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Ok, never mind my question above. I have begun with Week 4 video and that is where my long question will be answered. Thank you.
I am in Week 4. However, I have been going back and forth from Week 1-4 and watching all the videos and readings. I watched Dr. Laitman’s video “Understanding the Upper Light vs the Will to Receive” several times. I have watched your videos several times too. When I watch the videos, I seem to understand and able to follow. However, I do get lost. My question(s) are concerning the Upper Light’s Concentric Spheres. I drew them today. I am more of a visual learner. Hence, a soul is created at the center of all spheres (the Red point-Love) and then the soul moves away from the center and loses its quality of Bestowal and Love. I even drew the little lines around the concentric spheres showing how the particular souls move away. At that point or beginning of moving away, the soul thus acquires the opposite quality (reception-egoism). This moving away from the center now the soul begins a journey that is going exist in the most remote sphere of the field of the Light. However, as the soul separates from the center, it leaves a Reshimo (record) of that pathway. At its most distance from the Light, a recording of the whole chain of separation (decent) remains embedded in the concentric spheres. The souls (my soul) is now opposite to Him. “The souls (egoistic) desires perceive the most remote state as a person (soul) in this world.” And then, as stated by Dr. Laitman, from this moment on, the souls begin their way back. Here is my question: ultimately, the souls (us humans) will return to the Light to be aligned with The Creator. I understand that the process of returning is the Pathway of Suffering. If I understand correctly, as the soul returns, this is when we, I, will recognize that I was on the Pathway of Suffering and that Suffering is because my soul, I, will have recognized that I was on the wrong pathway and in recognizing this, that is when I will feel the pain of my Suffering. I imagine this happens to us, souls, at different ages. However, at what point or age do we suddenly recognize that we need to return, follow the recorded pathways back to The Creator? At what point does it click in our minds, soul, heart that we recognize we need to leave egoism behind and move back towards Bestowal and Love? I imagine it is different for everyone, of course. I am 74 years old. I have known about Kabbalah for the last 20 years; reading books, not really knowing or understanding the depth with which I am now involved with. So here I am. What caused, or what clicked in my mind to finally and truly want to learn in depth Kabbalah? I hope I am making sense. A huge thank you. I believe you will understand what I have asked.
Welcome Mama Ester. I believe that with time, we, humans, will finally be able to reach the goal of The Creator. I am learning too.
Albert, at first, your reply did not make sense to me. I missed using the link you gave me. I just watched it. Now your reply makes sense to me. We move from one state of being to another. Hence, the state before no longer counts. It is of no value. We need to keep moving forward by continuing to learn more about Kabbalah, The Creator, and ourselves; how we fit in this world through our five senses. It is an upward changing in understanding to perceive outside the box we live in. Once needs to achieve that six sense, or unknown sense that is hidden from us because we have not learned yet how to be outside the box. I might not be explaining this correctly. However, I do believe I understand your response and the Dr. Laitman’s explanation. Thank you.
I have been thinking a lot about what I have learned from the lectures and reading material about Kabbalah. My name is Elisheva. The Hebrew meaning is “an Oath to G-d. My belief has been that I owe G-d a promise, an oath, which I am to complete in this world. I have waited to find out what that Oath is to be. Several times during my life when I did an action that was truly altruistic, I believed that maybe that was the “Oath” that I was suppose to give to G-d. What I have learned that my concept of an Oath to G-d was a one time altruistic giving to G-d. Now that I have come this far in learning Kabbalah, my understanding of that one oath, was innocent; however very naive, very ignorantly. Therefore, as I continue to read and learn about Kabbalah, my understanding had been so far away from truly understanding my purpose in this life, the forces, the sixth sense, the 125 steps downward from the Creator and the 125 steps upward towards the Creator. Altruism is a path towards the Creator and so much more. Hence, have I ever questioned what the purpose in my life is? Yes, but wrongly.
