[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sharon,

Kabbalah and Judaism are two separate things. Although they both might use the same terms, Kabbalah defines these things differently.

There are 613 spiritual desires and corresponding to each desire is a commandment. The commandments (Mitzvot) in Kabbalah are not the actions we do with our hands and feet, but rather the internal process by which we extract the force of the light to correct this desire.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2010/11/spice-up-your-desire/

As for whether a person should implement these commandments on a physical level, like a religious person does, with his hands and feet? Kabbalah is not a religion, so it does not deal with this. That is completely up to you.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sharon,

Kabbalah is a science. So of course everything the Kabbalists pass to us in this wisdom is measured and precise.

Regarding 613 corrections, this number is further divided into 248 desires of bestowing in order to bestow and 365 desires that operate on receiving in order to bestow. These numbers are based on the structure of the upper worlds. We’ll learn about this in detail in the more advanced lessons on KabU that deal with the technical structure of the upper worlds.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Rune,

A list won’t really help you here because these are 613 spiritual desires that we don’t yet have. Similar to how a single cell in a body only has some basic desires. But when that cell is part of a greater body, it reveals there higher desires which are impossible for the individual cell to have: desires for money, honor, power, etc. Same with us, until we integrate with the general body of Adam HaRishon, we don’t reveal or understand these 613 spiritual desires.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/12/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-613-desires/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Douglas,

I answered this in my previous reply to you, see the post 54795 below.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Soudia, great questions!

1. Attaining spirituality does not depend on a person’s religion, gender, or anything like that. It depends on one thing and one thing only, the desire. If a person has such a desire (or at least an active point in the heart, which is the beginning of this desire) then this entire wisdom is open to that person and they can use it to actualize their desire for spirituality.

2.  Generally yes, as a person studies Kabbalah, his attitude to life completely changes. Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2016/06/dispelling-the-myths-about-kabbalah-part-9/

3.   We learn in Kabbalah that the entire external world is nothing more than a reflection of our own uncorrected egoistic state. And to the extent that we 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.

But it doesn’t mean that we’ll change our corporeal gender, country, or anything like that. Rather the external world will appear more corrected, loving, connected, etc. We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lesson on the perception of reality. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2014/04/in-neutral-gear/

4. To the extent that you aspire to the spiritual qualities of love and bestowal that the books are talking about, to that extent you’ll be able to decode them. This follows the law of equivalence of form.  Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sharon,

1. Yes, you can say that. Furthermore, the more we advance spiritually, the more that we will see that morals wont help us at all. On the contrary, we will find ourselves more and more powerless to do ANYTHING against our egoistic nature. Why? Because this is how the system is built. It’s not built for us to be superheroes and to take control of our nature. Rather it’s built for us to recognize our weakness and use it as an opportunity to turn to the Creator, to use His strength, to tap into His light. We’ll learn more about this in the more advanced lessons.

2. It’s not coincidence. Rather, according to the law of root and branch, every spiritual root must touch a corporeal branch. Despite this, the Torah is not a history book. Rather it’s talking only about our inner world. All of the characters and places are our inner qualities. As we begin the process of correction, we will begin to see this story play out inside of us. We will reveal the qualities of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Pharaoh, Israel, and etc inside of us, meaning inside our desires. The story is talking about the inner process of how our desires develop from being completely egoistic, to becoming corrected and operating in the direction of pure love and bestowal.

Check out the links I shared in the above post to Corey for more details.

Albert @ KabU

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