[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Christianne,

I’m not an expert in other methods, even others that seemingly teach “kabbalah”, so I cannot comment on what they do or teach there. But in general, if we want to succeed in Kabbalah (or in any spiritual practice really) we should practice it without mixing in other things into it. Otherwise it’s like following two different GPS systems. One leads you to the goal through the west highway, while the other through the east highway. If you follow both, you’ll just wind up going in circles.

Also keep in mind that Kabbalah is not a religion, it’s a science. Everything that the Kabbalists wrote, including the Torah, they do so out of their attainment and research of spirituality.  Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2015/01/the-torah-is-a-program-and-a-guide/

As for 600,000, this is less of a quantitative number and more of a qualitative number. It represents the strength of the spiritual desire after it’s been fully corrected. So essentially all of humanity is included in this number.

Check out this blog post to see how this number is derived: https://laitman.com/2010/09/love-and-hatred-of-600000-souls/

As for being Jewish or not, this is not relevant here. The only condition to studying Kabbalah is the desire. If a person has such a desire (the point in the heart), then this entire wisdom is open to them, if not, then no. Furthermore, even if you see such words like Israel, Jewish, Gentile, etc used in Kabbalah, these terms are not referring to our corporeal bodies, but rather to our desires.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/08/can-a-gentile-study-kabbalah/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

google translation of the question:

Dear teacher Tony. I have so much respect for you and the way in which you can explain these difficult concepts understandably and clearly to me, who is starting with the study of Kabbalah. Thanks for this

My question: I read somewhere that in the Torah the arrangement of letters is ordained by God. Therefore, no letter may be changed. May I say then that the Torah is a scripture inspired by God, the higher light? Just like in the Christian bible I think.

Another question: Kabbalah refers to the 600,000 souls that come back again and again. The soul of Adam Kadmon.
Every primordial soul has a letter from the Torah and that is the root of the individual and that will reveal the Torah to the individual. But I’m not Jewish, I still belong to those 600,000 souls and can I also get that letter and find out where my roots lie, I would love to know what aspect of God I carry in my soul. I was born on 25/12/1952 and have a twin sister, did we get the same letter?

Kind regards Christianne

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Clancy, great question!

We can say in general that the Creator’s qualities are those of love and bestowal. But since the Creator is concealed, we cannot measure ourselves accurately relative to Him or to these abstract qualities. Instead we need to measure ourselves relative to what is not concealed, meaning other people. So I can measure if I acquired the Creator’s qualities by checking my attitude towards others, going from complete indifference, all the way until I feel them as pieces of my soul.

Keep in mind that we do this work primarily within this safe environment, this spiritual lab that we call the Kabbalistic group. And only after we finish correcting ourselves within the Kabbalistic group, can we start focusing on the rest of the world. We’ll learn more about this in the more advanced lessons.

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Muhammad,

Spiritual attainment does not depend on our knowledge. After all, we can take a computer and load it up with all of the Kabbalistic books as well as all of the knowledge that this entire world has to offer. But this computer will not attain spirituality.

Spiritual attainment depends on one thing and one thing only, the desire. If we build the right desire for it, within that correct desire, we will reveal spiritual sensations. That’s it. And although we spend a lot of time studying, the goal is not to acquire knowledge, but through the study to draw the light, a special force that helps us to build the right desire.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/

Albert @ KabU

[Albert – KabU Instructor]

Hi Sharon,

I’m sorry but I cannot comment on your personal life, we can only talk about these things in general. In general, we need to remember that Kabbalah is not a religion nor a faith. It does not deal with these types of things. Kabbalah only deals with our desire for spirituality.

As for 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 we shouldn’t go digging into the past, but rather we should 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 Rachel,

Yes, you can say that. Keep in mind that true bestowal does not exist on the level of our world. Bestowal is the Creator’s nature. While our nature is that of pure reception. So it’s impossible for us to truly bestow. At best we can perform more and more covert actions of reception. For example, I go to the store and I give them my money, but obviously I want something in return. It’s the same with all of our actions of bestowal in corporeality. Either I do it to receive pleasure directly or indirectly from fame, honor, money, or even the pride of knowing that no one knows about this action, or even avoiding pain or guilt is also part of this same calculation.

So real bestowal, above any calculations for receiving for oneself, does not exist in our world. Real bestowal is purely the Creator’s quality. If we want to acquire such a quality, we first need to correct our nature. This is done by the force of the light we evoke through the Kabbalistic studies. And the light begins to work on us even if we don’t have the true desire to bestow. Even if we’re just like little kids, pretending to be spiritual grown ups. It takes this aspiration of ours and corrects it little by little, building in us a true desire for spirituality, for the spiritual qualities of love and bestowal.

Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: http://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/

Albert @ KabU

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