[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

If you feel your friends are truly inside you, that covers everything.

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

If one feels spiritual shame, that’s enough. Only we don’t feel it. Draw more Light from the study and connection with friends. This will reveal the state you’re already in, and that will be enough for a correct prayer.

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

It’s a decision a person makes. If I don’t know, that’s because I haven’t decided that just yet.

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

The words you could say to explain that wouldn’t remind people of any sensations they’re used to nor seem beneficial. We don’t know that it would benefit us, like we don’t think a sixth finger would be beneficial. And yet it’s the most beneficial thing in the world, and the main point of reality.

[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

Hi Peter, good questions.

Question 1: What is Partzuf (Face)? This is Baal HaSulam’s definition: The 10 Sefirot, one below the other, revealed by Malchut’s acsent to the Emanator.

Question 2: What is meant by a World. A world, Olam, means He’Elem (concealment). Another from Baal HaSulam, which you can find in the glossary at the end of the green Kabbalah for the Student book.

Question 3: There are 613 desires that need to be corrected as we climb the ladder through 5 Worlds (Assiya, Yetzira, Beria, Atzilut, and highest Adam Kadmon. Yes.

Question 4: Do Kabbalist teachings associate a set of the 613 desires into each of the worlds? Meaning when we are climbing to Assiya we are correcting these desires; as we are climbing to Yetzira we are correcting these desires, etc.? Yes, some of them relate to earlier stages in the path, some relate to later stages, and all are summarized by ‘love your friend as yourself.’ Hence, one can try to reach love of others right away, though there will be many degrees in this along the way.

Question 5: Is the climb progressive or collective? Progressive, one degree at a time.

Question 6: Sounds like Malchut is where we are mostly separated from the Creator, is this our future state, or current state? We are parts of the broken Malchut. We have to correctly assemble these pieces. Hence the commandment to love the other as you love yourself.

Question 7: How does the experience of death differ between a person within whom the point in the heart was not awakened and a person within whom the point in the heart was awakened? The awakening of the Point in the Heart is the beginning, the seed out of which grows a sensation of an eternal world. But one had to grow this seed into something real, the feeling of the Upper World. Otherwise, he’ll die in the same way as everyone else.

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[Gianni – KabU Instructor]

All those customs that were created by people who were in the spiritual world are some kind of material copy of actions in the Upper World, but maaser is the one that directly relates to what stands between the person and the Upper World: the Masach [screen]. Prior to the formation of the Masach, one has to slice off this 10% relating to Malchut, and only then can one even begin the spiritual work. Money, the value of which is decided solely by people’s desire, and with which one can buy what one desires, and the loss of which and acquisition of which alters one’s whole mood and state… it’s the thing that is practically a proxy for desire. That’s why it’s so sensitive an issue, because one is made of nothing but desire, and so specifically by it there’s a correction, whereas with all kinds of other corporeal actions, one could remain indifferent. For this reason, and additional reasons, Kabbalists always collected maaser from students practically on day one. Here, students have a choice in the matter, even though the Upper Laws haven’t changed.

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