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Hi Paul, great question!
The most common barrier is finding the right balance between our corporeal lives and our spiritual aspirations. Without a good balance in our corporeal lives, we won’t be able to advance in spirituality either. This is called “no flour, no Torah – no Torah, no flour”. Meaning a Kabbalist continues to exist on the level of this world throughout the entire spiritual ladder. So I cannot just turn into a monk and disconnect from this life and only focus on spirituality. On the other hand, if I only focus on corporeality, then I’m no different than an animal. So the important thing is to find the right balance between the two: to take care of all of one’s normal necessities: to work, take care of the family, health, etc (this is called flour) and to set aside some time on a regular basis to focus on spirituality (this is called Torah).
Albert @ KabU
Hi Jovan, good question!
There are different levels of spiritual corrections: there is my own personal correction and there is the general correction of the entire world. A Kabbalist is someone that has corrected himself, even on the minimal level of 1/125 degrees, and has thereby attained the corresponding level of spirituality. There have been many Kabbalists throughout the generations who attained various degrees of spirituality. But as for the full and final correction, that state is possible only when all of humanity becomes corrected.
The only example that we have of a Kabbalistic group that reached that state of the full correction is the group of Rabbi Shimon that wrote the book of Zohar. They were the pioneers that had to reach this state in order to pave the way for the rest of us.
Albert @ KabU
Hi John,
Thanks for your feedback. I think food is a good example to help us understand this concept. For example, I love cheesecake, but how much pleasure can I possibly derive from eating it? After one slice of it, I’m in heaven. The second slice is still good. The third slice will already be a bit much. On the fourth slice, instead of pleasure, I’m already feeling pain and nausea. The fifth slice might already push me to throw up…
So we see our enjoyment is very limited to begin with. This is where Kabbalah (which is Hebrew for reception) comes along and teaches us how to receive in a spiritual way.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2010/03/kabbalah-is-a-patent-for-infinite-pleasure/
Albert @ KabU
Hi RDB & Jovan,
This question was answered in the questions forum: https://kabuconnect.com/forums/topic/ask-anything-about-week-1-lesson-and-materials-and-get-an-answer-from-a-senior-kabbalah-instructor/#post-281891
Albert @ KabU
Hi RDB, great questions!
Kabbalistic writings don’t talk about Jesus. So we could speculate one way or another, but these would just be speculations. We should keep in mind that Kabbalah is a science. Kabbalah only deals with the correction of our egoistic nature and the revelation of the Creator. It has no connection to faith, religion, or religious leaders.
But ultimately these things are not so opposed. Both talk about the importance of loving others as yourself. Kabbalah goes even further and gives us a method to actualize loving others to such an extent that we can reveal in our lives the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Jensen, good question!
We learn that nature is a perfect integral system. In an integral system, there are no parts that are more or less important, but rather everyone is equal and everyone is important. If even a single part is missing, then the whole system is incomplete.
Meaning the purpose of creation will be attained by EVERYONE. And if even one person is missing, then we have not yet attained the entire purpose of creation. It’s like a 8 billion piece jigsaw puzzle, where if even 1 piece is missing, the entire puzzle is incomplete.
So no one will be left behind, we will all reach the goal. The only difference is that there are those that are awakened to this work earlier and those that are awakened to it later. This is because there is a certain order of corrections that need to take place. It’s like building a large jigsaw puzzle. First you start with all the corner pieces, and only then do you gradually work your way to the center. So those that received awakened points in the hearts are like those corner pieces of the puzzle that need to start the whole process. Later on, due to their good work, they pave the way for the rest of the world to join this process.
Albert @ KabU
