[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sarah,

1. The soul is a type of desire. Our nature is the desire to receive pleasure. The soul is the corrected form of this desire, when it’s operating in order to bestow. By default, no one has this corrected desire, so no one has this thing called a soul, only a soul in potential that we call the point in the heart. If we develop that point, it can turn into the soul. If not, this same potential continues to reincarnate again and again until it gets fully realized.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/06/what-happens-to-the-soul-after-death/

2. You’re right, it is a bit limited. People naturally wake up during the disaster (like sheep that band together when a wolf shows up), but afterwards, it’s business as usual.

What would it take for humanity to advance through the good path? That depends on us, on those with awakened points in the hearts. This is because we’re all part of one system. In this system, we don’t choose when to be awakened, but rather there is a certain order of corrections that needs to take place, and each one receives a spiritual awakening when it’s his/her turn for correction.

It’s similar to building a house. There is a certain order in which you need to build it. I’m not an expert on house building, but for the sake of the example, let’s say first you dig the foundation, then pour the concrete, lay the beams, etc, and only at the very end do you paint the house. Meaning that there is no point in even taking out the paintbrush before you finish all of the preliminary stages.

Likewise with us. Those that were awakened to this work first are like the foundation of the house while the rest of the world belongs to the later stages. So until those with awakened points in the hearts complete their correction, there is no point in even awakening the rest of the world for their correction. So we don’t need to wait for humanity to wake up, we need to finish our correction, and this will wake them up.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi David,

I don’t want to comment on your personal situation because it is indeed something very painful and I don’t want to belittle it. I think it’s best to just continue for now. The more we develop spiritually, the more we’ll be able to understand and justify everything that the Creator does to us. And when we correct our ego and rise to a spiritual degree, we’ll have a completely different perception of everything that we went through.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/06/life-and-death-in-the-eyes-of-a-kabbalist/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sarah,

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.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/spice-up-your-desire/

Likewise we need to properly define the term [faith] above reason. In Kabbalah, faith does not refer to blind faith or a belief. Rather, faith = bestowal; reason = reception. Faith above reason is the process by which we make bestowal more important than reception.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Daniel,

I cannot comment on your personal feelings.

The screen is essentially the intention that we place over the desire. Check out the Guest & Host analogy in Chapter 3 of Attaining the Worlds Beyond for more details.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi David,

We go through many ups and downs on the spiritual path, that’s normal. The important thing is to just keep going, to keep placing yourself under the influence of the light and it’ll balance everything out.

Keep in mind that if we’re experiencing any difficulty on the path, it’s a sign that we have not properly connected to the spiritual environment. It’s just like with the example of going to the gym and lifting weights. Naturally this is something extremely painful and unpleasant. But when we’re under a good influence of the gym environment, have friends that value such things, read lots of articles about staying healthy etc, we begin to enjoy these things. And what was previously a painful activity turns into something pleasurable. It all depends on the influence of the environment.

Here too you need to build for yourself a strong spiritual environment that will give you the support you need. And when you place yourself under the influence of the spiritual environment, you wont feel the path as painful, but as a fun challenge.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/10/bestowal-should-become-fashionable/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Julie,

1. Not just between men and women, but each and every person is completely unique and feels the world through his/her uniqueness. As such, it’s impossible to compare how one person feels spirituality with another.

2. We all start equally, buried within our egoistic nature.

3. No one needs to copy another ten, each one needs to work on the connection within their own ten.

4. Each and every one of us is unique and different. It’s like an 8 billion piece jigsaw puzzle where each piece is different from every other piece. Furthermore, each piece is very important, since no one piece can replace any other piece. And if even one piece is missing, the entire puzzle is incomplete.

Albert @ KabU

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