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Hi Ruth, great question!
Essentially a new level of egoism was revealed which led to the concealment of Kabbalah. But this concealment was not a bad thing, but a necessary step towards further advancement. Let’s put a few things into perspective to understand that:
Kabbalah is the method by which we correct our egoistic nature and as a result become similar to and reveal the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal.
The process of correction works according to the rule of “from light to heavy”. Meaning first the lighter, less egoistic souls reach their correction. They become as the pioneers that start this whole process. And only later on we focus on the heavier, coarser, more egoistic desires.
The people in the days of Abraham were less egoistic and therefore started this whole process. After they corrected the egoism on their level, it opened the door for the rest of the world, the carriers of the heavier, more egoistic desires, to reach their correction.
But the rest of the world was not yet ready for this correction. For this reason Kabbalah had to be temporarily concealed and the people who previously succeeded in this method needed to be scattered throughout the whole world. Then in the process of them integrating with the rest of the world, they sped up the development of the rest of the world to this final state of correction.
So we can see from this whole process that the concealment was not something bad, rather it was the necessary next step for the development of the world towards its correction.
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
Hi Kebede Mamo Dessis,
I don’t have access to your email, but here are some posts about the point in the heart from Rav Laitman’s blog:
https://laitman.com/2011/06/aspiring-to-a-point-of-equilibrium/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Peter,
Nothing is lost. If we don’t finish this work in this lifetime, we continue it in the next. Kabbalists compare the process of life and death of the corporeal body as to changing shirts: at the end of the day, we drop our dirty shirt into the hamper and in the morning put on a clean one. So we don’t lose anything, but continue the next time around until we reach the final correction.
Albert @ KabU
Hello Kebede Mamo Dessis,
Studying in a group is necessary when we reach a certain level of spiritual development.
This process is similar to how kids develop. When they are still babies, they have no need for other classmates or playmates and just develop by themselves. But once they get older, they begin to understand that others exist and that playing and learning with others is even more fun and beneficial than playing by themselves.
Same with us here. We’re still in the fundamentals of this wisdom, so we’re like those babies that are just starting their development. At this point, it’s perfectly fine for us to study and learn by ourselves. When we reach the advanced courses, we’ll begin to feel that studying by ourselves is very limited and we’ll feel the need to study in a group. At that time a virtual group will also be provided for us within the framework of KabU.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Elliott,
If you choose to continue your studies with KabU, in the more advanced semesters, everyone will receive their own Kabbalah group with whom they can put all these things into practice.
And in the meantime, your group consists of these different KabU forums, weekly lessons, live sessions, etc.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Lisa,
We learn from the shattering of the system of Adam HaRishon that the only thing that is broken in the ENTIRE system of creation are the proper connections between people. In other words, correction does not mean that there is something wrong with me and I need to fix that thing. Rather each one of us is perfect. The only thing we need to correct is our connection to others.
Just picture all of humanity is part of a single system. Like a 8 billion piece jigsaw puzzle. Each piece of the puzzle (each person) is perfect by itself and does not require any correction. Meaning that we don’t need to recolor any of the pieces or cut off any seemingly excess parts. The only thing we need to do is find where each piece fits relative to all the other pieces.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
So when Kabbalists speak about the 613 egoistic desires that need to be corrected, they are not speaking about our corporeal desires. Each and every single one of those egoistic desires are only in the connection between people. This is why Kabbalists write that “love your friend as yourself” is the greatest rule which encompasses all of our spiritual work, all of the 613 desires that we need to correct.
We’ll learn how to do this practically in the more advanced lessons.
Albert @ KabU
