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Hi Cyndi,
When Kabbalists talk about reincarnation, they are not talking about the death and rebirth of the body, but about the changes of states. Each time our desires change, our state changes and thereby we go through this process called reincarnation.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2018/08/reincarnation-in-spiritual-space/
Albert @ KabU
Hi William,
At the beginning of the spiritual path, there are a lot of tendencies to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world. But the more we advance, the more we’ll begin to see that we don’t need to isolate ourselves. Even Baal HaSulam and Rabash were not living in isolation in some Kabbalistic environment, rather they had normal jobs, families, and lived in a typical neighborhood of their time. How then did they attain such high spiritual levels? By tapping into the strength of the spiritual environment.
So if we build for ourselves a strong spiritual environment, then it will influence us even stronger than the corporeal environment that we’re in. But this is not a one time choice. Building and strengthening the spiritual environment is our constant work. As we progress, our ego will grow more and more, and the corporeal environment will pull us more and more. This is done purposefully so that this resistance will force us to build an even stronger connection to the spiritual environment, and thereby reach an even higher spiritual level.
It’s just like with a bodybuilder. If he lifts only a 1 pound weight all the time, he will not get very strong (this is equivalent to us living in isolation or closing ourselves in a small community). In order to grow, that bodybuilder needs to constantly increase the resistance that he’s lifting. So the more we advance, the more we’ll begin to see how the everyday problems, experiences, work situations, etc we undergo in the regular society are a necessary part of our correction. That we don’t erase these things, but above them we need to stay connected to the spiritual environment. And this will determine the level of our spiritual attainment.
We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced semesters of KabU.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Łukasz,
Yes, you can say that. This is why Kabbalists call our corporeal world “the imaginary world”. Since once we correct ourselves, relative to that corrected state this life would appear as nothing more than a dream or a game. But keep in mind that until we correct ourselves, this game is very much so real and will continue to be our reality until we fully correct ourselves.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2010/11/this-life-is-a-dream/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Jennifer,
In the article Matan Torah (the giving of the Torah), Baal HaSulam explains that the main commandment that we need to follow is “love your friend as yourself”, and that all the rest of the 612 commandments are included in this commandment. So essentially this is the only commandment that we need to focus on and try to implement. We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lessons.
Albert @ KabU
Link to the article: https://kabbalahmedia.info/sources/2bscFWf4
This is why we don’t practice these things in the regular world, but only in this safe environment that we call the Kabbalistic group. We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
Hi,
True altruism does not exist on the level of our world. Bestowal is the Creator’s nature. While our nature is that of pure reception. So it’s impossible for us to truly bestow. At best we can perform more and more covert actions of reception. For example, I go to the store and I give them my money, but obviously I want something in return. It’s the same with all of our actions of bestowal in corporeality. Either I do it to receive pleasure directly or indirectly from fame, honor, money, or even the pride of knowing that no one knows about this action, or even avoiding pain or guilt is also part of this same calculation.
So real bestowal, above any calculations for receiving for oneself, does not exist in our world. Real bestowal is purely the Creator’s quality. If we want to acquire such a quality, we first need to correct our nature. This is done by the force of the light we evoke through the Kabbalistic studies. This light begins to work on us, even if we don’t have the true desire to bestow. Even if we’re just like little kids, pretending to be spiritual grown ups. It takes this aspiration of ours and corrects it little by little, building in us a true desire for spirituality, for the spiritual qualities of love and bestowal.
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
