[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Namron,

Freedom of choice is not between choosing between a chore and rest. Freedom of choice means that we are free from our egoistic nature.

See my reply 302804 to Luis below for more details:

https://kabuconnect.com/forums/topic/ask-anything-about-week-2-lesson-and-materials-and-get-an-answer-from-a-senior-kabbalah-instructor-2/#post-302804

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

It’s a good idea not to mix spiritual methods. It’s like following two different GPS systems at the same time. One leads you to the goal through the west highway, while the other through the east highway. If you follow both, you’ll just wind up going in circles.

As for our thoughts, they all come to us from the Creator. Baal Hasulam writes about it in “Pri Chacham Sichot. The Secret of His Name”. Here’s an excerpt:

“All the thoughts that enter a person’s mind are the act of the Creator. That is to say, it is not what a person feels, that he draws them from some place or that they originated from him. This is false, the biggest lie. Rather each thought, the smallest of the smallest, the Creator sent it to the mind of man, and that is the motivating force of man and of beast and of every living thing.”

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

It depends on the context, sometimes attaining is synonymous with achieving. At other times it points to the “ultimate degree understanding” as Baal HaSulam explains in the article “The essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah“. Here’s an excerpt from it:

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Kabbalah uses only names and appellations that are concrete and real. It is an unbending law for all Kabbalists that “Anything we do not attain, we do not define by a name and a word.”

Here you must know that the word “attainment” [Heb: Hasagah] means the ultimate degree of understanding. It derives from the phrase, Ki Tasig Yadcha [“Your hand shall attain”]. That means that before something becomes utterly lucid, as though gripped in one’s hand, Kabbalists do not consider it attained, but by other names such as understanding, comprehension, and so on.

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Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Aaron, great question!

Spiritual development is a gradual process. If a person is not ready for it, even if you put the entire wisdom in their hands in an easily accessible form, they will not be interested in it. You can even see this for yourself: take one of our intro books and give it to a few friends and family members. If they don’t have an active point in the heart, even if they are suffering greatly in life and can benefit from this wisdom, they wont find anything special in it.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/11/only-people-with-the-point-in-the-heart-can-feel-that-kabbalah-is-the-salvation/

Furthermore, if a person is not yet developed enough to have a spiritual need for this wisdom, their entire inclination will be to use this wisdom in an egoistic way. Similar to how people want to abuse science for egoistic purposes: to make money, weapons, atomic bombs, etc.

For these reasons, the Kabbalists typically concealed this wisdom from the masses and waited until humanity ripened enough to have a true need for it.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/12/true-kabbalah-without-mysticism-or-myths-part-1/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hello,

Not quiet. We learn in Kabbalah that “there is none else besides Him”. This means that everything that we experience, every single life event, every desire and thought that awakens in us, it all comes to us directly from the Creator. So we don’t work on eliminating these things, but rather learn to use them as means for building a connection with Him.

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

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hello,

There are different levels of spiritual advancement. At first we’re simply studying and absorbing the study materials. This gives us a necessary foundation in this wisdom. After we develop a bit in this style, we’ll begin to feel the need to practice this together with others in a Kabbalistic group.

Will I be limited to advancing at the pace the group is advancing. Not really. Even if I’m a great sage and I’m practicing this wisdom with beginners, by properly appreciating them, I will be able to reach even higher spiritual degrees. In other words, although we practice spirituality together with others in a Kabbalistic group, our advancement depends on our own efforts and not on the group itself.

We’ll learn about this in the more advanced lessons.

Albert @ KabU

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