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Hi Sarah,
First, there is no concept of “sharing” in Kabbalah, though that’s a popular confusion that has been propagated. The ego is not built in a way that it can go from Receiving to a state in which it is still receiving but also Bestowing. The reason that idea is popular is because it is so pleasant to the ego to think that could be both possible and spiritual. In reality, it’s a state that is considered even less spiritual than pure receiving for self, since in that case I would be Bestowing For The Sake of Receiving, both receiving like I want to do in any case AND delighting myself with the idea that I’m also now in contact with the Creator. Thus, I’ve become more distant from spirituality than someone who has never heard of Kabbalah. On the contrary, I need to only busy myself with the idea of reaching pure bestowal. And only in one thing can I help the Creator. That is, there’s only one thing that He can’t do, and He can’t do it because He needs to give everyone free choice to reach spirituality or not. But if you help them reach spirituality, then they do have free choice, because you’re not the Creator. They don’t need to respect you. Therefore, only helping others reach the spiritual goal can be considered close to Bestowal.
There are some books that are not written for those who are not already in some level of spiritual sensation, but all of those you mention can be read by beginners, in no particular order. I would say Kabbalah For The Student and Shamati are musts, neither of which is meant to be read front-to-back. Rather these are study texts that will accompany every student forever. I also think every beginner should read Attaining the Worlds Beyond. The rest are not required, and only according to what interests you.
We’ll learn more, and then understand why everything in Creation funnels through only that. Except for the aim from outwards into myself, I have nothing else to correct.
Hi Michael,
The final manuscript of Zohar for All is in the works, and much of it is available for free on our site.
To your other question, what can I say? Kabbalists feel what stands behind the letters of the Zohar. They describe the spiritual world they inhabit. And therefore they know when something is missing, whether before or following the part that we do have. We don’t get a whole picture, in fact we don’t get any of the picture from the Zohar. We don’t feel the world of forces standing behind it. So, it’s ok that some of it is missing because we study it for the Surrounding Light that it brings upon us to correct us. Though it would be nice to have the additional volumes, I guess it was decided that what we have is enough, and if we’ll advance to where we need more, they’ll be uncovered.
Hi Sarah,
That’s correct, we can’t change anything in our world. It only seems to us that we change things with our will and actions. That’s because the depiction before me is a result of my inner qualities. So, if I want to change things in my world instead of changing myself, then I’ll find that no matter how much I do, nothing will change, except that everything will adapt to again await for me to change myself under even harder conditions. However, this depiction is only of my own uncorrected qualities. If I draw the Reforming Light upon myself through the study of Kabbalah, then my qualities change from reception to bestowal – even a little bit – and different, better world is depicted. So, it’s not that we can’t do anything. It’s that we need to know in what field there is something we can change, and in what field I can exert as much as I please but the efforts will all be in vain.
