[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Karim, good question!

Although we point to 1995 as to when Kabbalah became revealed, technically the prohibition was lifted much earlier, from the time of the Ari. He was the one to make a very special correction within the entire spiritual system, after which its not only possible, but a must to openly disseminate the wisdom of Kabbalah in order to help the whole world reach its correction.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details on the Ari: https://laitman.com/2010/08/the-ari-rav-isaac-luria-the-godly-man/

So why do we say 1995? Let’s put a few things into perspective:

Kabbalah is the method of correction of our egoistic nature, thereby revealing the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. Why was it necessary to conceal such a wisdom? Because egoism was still not yet fully developed. For example: if you compare Kabbalah to a medicine that can cure a rare disease, obviously you can’t take the medicine before you’re diagnosed with the disease, but once the disease actually manifests, you can take the medicine and be cured of it.

It’s just like the 5 stages development of a disease within a person. First a person is healthy. Then he is sick, but he does not feel it. Then the disease spreads to the point that he starts to feel pain and symptoms of the disease. This then pushes him to go to a doctor to get diagnosed and find the cure, and etc.

2000 years ago, egoism was still on a very low level, there was no need to correct it. Starting from the days of the Ari, egoism already grew to a certain extent (and technically the prohibition on Kabbalah ended there), but humanity still didn’t feel sick, on the contrary the ego was the main driving force of all of our development. Then from around 1995 egoism peaked and began to show itself as bad, like a cancer that begins to kill the host body. This is the peak at which there was a true need for the cure. Which in essence is what the Kabbalists have been waiting for all these years, for the desire, for egoism to fully ripen.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Dan,

In the advanced semester of KabU, everyone will receive their own Kabbalah group with whom they can put all these things into practice.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Dan,

Yes, it’s like a baby in the hands of the mother. The baby does not understand anything about life and relies completely on the mother to take care of it and lead it to the right place. We too don’t know anything about reaching spirituality and we rely completely on the Kabbalists that preceded us and on the Kabbalistic group.

The only difference is that the baby is naturally led by the mother, while we have to consciously place ourselves in the hands of the Kabbalistic group and allow it to lead us towards the goal. We’ll learn about these things in the more advanced lessons.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Ali,

Yes, you can say that.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Shel,

Is this really his view?
Not necessarily. It’s like when we educate our kids. Sometimes we want to reinforce a certain behavior, so we smile and show them a happy face. Sometimes we want to teach them that a certain behavior has bad consequences, so we show them a sad or upset face. Are we actually happy or sad when we show them those faces, not necessarily. But if we have to show them a happy or sad face to teach them something, we do.

This is why I pointed out in my previous explanation that this wisdom gets adapted in different ways towards those with active points in the heart and those without them. And that article was geared more towards those without active points in the heart, so it’s written in a style that will have the strongest influence on that level of desire.

If such articles confuse you, I would recommend avoiding them for now and focusing more on the things we are studying here. Once you have a stronger foundation, you’ll better understand those types of articles as well. Similar to how as kids, we don’t always understand our parents’ attitude towards us and everything they do in order to educate us. But when we grow up and become parents ourselves, we’ll be able to understand them and what it takes to educate a child.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Scott, great question!

There is only force acting upon us every moment: the Creator. This is called “there is none else besides Him”. Meaning that EVERYTHING in life comes to us directly from Him. Every moment, thought, desire, life event, EVERYTHING.

Sometimes we feel as if he’s attracting us to Him, by giving us a point in the heart which resonates with what we’re learning. And sometimes we feel Him as rejecting us, by giving us more obstacles in life which pull us away from what we’re learning. But both this and that are coming to us from Him. It’s a type of game that He’s playing with us, like a flirt.

This game is made up of many different states, many ups, down, and everything in between. But the main thing is to just keep going, to just keep placing yourself under the influence of the spiritual light, and the light will balance all these states out. The best way to do this is to just set aside some time to regularly return to the Kabbalistic writings, weekly lessons, videos, books, etc. Such a habit of regularly returning to the source of the light will help you throughout your entire spiritual development.

We’ll learn more about all these things in the more advanced lessons. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2017/12/there-is-none-else-besides-him/

Albert @ KabU

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