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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
Hi Sarah,
We need both an action and an intention. An action by itself is not enough. This follows what the Kabbalists tell us that “an action without an intention is like a body without a soul”. On the other hand just an intention is also not enough. An intention by itself without an action is detached from reality and has no effect. So we need both.
Keep in mind that the spiritual work of bestowal that we’re learning about here is something that we practice only with other points in the heart in the Kabbalistic group. If you practice this anywhere else, in the best case scenario you’ll build some good relationships, in the worst case, people will think you’re weird or try to take advantage of you. But either way it will not lead to the revelation of the Creator. So generally with the rest of the world it’s best to just act normal, like everyone else. Meaning don’t make a saint of yourself and at the same time don’t cause harm to others, but just act the way normal people act there.
But is there something we can actually bestow within the Kabbalistic group? Yes. If a person has a point in the heart and we help them realize that point, then we are bestowing to them. So supporting each other on the spiritual path is how we bestow. We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
