[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Maria,

1. Yes, the bigger the general level of egoism, the more the population grows.

Rav Laitman wrote about it in one of his blog posts:

“600,000 is the number of initial fragments, but after that they are fragmented again into whatever number is necessary for the optimal correction in each generation – so that each fragment will have as much egoism as it’s able to correct. Therefore, to the degree that egoism grows, the world’s population grows as well.”

2. It’s not the person that reincarnates but the point in the heart. Our point in the heart is our spiritual potential. Just like a single sperm cell contains all of the genetic makeup needed to build the future person, likewise with our point in the heart. It contains all of the information about our development, what we went through, and what we still need to go through.

If we realize this potential then we use it to build the soul. If not, this same spiritual potential continues to reincarnate again and again until it gets fully realized.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/06/what-happens-to-the-soul-after-death/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Muhammad,

We reach adhesion with the Creator by becoming similar to Him, meaning by correcting our opposite egoistic nature towards the direction of love and bestowal. Things like meditation help to calm us down, but ultimately it doesn’t correct our egoistic nature. So it’s not a part of the authentic Kabbalistic method.

How then do we correct our ego and become similar to the Creator? Only through the light. The light is a special force that can correct our nature. Our entire work boils down to extracting more and more of this light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.

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

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Jeff,

The Kabbalists tell us that every single moment comes to us directly from the Creator, this is called “there is none else besides Him”. Furthermore, they also say that He is the “good that does good”. Meaning that every moment He is sending us nothing but goodness. Why then don’t we see this in our world? Why don’t we feel everything that is happening as something good?

This is because our world is governed by our egoistic nature. This egoistic nature is opposite to the Creator’s nature. Because of that, it inverts the Creator’s goodness into something bad. It’s just like multiplying numbers, a positive times a negative equals negative.

So as long as we remain within this egoistic nature, we will continue to see more evil and suffering in the world. But if we correct our nature to be similar to the Creator’s nature, we will reveal the true reality in which only goodness exists and that our previous egoistic state was nothing more than a dream.

We’ll learn about these concepts in more detail in the future lessons, but in the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sandra, great questions!

1. No, the language of roots and branches is a type of code by which Kabbalists use words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena. Why did the Kabbalists need this special language? Because they have no other means by which to describe spirituality. There are no words or objects in spirituality, it’s a world of forces. But each of these forces have a corresponding corporeal branch in our world. So by using the names of the corresponding branch, they can point out and talk about its spiritual root.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/09/from-root-to-branch/

2. I’m not sure which verse you’re referring to, but in general, roots and branches are like a tree. At the source of the tree are its roots. And these roots sprout and result in branches. Likewise with us, there is a certain root to everything that happens in our world. Our world is the result of these spiritual roots. Meaning we’re in the world of results, of branches.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2009/09/the-law-of-roots-and-branches-the-most-imporant-law-in-kabbalah/

3. I don’t know, I’m not an expert on religions.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Maddy, great questions!

1. Yes, the Hebrew Bible was written by Kabbalists in a special code called the language of roots and branches.  Meaning that it uses words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/

2.  You’re right, it’s hard for us to work directly with our desires. After all, there is no button in me that I can just press and have the right desire. So we do need to use actions which help us to reach the correct desire. The main action that we have in Kabbalah is the study. Through the study, by simply aspiring to be in those higher levels of love and bestowal that we read and learn about, through that aspiration we extract from the study the light. This is a special force that gradually works on our desire and builds in us the right desire.

So the best thing you can do for your spiritual advancement is to set aside some time to regularly return to the Kabbalistic sources, lessons, videos, books, Q/A forums, etc. Such an action of regularly returning to the source of the light will help you throughout your entire spiritual development.

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

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Muhammad,

That’s a good question. If you didn’t get the answer from the lesson, feel free to ask it in the questions forum, and we’ll be happy to answer it for you.

Albert @ KabU

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