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Hi Mathieu DANHO,
Kabbalah is a method through which we can correct our egoistic nature. As a result of that correction we become similar to the Creator, to His qualities of love and bestowal. As a result of becoming similar to Him, we reveal Him in practice, in our lives. This is why we study the wisdom of Kabbalah.
Baal HaSulam writes about this in “The Teaching of the Kabbalah and Its Essence”, here’s an excerpt:
“all the conducts of creation, in its every corner, inlet, and outlet, are completely prearranged for the purpose of nurturing the human species from within it, to improve its qualities until it can sense the Creator as one feels one’s friend. These ascensions are like rungs of a ladder, arranged degree by degree until it is completed and achieves its purpose.”
But just like a PC cannot just reprogram itself to run as a Mac, we too cannot just change our own nature. We need an outside force to make this change on us. We call that force the light. And we extract that force specifically through the Kabbalistic books. It could be from the Torah, Zohar, writings of Baal HaSulam, Rabash, etc. Ultimately all these books are simply means by which we extract the force of the light to change our nature.
We’ll learn how to do this practically in the upcoming lessons. In the meantime, check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/02/sunbathing-in-the-rays-of-the-reforming-light/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Roberto,
It’s possible that he was a Kabbalist. But since the Kabbalistic writings don’t talk about him, we can’t say for sure. So we could speculate one way or another, but these would just be speculations. We should keep in mind that Kabbalah is a science. Kabbalah only deals with the correction of our egoistic nature and the revelation of the Creator. It has no connection to faith, religion, or religious leaders.
But ultimately these things are not so opposed. Both talk about the importance of loving others as yourself. Kabbalah goes even further and gives us a method to actualize loving others to such an extent that we can reveal in our lives the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal.
Albert @ KabU
Hi René
We also have similar courses available in French and other languages.
Check out this website for details: https://kabacademy.eu/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Jasmine,
It’s not my place to comment on your personal life, but we can talk about these things in general.
1. The Creator is the pure quality of love and bestowal. As such, He does not lack anything. Meaning He does not need us thinking about Him or loving Him, etc. The only ones benefiting from this whole process is us.
Although we sometimes use the words that we perform a certain action in order to bestow to the Creator or to bring Him contentment, but in truth it’s just a game to help us to develop. Just like with kids, when we spoon feed them, they see the example from us and want to pick up a spoon and feed us back. Do we really need them to feed us? Of course not. But we still accept this from them, smile, show them how happy they made us by feeding us etc, since we know that through this game, they grow and develop. So ultimately the Creator is not lacking anything. And all of our attempts to bestow to Him are nothing more than a type of game for our own development.
2. Coming closer to the Creator works according to the law of equivalence of form. Meaning that we can come closer to Him to the extent that we become similar to Him, to His qualities of love and bestowal. But since He is not in need of us loving Him (point #1), this is done in practice specifically with other people. Meaning that loving other people is the way by which we come closer to Him. In other words, there is no such thing as disconnecting from people while thinking about the Creator. Our closeness to Him is specifically through our closeness with other people.
The foundation of this type of work is done in a small Kabbalistic group. And once we build a certain foundation there, we can add more and more layers on top of that, until we can include the whole world in that connection.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2013/04/everything-is-attained-by-the-equivalence-of-form/
3. We learn from the Kabbalists that every single moment comes to us directly from the Creator, this is called “there is none else besides Him”. Furthermore, they also say that He is the “good that does good”. Meaning that every moment He is sending us nothing but goodness. But why then don’t we see this in our world? Why do we see so much suffering and problems in the world?
This is because our world is governed by our egoistic nature. This egoistic nature is opposite to the Creator’s nature. Because of that, it inverts the Creator’s goodness into something bad. It’s just like multiplying numbers: a positive times a negative equals negative.
So as long as we remain within this egoistic nature, we will continue to see and feel more suffering and horrors in the world. But if we correct our nature to be similar to the Creator’s nature, then we will reveal the true reality in which only goodness exists, and our previous egoistic state would appear as nothing more than a dream.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2011/06/how-can-we-justify-the-creator/
Albert @ KabU
Hi Paulo,
If you’re talking about simply an intellectual study of the wisdom of Kabbalah, then yes, on such a superficial level, it’s possible to study from the same sources and reach the same conclusions.
But if you’re talking about actual spiritual attainment, which is not just an intellectual understanding, but rather a feeling, there we cannot compare one person to another. This is because each and every person is completely unique and feels the world through his/her uniqueness. As such, it’s impossible to compare how one person feels spirituality with another.
Although we can say that whoever reaches the same spiritual degree will experience the same things that are found on that spiritual degrees. But nonetheless, each one will experience those things through their own uniqueness. Just like two people can be riding in the same car, one person can feel hot while another can feel cold.
And if we’re talking about two different spiritual degrees, then their experiences could be light years away from each other. This is because every new spiritual degree comes with a completely different set of values and way of thinking. What was valid on the previous degree, becomes false on the current one. What we used to value previously, becomes worthless. This is called “what is waste for the upper is nourishment for the lower”.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2017/01/rising-to-a-new-degree/
Albert @ KabU
google translation of the questions:
How do I know whether or not I am fit to study the wisdom of Kabbalah? Is there any spiritual condition or precept of conduct or morality that I must meet in order to be fit to study the wisdom of Kabbalah?
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Hi Enrique,
The only condition to studying Kabbalah is the desire. If a person has such a desire, which is called the point in the heart, then this entire wisdom is open to them. And if a person does not have such a desire, then naturally they would not even want to study Kabbalah.
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman for more details: https://laitman.com/2008/11/only-people-with-the-point-in-the-heart-can-feel-that-kabbalah-is-the-salvation/
So how do we know if this is the place for us?
When the point in the heart awakens, it pulls a person to the place where it can get realized. So when a person finds such a place, there is a certain inner resonance, a click where a person feels that he found the right place for himself.
So no one can tell you if this is the place for you or not, you need to feel it for yourself. This follows the rules that “there is no coercion in spirituality” and “one studies only where one’s heart desires”.
Albert @ KabU
