[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hi Rahmann,

When you finish the course and are ready to find a ten, they will probably consider who else you’re close to, this used to hold more importance, and it still is important since gathering physically is something that tens like to plan every now and then, but there are many many other tens who don’t have this option since most everything is held virtually these days and there has been much progress since this shift.

Thanks!

Chris

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey Richard,

I would say this

And these

Let me know if you meant something else.

Thanks!

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey Richard,

The literal meanings have no importance. According to the law of root and branch, all spiritual roots must make a branch in this reality. The physical occurrence of what is written doesn’t matter since what’s being passed along in writing are descriptions of spiritual interactions. The focus of the study is always to connect ourselves, “stick” ourselves as close as we can to the author and when we are together and aim to desire what’s written to occur within us, between us, this is what brings the changes. We’re not looking for changes that will give us more knowledge or understanding, but to be above what the ego wants since this is the place for a higher nature.

When you build for yourself the depiction of “Moses” as an inner point within you that faces the ego, then the reading becomes an inner journey and not a tale of what might or might not have occurred according to history.

This stage passes the longer you’re on the path and you’re able to overcome wanting to draw parallels all the time and shift the focus to the intention.

You’ll probably have to revisit this many many times. But rather than trying to convince yourself that this is the correct approach each time, just “lower your head”, nullify yourself (whatever you think that means in the meantime), and cleave onto the author. This is the best approach.

Also, it’s important to note that we don’t really study the Torah. Of course those are Kabbalistic sources, and they’re still relevant for our path,  but they weren’t written for our times. This is why Baal HaSulam and Rabash are important to us. These are the teachers who wrote for our generation and existed to prepare this last generation for correction. This is why the majority of our study is from what these Kabbalsits write to us since they are much closer to us.

Thanks!

Chris

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey Charles,

This is what separartes Kabbalah from other methods. If you have an inclination, some kind of feeling within you that pushes you forward on the path, keeps you here and gives you the sensation that there is truth here – then this is enough to continue to engage until you understand how it works. “Understanding” just comes from feeling it, feeling the changes and in that the “intention” of the source of what changed you. Feeling that it wasn’t just some “blip” and now you relate differently to reality. It’s this change accompanied by a bit more of a sensation of the one that’s inciting these changes – what the upper, guiding force wants as a result of that change.

These are all things that explaining will only aid in directing you down that path that will eventually bring you such things for you to discover yourself. If there was some “source code” available for the whole world to inspect, then certainly the whole world would want to know what actions they need to do to raise themselves to a higher perception of reality. But the system that we exist in, and the forces that advance the created being, expect the creature to enter that perception by wanting it, meaning wanting the upper nature’s quality. “You can’t buy desire at the pharmacy”, thus this desire is something that is a result of a person’s own inner work so they go through all the sensations of toiling and claiming the reward for that toil – thus coming to know the “why” as a result which is the purpose of creation – to be in adhesion with the Creator and His thought of creation.

Patience is key. Doubts are also crucial. These are the foundation blocks for building your true “I”, which exist outside of your own reason, your body, this animal – the ego.

Best of luck,

Chris

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hi Richard,

After you finish this course and head to the Graduate Environment you’ll have access to one of our student’s favorites (if you already have an inclination for that kind of material) Pticha or The Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah where you’ll get a very thorough rundown and for sure and answer to this question. My suggestion is to write this question down and see when it becomes relevant in that course and ask it there.

Regarding your second question, we always have to sense the Earth, this world, the will to receive. This is our material and our nature. “Feeling”, as I’m sure you’ve already learned, can only occur while there are two existing opposites – light/dark, hot/cold, etc… Therefore, it’s absolutely necessary to feel this world the way we do now, and above or atop this sensation and perception, build the perception through the quality of bestowal above the quality of reception.

This isn’t something that happens in a flash. Look at how children develop, how all of them, all of us, go through the same stages at about the same rate. The same is true with spirituality except the advancement and maturation has to do with the effort one puts in and is not dependent on time like in our world.

Building the quality of bestowal above our will to receive takes time and many inner adjustments, thousands of them – but the main thing is effort. When you begin to exert in the correct direction, the upper force of nature is what makes the changes in us. The changes don’t come from how much I know or how much I stuff in my brain, otherwise, I could start convincing myself that the things I’m reading are occurring within me, wherein truth all I’m doing is digging deeper into my ego where I’m comfortable and secure in my knowledge and control. This is the opposite approach you will need if you want to know what the quality of bestowal is.

The main thing is to continue. Let the environment work on you. Continue to make efforts and try and find your way. The beginning is exciting and fun and full of many new emotions and understandings and you’ll need this foundation. Keep going and we hope to see you int he Grad. Environment. Good luck!

Chris

[Chris – KabU Instructor]

Hey Ty,

It’s only the matter of desire. If you have a desire to attain the Creator and be fulfilled by Him, then this is called “Isra-el”, “straight to the Creator”, speaking of the desire that awakens in those who have this yearning. “Adam” is the structure, it’s the development of the desire to be similar to the Creator.

Thanks!

Chris

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