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Globally there are wars and in my country while there is no physical war, racial tensions , political tensions and religious tensions are extremely high. I never thought I’d see the day where in Australia in my case these tensions are out of control and politicians sit back and enjoy it. It makes me upset,.sometimes angry and I like many others have no voice and no one listens to the saying “love for thy friend what you love for thyself” they just laugh at that. I used to say and do: “Do to others what you’ll have done to you”. That doesn’t work anymore, it used to though.
As a student of Kabbalah how are we supposed to respond this?
Baal Hasulam was a Humanist and that’s why I have a strong love for him, I’m a humanistic person as well. But it seems like this doesn’t matter anymore and humanistic people are pushed to the corners of society. What does the kabbalah say on this …In kabbalah this process of correction is central. But how would I know that I have achieved a correction. And let’s say you pass away without having corrected everything is that the end ? Is it like you’ve failed if you didn’t achieve all the necessary corrections?
Hi Chris thanks for clarifying.
So would I be right in saying, For example people will wear teffilin because they interpret the Torah verse “Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. But really the Torah here isn’t purely talking about wearing leather straps. To me that’s not rather sufficient, here I see it as the Torah is requesting action that you hold its precepts continuously and not just for morning prayers. And with circumcision, “remove the skin and throw it to the dust.” To me circumcision is not a physical act but rather it’s a spiritual attainment. In this case the selfish sexual desires are corrected and hence thrown to the dust. It’s seems like the kabbalah is referencing a state of correction and attainment with this and not just another religious obligation. Am I on the right track here in my understanding ? I say this also with respect to people’s religious customs.
I’m still trying to understand the covenants particularly the covenant of Abraham and the meaning of mitzvot. I really enjoy reading The writings of Baal hasulam and in these books he always refers to the importance of following the Torah, covenants and mitzvot.
Jewish people keep the covenant of Abraham the Brit Milah and mitzvahs like marriage, observing shabbat prayers and teffilin etc. But as a non Jew studying Kabbalah how am I supposed to keep the covenants and mitzvot? Because the only way would be to go to a Jewish rabbi and convert to Judaism which I don’t particularly want to do. So how do I keep the covenants and mitzvot? I do read the Torah however I prefer to read the Zohar as it provides the inner meaning of the Torah. So I don’t really read much Torah.
In the writings of Rabash and Baal HaSulam it says one progresses when engaging in Torah and Mitzvot, my question is how do you perform mitzvot if they are referencing the Jewish mitzvah like marriage, wearing tzitzit tefifilin etc?
Forgive me for misunderstanding as you can tell I really need to “Circumcise the negativity from my heart. I hope you can get an answer here. I used to be in your situation I was really religious and had to keep customs and abide by rules and regulations. But I eventually came to a place where I felt that spiritual aspects of life are more nourishing. But this took me 10 or more years to get to this position. This is what I like about kabbalah it takes you above and beyond. There is quote from a poet that says “Out beyond ideas of right and wrong there is a field I’ll meet you there” I’ve found that middle space between right and wrong it is: “just be” all we have is here and now. That probably doesn’t help. I hope they give you an answer to your question 🙂
