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Hi Davison,
Yes, you can say that you’ll be missing out by reading it at face value. Furthermore, you can also say that you will also be missing out by extracting morals from it.
Kabbalists use the Torah primarily for the Ohr (light) that is in it. This is a special force that has the ability to correct our egoistic nature. As a result of this correction, we become similar to the Creator, to His qualities of love and bestowal. As a result of becoming similar to Him, we reveal Him in practice, in our lives. This is what the Torah is intended to help us to do.
Morals on the other hand don’t correct our egoistic nature, they simply band-aid it up, making it look pretty. So Kabbalists are not interested in using the Torah to extract morals from it.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
If you’re interesting in learning how to properly decipher the Torah, check out the books: Disclosing a Portion or The Secrets of the Eternal Book.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Anne,
Torah comes from the Hebrew word ohr (light). So when Kabbalists use the word Torah, they are not referring to the physical book, but rather to the light. This is a special force that we can extract, especially through the Kabbalistic studies, in order to correct our egoistic nature.
And when Kabbalists use the word Mitzvot (plural of Mitzvah) they are not referring to the corporeal Mitzvot that a religious person performs with his hands and feet. But rather the Mitzvot are the INTERNAL processes by which we draw the light and correct the egoistic desires. So no need to convert to Judaism. All we need to do is extract more and more of the light, especially through the Kabbalistic studies, and we’ll begin to correct our egoistic desires. This is essentially how we fulfill the commandments to correct ourselves.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/spice-up-your-desire/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Katharine,
Yes, an online group is enough. In the more advanced phases of KabU, everyone will receive their own virtual Kabbalah group with whom they can put all these things into practice.
We also host one or two physical KabU retreats throughout the year. It’s good to supplement the virtual connection with such retreats.
Albert @ KabU
google translation of the questions:
Why were the texts written by the Kabbalists using the language of the branches? Please
Is it to protect their wisdom that you hid it?
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Yes, on the one hand, you can say that it’s to protect the wisdom. On the other hand, the language of roots and branches is the ideal form for passing spiritual information. There are no words or objects in spirituality, it’s a world of forces. But each of these forces have a corresponding corporeal branch in our world. So by using the names of the corresponding branch, Kabbalists can point out and talk about its spiritual root.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2010/12/the-spiritual-decoder/
https://laitman.com/2013/09/from-root-to-branch/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Scott,
We’re not yet on any spiritual degree, we’re still in the preparation period prior to the spiritual ladder. But once we start to do real spiritual work, we can measure our progress in our attitude towards other points in the hearts. That I’ll feel how my attitude towards them changes, from complete indifference, all the way until I feel them as pieces of my soul. We’ll learn more about this in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
