[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi John, great questions!

An angel is force of nature. So the force of gravity you can call the angel of gravity. But these are forces that are programmed to act a certain way, without any free will. And just as you don’t attribute any intelligence/consciousness or even an image to the force of gravity, you shouldn’t attribute any to the forces called angels. To avoid confusion you can even replace the word angel in your vocabulary with the word force.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2010/05/why-do-angels-have-wings/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Peter,

I don’t see a conflict. Essentially Kabbalists are also trying to reach love. Except at some point, they discovered a roadblock, a barrier that stops them from truly loving others: the ego. So in order to reach true love, we need to first correct our egoistic nature. This is essentially what Kabbalah helps us to do. It’s a practical scientific method by which we can correct our ego. As a result of this correction, we’ll reach the ultimate state of love, meaning to love everything and everyone the way the Creator loves us. Through this correction, we become similar to Him and reveal Him in practice in our lives. This is the essence of the wisdom of Kabbalah.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Todd,

Yes, you can say that each degree contains 613 desires. This is because spirituality is a state of wholeness. Every degree has everything within it. From that point of view, 613 becomes less of a quantitative number and move of a qualitative description of a whole state.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/numbers-indicate-quality-not-quantity/

Keep in mind that in practice, we don’t work according to some kind of list of desires, but simply with whatever is being awakened in the moment.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/09/compliance-with-the-613-mitzvot-commandments/

Also keep in mind that the 613 desires that we are learning about are spiritual desires, meaning desires that we don’t yet have. This is similar to how a single cell in a body only has some basic desires. But when that cell is part of a greater body, it reveals there higher desires which are impossible for the individual cell to have: desires for money, honor, power, etc. Same with us, until we integrate with the general body of Adam HaRishon, we don’t reveal or understand these 613 spiritual desires.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/12/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-613-desires/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

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Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Shel,

There is a rule that “one is raised in holiness and never lowered.” So we never go backwards. It’s possible that we receive an additional challenge that belongs to a higher degree and that challenge can feel like we’re going backwards, but it’s still a step forward. Similar to how a bodybuilder that masters a five pound weight moves on to ten pounds. That ten pounds is much more challenging and he cannot do as many reps as before, but this is nonetheless considered progress and advancement.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sharon,

It’s possible. But since the Kabbalistic writings don’t talk about them, we can’t say for sure. So we could speculate one way or another, but these would just be speculations. We should keep in mind that Kabbalah is a science. Kabbalah only deals with the correction of our egoistic nature and the revelation of the Creator. It has no connection to faith, religion, or religious leaders.

But ultimately these things are not so opposed. Both talk about the importance of loving others as yourself. Kabbalah goes even further and gives us a method to actualize loving others to such an extent that we can reveal in our lives the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal.

Albert @ KabU

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