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google translation of Luis’s question:
Why does the wisdom of Kabbalah consider that it is not necessary to refrain from satisfying bodily desires? Is not a certain condition of the body essential to access the desire to know the meaning of life and adhere to the Creator?
Hi Luis, great question!
The Kabbalistic method is not about suppressing or killing our ego, rather it’s about rising above it. In fact the more we advance, the more our egoistic desires grow. They turn into a type of mountain that we climb over. The bigger the desires, the higher we can climb, and the higher the spiritual degree that we can attain. On the other hand, if we were to eliminate our egoistic desires, then accordingly, we would only be able to attain a tiny degree of spiritual attainment.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/02/the-worse-the-better/
By the way, if you prefer to study Kabbalah in a different language, we have courses available in many different languages. Check out this portal site for details: https://www.kab.info/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Lora,
Yes, that desire is truly priceless. Each person that was given such a desire was as if hand picked by the Creator. They are the pioneers that will pave the way towards spirituality for the whole world. We’ll learn more about this in the future lessons.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Holly,
Yes, you can say that. I would add that Kabbalah is a practical method by which we can correct our egoistic nature. Why do we need to correct our egoistic nature? Because developing spiritual perception depends on the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that in order to reveal spirituality, we need to become similar to it. Spirituality operates on the qualities of love and bestowal, while our nature operates on the complete opposite quality: pure egoism. This is why I would define Kabbalah as a practical method by which we can correct our egoistic nature in order to develop our spiritual perception of reality.
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
Hi Sarah,
1. Not quiet. The initial four phases are called the four phases of DIRECT LIGHT because they are attributed to the light. Meaning that it’s the Creator doing all the work there. We’re not active in that process but rather are like clay in the hands of the craftsman.
Now on the other hand, we need to be active in our development. And because we are actively participating now, the light that we’ll receive will be felt much stronger than before.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/everyone-is-a-point-everyone-is-infinity/
2. Spiritual fulfillment is felt outside of our egoistic nature. It’s within a completely different quality, that of love and bestowal. Meaning that within our egoistic nature, we can never find true fulfillment. Only when we correct our ego and start focusing outside of ourselves, will we discover spiritual fulfillment.
It’s like I’m a cell within a whole body. As a cell, how much fulfillment can I possibly experience? But when I focus outside of myself, on being a healthy cell that serves the whole body, I begin to feel the fulfillment of the whole body.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/07/what-is-mutual-guarantee/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Scott,
1) I can’t really comment on your personal states and feelings. In general, our feelings can never be false. Whatever we experience and feel is our truth. But the more we grow and develop, the more our feelings become calibrated and fine tuned so we begin to sense a higher truth, a higher and higher level of reality.
Just like the truth of a newborn is not the same truth of a teenager and it’s not the same truth of an adult. As they grow and develop, their values change, their attitude to life matures, and what was normal on one level is not on another. It does not mean that what we sensed in the past was false, it just means that we grew up and now feel reality through higher values.
2) In general, the healthiest attitude towards the past is to say “there is none else besides Him” and that we went through exactly what we needed to go through. Beyond that, we should be very happy that through everything we went through, we merited an awakened point in the heart. After all, less than 1% of the world has this desire and we were as if handpicked by the Creator to be among such people.
So don’t go digging into the past, don’t despair or feel guilty, but rather focus on the present, on the opportunity that is presented before us and be happy for the priceless gift that we received!
Albert @ KabU
P.S. It’s best to keep your questions concise. One or two sentences max is enough to formulate any question.
