[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Carlos,

I’m not an expert in other methods, so I cannot comment on what they do or teach there. As for the worlds, the 5 spiritual worlds are not place like we think, but rather levels of concealment. World (Olam in Hebrew) comes from the word Concealment (ha-alama). So the 5 worlds are 5 levels of concealment between us, the desire to receive, and the Creator the general force of love and bestowal. To the extent that we correct our own opposite, egoistic nature, for it to also operate in the direction of bestowal, to that extent we reveal these worlds, these higher qualities.

All of this follows the law of equivalence of form. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/

As for our world, when Kabbalists use the term “assiya” or even the term “this world” they are not referring to our current world. Our world is below the ladder of spiritual degrees. Kabbalists call our world “the imaginary world”. Since once we correct ourselves, relative to that corrected state this life would appear as nothing more than a dream.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2010/11/this-life-is-a-dream/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Pedro,

I’m sorry but I cannot comment on your personal situation, we can only talk about these things in general. In general, Kabbalah is not a magical pill to get rid of all of our problems. Such a thing does not exist. This is because we’re egoists and avoiding pain is one of the major motivating forces for us. If we were to get rid of that force, then we would have no drive to continue our development.

So what good is studying Kabbalah then? It’s in order to correct our egoism. Once we correct it, we will no longer need problems and suffering in order to push us to develop because we ourselves will generate the force for our development.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/

As for issues within the ten, I cannot comment on that either. In general, it’s very rare for a person to get removed from a ten. It’s because we’re all learning and learning involves making lots and lots of mistakes. Usually all the members of the ten understand this and are therefore very patient with each other. The only times a person get removed from a ten is if a person is directly causing harm to others. And harm is not necessarily that someone is picking up a knife and trying to hurt someone else, but harm can also include spiritual harm, that we’re diverting the friends from the spiritual path. But this is very rare and generally involves a lengthy discussion within the ten and the ten coordinator. But again, it’s not my place to comment on such things, you can contact the Latin American tens coordinator to discuss this further.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Don,

You’re right, more important than reading the Zohar, is knowing how to extract the maximum light, the maximum benefit from reading it. Otherwise the benefit of reading the Zohar is relatively small. If you’re interested in learning how to do that, you can check out the Zohar self study course or the book Unlocking the Zohar.

Zohar Self study Course: https://kabuconnect.com/courses/enter-the-zohar/

Unlocking the Zohar book: https://www.kabbalahbooks.info/products/unlocking-the-zohar?_pos=1&_sid=2b32d7354&_ss=r&variant=34618001817733

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sharon,

By becoming similar to the Creator, we rise above the feeling of time, of past, present, and future. But in order to do that, we need to focus on the present, on becoming similar to Him in His qualities of bestowal here and now.

As for dwelling on the past, in general, the healthiest attitude towards the past is to say “there is none else besides Him” and that we went through exactly what we needed to go through. Beyond that, we should be very happy that through everything we went through, we merited an awakened point in the heart. After all, less than 1% of the world has this desire and we were as if handpicked by the Creator to be among such people.

So don’t go digging into the past, don’t despair or feel guilty, but rather focus on the present, on the opportunity that is presented before us and be happy for the priceless gift that we received!

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Yana,

This is done to help us to grow and develop. It’s just like when we teach our kids to walk. We place them on their feet and wait for them to take a step towards us. When they do, we move back a little to give them space to take another step and another. From the process of us going further and further from them, they develop and learn how to walk.

It’s the same with us and the Creator. When we start to aspire for Him, we begin to feel Him get more distant. Like with the above walking example, this too is for our development. It’s thanks to this process that we build a true desire for Him, for spirituality.

Check out the article Shamati 1: There is none else besides Him, for more details: https://kabbalahmedia.info/sources/hFeGidcS?language=en

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Asher,

We don’t disappear. If anything, the whole process that we’re undergoing is the process by which we clarify further and further who we are. We learn this from the 3 phases that Baal HaSulam describes in the article Introduction to the book of Zohar. That we were created in the state of perfection but this was an unconscious state, like a baby in its mother’s womb. So we necessarily had to come to the complete opposite state, to lose that state of perfection, in order to once again reach it, but this time consciously.

So even though we return to that initial state of being in complete adhesion with the Creator, thanks to the process we underwent, we remain as two separate things. Baal HaSulam describes this with the candle and torch analogy in the Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah. Here’s an excerpt:

“The reason why the will to receive must cascade by the four above-mentioned discernments in ABYA [Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, Assiya] is that there is a great rule concerning the Kelim [pl. of Kli]: The expansion of the light and its departure make the Kli fit for its task. This means that as long as the Kli has not been separated from its light, it is included in the light and is annulled within it like a candle before a torch.

This annulment is because they are completely opposite from one another, on opposite ends. This is so because the light extends from His self, existence from existence. From the perspective of the thought of creation in Ein Sof [infinity], it is all toward bestowal and there is no trace of a will to receive in it. Its opposite is the Kli, the great will to receive that abundance, and is the root of the initiated creature, in which there is no bestowal whatsoever.

Hence, when they are bound together, the will to receive is annulled in the light within it, and can determine its form only once the light has departed from it once. Following the departure of the light from it, it begins to crave it, and this craving properly determines and sets the shape of the will to receive. Subsequently, when the light dresses in it once more, it is regarded as two separate matters: Kli and light, or Guf and life. Observe closely, for this is most profound.”

Feel free to check out these articles directly here:

Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah: https://kabbalahmedia.info/sources/kB3eD83I?language=en

Introduction to the book of Zohar: https://kabbalahmedia.info/sources/ALlyoveA?language=en

Albert @ KabU

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