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Hi David,
We will work in “10s” in the advanced semesters of KabU (the graduate environment). Until then, it’s important to properly go through the two fundamental and two intermediate semesters, otherwise we’ll lack the proper foundation for that work.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Dale,
It’s a good question but I’m not an expert in other methods, even those that seemingly teach “Kabbalah”, so I cannot comment on what they do or teach there. In general, authentic Kabbalah has been around for about 5800 years, but it’s been concealed for the past 2,000 years, so people don’t really know what it’s all about (just picture a 2,000 year old game of telephone). So naturally, many different methods sprang up that are seemingly “Kabbalah”.
Some try to associate themselves with Kabbalah as a way to validate themselves, while others borrowed some principles from Kabbalah and created something else, which is how philosophy emerged and later on turned into science. Or it’s also possible that these methods sprang up as a result of the concealment of Kabbalah, this is how the modern religions emerged. But ultimately, authentic Kabbalah has nothing to do with any other method, religion, or belief.
Authentic Kabbalah is the method by which we can correct our egoistic nature in order to become similar to the Creator and reveal Him in practice, in our lives. And there is no faith or blind belief in Kabbalah, rather it’s a scientific method based on spiritual laws.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/kabbalah-without-a-trace-of-mysticism/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Joshua,
1. Yes.
2. Yes, although Kabbalists use this word differently. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/04/consciousness-beyond-time-and-space/
3. Yes, we can say the roots are different but the path is more or less the same.
4. In Kabbalah we look at everything through the lens of the desire to receive pleasure, but we don’t engage in anthropomorphism. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/07/a-devil-with-horns-or-our-own-egoism/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Peter,
The main goal of Kabbalah is to correct our egoistic nature in order to become similar to the Creator and reveal Him in practice. On our own, we are powerless to do anything against our own nature. So in order to make this correction, we need the force of the light. Our entire work boils down to extracting more and more of this light, which we do primarily through the Kabbalistic studies, and it does all the rest.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Nathan,
There is no one closer to a person than the Creator. It’s like an embryo within the mother, even without words the embryo is in a constant connection with the mother. Likewise with us, we don’t need any special words or prayers. Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we’re in a constant connection with the Creator. So much so that the Kabbalists tell us that “even a thief in hiding calls on the Creator”. So how does one ask for help? Simply ask. Internally, externally, on a piece of paper, it does not matter, just ask. Start being an active participant in this constant dialog with Him.
That’s on the side of asking. As for receiving the help, for that we need to clarify what is our current state and what is the future state that we want to reach. As we learn, the purpose of creation is not simply to stuff us full of pleasure like we stuff a turkey, or to take some drug that’ll make us happy for the rest of our lives, but the purpose is to elevate us to the highest best possible state. Meaning to become similar to the Creator, to His qualities of love and bestowal. Everything we experience in life is there to help push us towards that direction. So if we want to receive an answer, our requests need to also be pointed in that direction.
But where can I test myself? To see if I’m truly like the Creator, if I truly am bestowing? For this we need a spiritual laboratory. A safe place for us to do spiritual work. This is the Kabbalistic group. In the Kabbalistic group is where we focus all of our spiritual work. It’s like we’re building here a certain nucleus. Once we build that nucleus, we will be able to add to it wider and wider circles of the world, until we’ll come to include the whole world in that connection. But this is gradual work. And until we build that nucleus, we have nothing with which to do any spiritual work towards the world.
We’ll learn how to do all of this practically in the more advanced semesters on KabU.
Albert @ KabU
