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Hi Nancy,
In the next semester, we’ll learn the importance of the spiritual environment. Essentially our entire work in Kabbalah boils down to strengthening our spiritual environment. In other words, we don’t focus on ourselves, on our own strength to overcome, etc. Rather, we focus only on our connection to the spiritual environment. And everything else, all of the good thoughts, actions, that we perform, this is a result of our connection with the spiritual environment.
This is similar to how a seed by itself is powerless to do anything. Everything depends on where you plant that seed. Once you plant it, the results are already dictated by the environment in which you plant it. Same with us. By ourselves, each one of us is powerless to do anything against his own egoistic nature. So our entire work is on planting ourselves in a good spiritual environment and the rest is a result of that action. We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lessons (KR2, Lesson 2).
Albert @ KabU
Hi Rachel,
That’s a good question. If you didn’t get your answer from the lesson 1 video, feel free to post it in the questions forum.
Albert @ KabU
Yes, but keep in mind that in Kabbalah we don’t need to focus on our desires, on growing them, or anything like that. Our entire focus is always on the positive side of things: on our aspiration to acquire the spiritual qualities of love, bestowal, connection, etc. As a result and only as a result of that, we will see that our desires, our ego will grow and develop to the necessary levels. But again, this is only a side effect, this is not something we need to focus on.
See my reply to Miryam in the week 3 questions forum for more details.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Patty, good question!
The bible is written entirely in a type of code called the language of roots and branches. This code uses words of our world but speaks entirely about spiritual phenomena. To truly understand this code, we need to reveal spirituality. We do that by becoming similar to spirituality, to the spiritual qualities of love and bestowal. In other words, we need to correct our opposite egoistic nature to operate in the direction of bestowal. Only then, once we’re similar to spirituality, will we understand this code.
But not everyone is ready for such a correction. Only those with an awakened point in the heart feel the need for this. While the rest of the world prefers to just keep existing and operating within their egoistic nature. And that’s fine. After all, “there is no coercion in spirituality”. So we shouldn’t pressure anyone into this. If someone has the point in the heart, they will naturally aspire to fulfill it, if not, they will not.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â https://laitman.com/2008/11/only-people-with-the-point-in-the-heart-can-feel-that-kabbalah-is-the-salvation/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Chris,
Assiyah (עשיה) means action.
See my post below for more details about the names of the spiritual worlds.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Rune, good question!
In general, people define idolatry as worshiping anything other than the Creator. But in Kabbalah, it has a different and more internal meaning. Idolatry in Kabbalah means that a person serves himself, his ego, instead of serving the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal. So everything we do to serve our ego is considered idolatry.
Here’s an excerpt from Rav Laitman’s words on this topic:
“At first Abraham himself made idols, meaning he taught people to worship egoistic desires for money, honor, knowledge. All our activities in this world are called making idols, idol worship, since we work for our egoism”.
As for amulets and such things, these things are not forbidden but rather they have nothing to do with spirituality, there no spiritual forces within such things. They only benefit us in a purely psychological way, similar to how the placebo effect works.
Albert @ KabU
