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Hi Derek,
In general, you can say that, but there are different nuances behind each word.
Torah comes from the Hebrew word “ohr”, light. But it’s more so the system through which we extract the light in order correct our egoistic nature.
And when we use the word light, we’re talking about the force that is opposite the desire. All that was created was the desire to receive pleasure. The force that created this desire and fulfills it is the light. So the light is the Creator, the pure quality of bestowal. We can also say that light = pleasure, since this is what fulfills that desire.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2014/12/what-is-the-light/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Carla,
In spirituality, the force of bestowal is a male force while the force of receiving is a female force. This is why we call the Creator Him. But these are just technical terms, similar to how in electronics we call the plug the male part while the socket is the female part.
Interestingly enough, because our nature is the desire to receive, all of humanity is considered a female in relation to the Creator who is the bestower.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Nicole, great questions!
1. Kabbalah is a science. As such, there is no blind belief here. Everything that the Kabbalists explain is based on their research and attainment.
2. Kabbalah differentiate two parts to the Creator.
The first is His essence (atzmuto in Hebrew). This is He Himself, His point of view, the Creator as an entity separate from the Created beings. We’re incapable of researching this part of the Creator simply because our research tools are not built in such a way that we can grasp such things. Perhaps after we finish the process of correction, we’ll discover additional research tools through which we’ll be able to research these things, but until then we limit ourselves and don’t talk about this part of the Creator because we cannot properly research it.
The other part of the Creator is called Bo-Re (Hebrew for Come (Bo) and See (Re)). This is the part of the Creator that we can research and reveal. How do we research this? Through the desire. When we take a part of our desire to receive and correct it in the direction of bestowal, in that corrected desire, we reveal a certain phenomenon, we call this phenomenon the Creator. This is why there are many names for the Creator (in Hebrew), since every time we correct a different part of the desire, we reveal a different aspect of this thing called the Creator.
So all of our understanding of this thing called the Creator (and any spiritual phenomena) is based on what we reveal within the corrected desire. But whatever exists outside of the corrected desire, whatever we don’t grasp, perceive or attain within the desire, whatever is beyond our tools of research, we don’t talk about. We need to keep these limits in mind in order to stay within the realm of science and not venture off into religion or philosophy.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â https://laitman.com/2017/11/the-concept-of-god-in-kabbalah/
3. As for the stories in the Torah, these are written in a type of code called the language of roots and branches. Meaning that it uses words of our world to describe spiritual phenomena. As such, these stories are not literal; not a single word in the Torah is speaking about history or our world.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/05/dispelling-myths-about-kabbalah-part-4/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Annililia,
Yes, it’s possible. This is because our health is not always the result of our own actions, rather it’s often a reflection of the society and environment that we live in. This follows what we learned that all of humanity is completely interconnected, like cells within a single body. So even if there are a few healthy cells out there, if the body as a whole is sick, those healthy cells as well would feel it.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â https://laitman.com/2018/01/how-does-kabbalah-relateto-health/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Michael, good question!
It depends on whether or not a person has acquired a soul. Kabbalah defines the soul as a type of a desire. Our nature is the desire to receive. When we correct this nature, for it to operate in the direction of bestowal, that corrected desire is called the soul. So right now we don’t have this corrected desire, so we don’t have this thing called a soul. We only have a soul in potential which is called the point in the heart. If we realize this potential, then with it we build the soul. If not, this same potential will continue to reincarnate again and again until it gets realized.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/06/what-happens-to-the-soul-after-death/
Albert @ KabU
