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Hi Otienodhek,
It depends on the context, but it could be used for both of those things. On the one hand, there is a spiritual system called Adam HaRishon, which is the system of connections between all of humanity.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
On the other hand, in our world there existed a person at some point who was called Adam. He was the first Kabbalist, the first one to reveal the Creator in practice. His name gives us a hint at this since Adam comes from the Hebrew word “Dome”, meaning “similar to”. He was not the first person alive, but rather the first one to reveal the Creator by becoming similar to this quality of love and bestowal.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
Regarding being confused, in truth, we all have a certain set of baggage with which we come to the wisdom of Kabbalah, but we don’t need to fight these things or try to force changes upon ourselves. All the changes we experience here are not due to our own strength, or mental geniusness, or anything of that sort but rather all the changes we undergo is due to the force of the light that we extract from the Kabbalistic studies. It’s ultimately this force that can change us, not we ourselves. So it does not matter what baggage we come with, when we place ourselves under the influence of the light, it will make all the necessary clarifications, changes and corrections upon us.
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
Hi Michael,
Yes, I can measure the rate at which I develop spiritually in my attitude towards others that are doing spiritual work with me. I begin to see how my attitude towards them changes from complete indifference all the way until I start to feel them as pieces of my soul. We’ll learn more about this in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Michael,
Concealment is an important aspect of our spiritual development and free will. Without it, we would be no different than robots. So as long as we’re in the process of correction, there needs to remain a certain level of concealment.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/07/without-concealment-we-couldn%E2%80%99t-reveal-perfection/
As for what happens after we finish the process of correction, Kabbalists hint that there are further degrees of development, but in our current state, we don’t yet have the tools to properly measure these things, so we don’t talk about them.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/03/a-door-to-the-unknown/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Magdalena,
You’re right, essentially everything can be called a correction, even before the barrier. But in that diagram, he was trying to point out that there are two types of work: prior to crossing the barrier and afterwards. Prior to the barrier, we’re in the “preparation period”. Meaning that we’re not actually working with the 613 desires and performing practical corrections over them, we’re just preparing ourselves for that spiritual work. Whereas after the barrier begins the work of correcting the 613 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
Hi Jill,
“Up” or “down” in spirituality is referring to bestowal and reception. Going up means reaching higher levels of bestowal, while going down means becoming more egoistic or reaching higher levels of reception.
With regards to bestowal, the still, vegetative, and animate levels are already fully corrected and in balance with nature. The only reason why we sometimes see a lack of balance on those levels is because their balance is disrupted by the uncorrected human ego. So when we correct that egoism, their levels will return to their natural balance. Furthermore, when we fully correct ourselves on the human level, the lower levels will rise together with us.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2016/01/chernobyl-is-flourishing/
https://laitman.com/2015/09/where-is-the-upper-world/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Juan,
Yes, the desires awaken in us gradually and we need to work with whatever is 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/
Albert @ KabU
