correction, we become similar to the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. As a result of becoming similar to Him, we reveal this force of love in practice, in our lives. That’s it. So there is nothing really here to be scared about.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Etienne,
Everyone will receive their own Kabbalah group in the advanced semester. Until then, it’s important to properly go through the fundamental semesters (Kabbalah Revealed 1 & 2) and intermediate semesters (Kabbalah in Action & Kabbalah Experience), otherwise we’ll lack the proper foundation for that work.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Ale, good question!
In general, it’s not recommended to talk about spirituality with others that are not on the path. It’s impossible for a person without an active point in the heart to understand these things. It just leads to unnecessary arguments which ultimately harms both them and us.
It harms them because we naturally try to justify ourselves, to prove our path to them, or even to force our path onto them, which violates the rule that “there is no coercion in spirituality”. It’s like forcing a 5 year old to do something sexual, which they are clearly not ready for. It’s an extreme example, but you understand how such things can mess a person up for life. Likewise when we try to force this path onto others that are not ready for it, it can mess them up spiritually for a whole lifetime.
Or these arguments can harms us, since our opinions on spirituality will mix with their opinions and our desire for spirituality, the most precious thing we have in life, will weaken more and more. So the best thing to do when outside of the spiritual environment is to act normal, just like everyone else. And when speaking with people outside the path, talk about the normal everyday life and not about spirituality.
And if you think someone is interested in spirituality, instead of arguing or going into any explanations, simply give them one of the beginner books as a present or send them a link to the course. This is the safest approach.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/11/only-people-with-the-point-in-the-heart-can-feel-that-kabbalah-is-the-salvation/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Jeff,
Kabbalah and religion are two separate things, so I cannot comment on the religious observations of the Mitzvot. In general, regarding connecting to the Creator, we learn that the process goes “from the love of the created beings to the love of the Creator”. Meaning that if we want to reach a connection with the Creator, we can do so only through our connection with other people. This is why R. Akiva said that love your friend as yourself “is a great rule (klal) in the Torah”. The word rule (klal in Hebrew), also means general, all encompassing. In other words, this is the all encompassing rule that summarizes all of our work. We’ll learn more about this and how to practice it in the more advanced semesters.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Beth,
1. Turning to Him is always good. Just keep in mind that spiritual correction begins in our common work with other points in the heart in the Kabbalistic group. Towards the rest of the world, we should act normal, just like everyone else. We’ll learn how to do all these things practically in the more advanced semesters.
2. It’s correct that we did not choose anything. Each person receives the most optimal conditions for the correction of that person’s soul. And freedom itself means rising above our egoistic nature. Which, as we learned in lesson 2, is through the help of the spiritual environment.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â https://laitman.com/2010/10/what-no-fortune-teller-knows/
Albert @ KabU
It’s not irrelevant. Everything we experience, down to the tiniest detail, to the smallest blade of grass is not incidental, but all is arranged from above in the most optimal way for the correction of our soul.
So yes, you can say that at the level of our egoistic world everything is predetermined. True freedom begins when we try to rise above the ego through the help of the spiritual environment.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â https://laitman.com/2010/10/what-no-fortune-teller-knows/
Albert @ KabU
