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Hi Danielle,
Our nature is the desire to receive pleasure. By default this desire is egoistic. Meaning that we use it to receive everything for ourselves. Through the process of correction, we convert the desire for it to operate in the direction of bestowal. But the desire always remains a desire, it still operates to receive pleasure. We just correct it with the intention in order to bestow. So it receives but in order to bestow.
Check out the Guest and Host analogy in Chapter 3 of Attaining the Worlds Beyond for more details.
As for working on becoming altruistic, this is work that we do primarily within this safe environment that we call the Kabbalistic group. In the more advanced semesters, everyone will receive their own Kabbalah group (which are called tens) with whom they can put all these things into practice. Until then, we are still in the fundamentals, where we need to learn the foundation of this wisdom, so we’ll know how to properly apply it later on.
Also keep in mind that we don’t perform any corrections over ourselves. It’s ultimately the light that makes all the changes on us. See my reply to Micha in the week 3 questions forum for more details.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Helcio,
Attainment = hasaga = השגה
which is the noun form of this verb:
to attain, achieve, acquire, get, etc = lehasig = להשיג
Albert @ KabU
Hi Danielle,
When we talk about nature, we’re not talking about simply going outdoors, rather we’re talking about the all encompassing system in which we exist.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details:Â https://laitman.com/2017/09/elokim-is-nature-in-gematria/
Regarding reaching equivalence of form with the Creator, this is an internal change which takes place in our qualities. Or in other words, in our attitude to others. So we don’t need to leave our cities or give up on our modern lifestyles to reach this correction.
For more details on equivalence of form, check out the first few paragraphs of the article “A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar“.
Regarding how we reach this correction, this is done primarily through the force of the light we extract from the Kabbalistic studies. See my reply to Micha in the week 3 questions forum for more details.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Miryam,
Thanks for bringing this up, I’ll check with the team and have it corrected. Regarding the book Kabbalah Revealed, I would recommend to just read it from beginning to end. This will give you a solid foundation.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Humehr,
It’s ultimately the force of the light that makes all of the clarifications and corrections. Our work is only to extract more and more of this light, especially during the Kabbalistic studies. See my reply to Micha below for more details.
Albert @ KabU
Hi Nancy,
Although we sometimes portray desires in a linear fashion, in truth they are not linear at all. Everyday I fulfill my basic desires and the next day I have to fulfill them again. Every day I go to work, everyday I eat, everyday I sleep, etc. So I don’t need to fulfill the basic desires in a linear way, rather I need to find the right balance between the basic desires and our desire for spirituality.
Kabbalists call this balance “no flour, no Torah – no Torah, no flour”. Meaning a Kabbalist continues to exist on the level of this world throughout the entire spiritual ladder. So I cannot just turn into a monk and disconnect from this life and only focus on spirituality. On the other hand, if I only focus on corporeality, then I’m no different than an animal. So the important thing is to find the right balance between the two: to take care of all of one’s normal necessities: to work, take care of the family needs, health, etc (this is called flour) and to set aside some time to focus on spirituality (this is called Torah).
Albert @ KabU
