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Hi Sandra,
You can say that anything that takes place within our default nature, the desire to receive pleasure, is predetermined. Only when we rise above this nature, do we gain any sort of freedom.
See my reply 55264 to Marion below for more details.
Albert @ KabU
Hi,
Yes, there are a lot of Kabbalistic books that have been written throughout the generations, including what is called the “old testament”. Keep in mind that Kabbalistic books are written in a type of code called the language of roots and branches. Meaning that they use words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Anthie,
Yes, you can say that the story from the book of Job is an example of the path of pain, that we are constantly being pushed by sufferings towards the purpose of creation. But if instead of waiting for the sufferings to push us, we start to aspire towards that purpose by ourselves, then we don’t need those sufferings anymore.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2011/01/lets-go-with-the-light/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Esther,
Adonai translates to “my lord”. There are a lot of different interesting connections in the gematria of the words, like the one you mentioned about Elohim. We’ll learn the important ones together throughout the course.
Regarding the roots and branches they are like cause and effect. The root is the cause and effect we see in our world, the branch.
It’s like watching TV. Let’s say I’m watching a TV show and want to change something in the show. I can start yelling at the show or even turn it off, or go to sleep or make a thousand other actions, but ultimately it will not change the show itself. In order to make any change, I would need to go to the source. In this case maybe contact the director or something.
This is how our world works. That we’re on the level of branches, like that end result of a TV show that was already made. And in order to make any change, we need to go to the roots.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â https://laitman.com/2013/09/from-root-to-branch/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Ali,
In our days, studying in a group is not exclusive to physical groups, there are also virtual groups. In fact, since the start of the pandemic, our entire organization is studying virtually. So it’s possible to correct yourself even in a virtual group. In the advanced semesters of KabU, everyone will receive their own virtual Kabbalah group with whom they can put these things into practice.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Elizabeth,
If you’re trying to connect with others then you don’t need to focus on yourself. Essentially each one of us is perfect. We don’t need to change anything about ourselves.
Just picture that all of humanity is part of a single system. Like a 8 billion piece jigsaw puzzle. In a jigsaw puzzle, you wouldn’t start cutting off pieces or recoloring the pieces to make them fit. Likewise with us. Each piece of the puzzle (each person) is perfect by itself and does not require any correction. The only problem is knowing where each piece fits in with all the other pieces.
We’ll learn about this more practically in the more advanced semesters when everyone will get their own Kabbalah group with whom they can put all these things into practice. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/05/puzzle-adam-harishon/
Albert @ KabU
