[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Tatjana,

This will make more sense in the next semester when we learn the concept of “there is none else besides Him”. None else besides Him means that the entire world is nothing more than a game between a person and the Creator. That there is a singular benevolent force behind EVERYTHING, behind all of the different people, events, thoughts, and desires that we come across.

We’ll learn this in depth in the next semester, but in the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman: http://laitman.com/2017/12/there-is-none-else-besides-him/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Megan, great questions!

I think there’s some misunderstanding here. We discuss everything that we’re learning about. We even have workshops between us to discuss these things, reflection forums, etc. But we don’t share our personal revelations (for the reasons I talked about in a previous post below).

Furthermore, even if a person would reveal his personal revelations, it would not be a verification of anything. Just picture that a person comes up to me and says “Hey, I’ve studied Kabbalah and reached the 25th spiritual degree from it”. Is that proof that this system works? No, I would simply be accepting his words on faith, like any other blind belief. Verification means that I experience what we’re learning about from the Kabbalists on myself.

The Kabbalists are the scientists of Kabbalah. Everything we know is based on their research. This is similar to how other sciences work. The Kabbalists are those researchers that have performed a certain experiment and reached a certain result: the correction of our nature, the revelation of the Creator, the force of bestowal, etc. So if we are to replicate their experiment, to follow their procedures we should reach the same results.

But if a person is not yet on the degree of a Kabbalist, how does he relate to everything he’s learning? Like to any other science. For example, when I read a physics textbook, I see different formulas and experiments that research our reality. If I’m reading this textbook in 8th grade, then I have no choice but to accept the things written there since they come from a credible source. If I’m reading this textbook in college, I’m already given some tools with which I can measure and verify some of these things for myself. And yet there are some concepts that are so advanced, that I have no way to verify them until I become a physicist myself and get access to all the tools that will help me research these things.

Same with us here. There are some things I can verify for myself even when I’m just starting in the fundamentals of this wisdom, and then there are things that I can verify only when I myself have reached spiritual attainment.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Timothy, great questions!

The world is a reflection of my egoistic state. Meaning that I don’t experience some objective reality, but I experience something through the lens of my ego. Furthermore, to the extent that I correct this ego, to that extent the external reality will change as well. It’s like I have these dirty glasses through which I see the whole world as being dirty. The moment I clean my own glasses (correct myself) then I’ll look at the same world, but now it’s clean and perfect.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2014/04/in-neutral-gear/

But what about the other people? Do they exist or not? Essentially all that exists is one soul and we are all parts of it, like cells within a single body.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2012/05/from-multiplicity-to-unity/

As for correcting myself vs correcting others, when I do my spiritual work, I correct MY part that is found within everyone. So I don’t actually correct the others and I don’t do the spiritual work instead of the others. For more details, see my replies #57588 & #58059 to Maria below.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Ali,

Each person is unique and feels the world through his/her uniqueness. As such, it’s impossible to compare how one person feels spirituality with another. We simply don’t have the tools to compare feelings. But we can say in general that everything that we feel, stems from our desires. When our desires are uncorrected, egoistic, then we feel this world. If we correct the desire, for it to operate in the direction of bestowal, within that corrected desire, we feel spirituality.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/05/what-is-the-soul-4/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Aoife,

In general, it’s not recommended to talk about Kabbalah with those that are not on the path. It’s impossible for a person without an active point in the heart to understand these things. It just leads to unnecessary arguments which ultimately harms both them and you.

It harms them because we naturally try to justify ourselves, to prove our path to them, or even to force our path onto them, which violates the rule that “there is no coercion in spirituality”. It’s like forcing a 5 year old to do something sexual, which they are clearly not ready for. It’s an extreme example, but you understand how such things can mess a person up for life. Likewise when we try to force this path onto others that are not ready for it, it can mess them up spiritually for a whole lifetime.

Or these arguments can harm you. When we argue with someone, on a subconscious level, our opinions begin to mix. Their doubts will become your doubts. And your desire for spirituality, the most precious thing that there is in life, will weaken more and more. So the best thing to do when outside of the spiritual environment is to act normal, just like everyone else. And when speaking with people outside the path, talk about the normal everyday life and not about Kabbalah or spirituality.

And if you think someone is interested in Kabbalah, instead of arguing or going into any explanations, simply give them one of the beginner books as a present or send them a link to the course. This is the safest approach.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hello,

I’m not an expert in eastern teachings, so I cannot comment on that. But in general, most spiritual methods, religions, philosophies, and even sciences in one way or another stem from the wisdom of Kabbalah. Either as a stepping stone for a person to develop through until his point in the heart awakens (such as many eastern traditions), or from an attempt to copy and implement this wisdom (like what early philosophers tried to do, which later on turned into modern sciences), or as a side effect of the concealment of this wisdom (which is how the modern religions and spiritual paths emerged).

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/11/the-origin-and-purpose-of-eastern-teachings/

Albert @ KabU

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