[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Elizabeth,

We learn that “a judge has only what his eyes can see”. Meaning that Kabbalah is a very practical down to earth method. We shouldn’t live in the clouds, rather we should work practically with what we are experiencing every moment of our lives. Furthermore, just like when a person is sick and goes to a doctor, he doesn’t lie to the doctor about how he feel. Likewise in Kabbalah, we shouldn’t lie to ourselves about how we feel the world.

As for being selfish, that is okay. After all, we were all created as egoists on purpose. It’s precisely thanks to the ego that we can rise to high spiritual degrees. In Kabbalah, the ego is not a bad force but rather a partner that helps us to advance. Meaning we don’t eliminate our ego, we rise above it. It turns into a type of hill or mountain that we rise above. In other words, the greater the ego, the further up we can climb, and the greater the spiritual level we can achieve. On the other hand if we eliminate the ego, then the spiritual level we can achieve is relatively tiny.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/02/the-worse-the-better/

Furthermore, since our very nature is egoistic, we can’t fight the ego directly. We need help to rise above the ego. This help comes to us from the force of the light. All of the corrections are performed on us by the light. Our work is only to extract more and more of this light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Elizabeth,

613 is the number of corrections that need to be placed over the spiritual desire. This number is further divided into 248 desires of bestowing in order to bestow and 365 desires that operate on receiving in order to bestow. We’ll learn how these numbers are derived in the more advanced lessons on KabU that deal with the structure of the upper worlds.

Regarding correcting other, we learn that all of humanity is part of one single system, like cells within a single body. So naturally what one experiences influences EVERYONE else. And if I reach a correction, this same correction influences everyone. But I don’t actually correct the other person, rather I correct my part that is found within everyone.

It’s like a hologram where the big image is made up of identical smaller copies of that image. So if there is a flaw in one of the smaller images, that same flaw is found in every piece. And if you correct that flaw in the small piece, it’s reflected in the whole image. But each one will still need to correct their part of the general picture.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/04/the-fractality-of-nature/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Christine,

Yes, in the advanced semesters of KabU, everyone will receive their own group (ten) with whom they can put all we learn into practice.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Zohreh,

All of our pain and suffering comes from being stuck within our egoistic nature. We are currently enslaved to our egoistic nature. This is why freedom starts when we rise above our egoistic nature. We do this specifically thanks to the spiritual environment that we build for ourselves.

See my reply to Marion below for more details.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Jonathan, great questions!

Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature. There is nothing really unsafe about studying authentic Kabbalah. Although we do go through many ups and down on the spiritual path. This is 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.

So the best thing is to set aside some time to regularly return to the Kabbalistic sources, weekly lessons, videos, books, etc. Such habits of returning to the source of the light will help us get through all of the different ups and downs on the path. Aside from that, we should continue to live our normal lives. Maintaining a normal corporeal life is an important part of this balance.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Philip,

I cannot answer you in this way because you’re mixing together a few different concepts. First we need to understand the concept of perception of reality. As we learned in the lesson on the perception of reality, our perception is entirely subjective. We see the world through the lens of our egoistic nature. In other words, the entire external world is nothing more than a reflection of my own uncorrected egoistic state. If I’m not corrected, I see in front of me a bad world, full of suffering. If I correct myself, I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s perfect. It’s like I have these dirty glasses through which I see the whole world as dirty. The moment I clean my own glasses, I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s clean and perfect.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2014/04/in-neutral-gear/

What about the holocaust and all such atrocities that took place in the external world? Once we correct ourselves, we will see that the previous reality that we saw through the lens of our ego was nothing more than a dream. This is called “we were as dreamers”.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2010/11/this-life-is-a-dream/

Albert @ KabU

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