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The Creator places the soul into the body so it can elevate the body’s desires when the soul rises and merges with the Creator again. I, creature is placed in my unique circumstances in the world and developed by the Creator – through people/situations/intuitions – to uncover the yearning for the Creator and bring a person to a place, where this yearning can develop into a soul. By engaging in the wisdom with friends – reading and examining together – we develop a stronger striving to comprehend the characteristics of the Creator in order to become one with Him. The Creatar is unattainable but we are given all the tools to be a fit partner for the Creator to fulfil the thought of creation. Living with the spiritual “glasses” on, fills the daily field of perception with the most relevant information to guide us there.
I am still digesting one of the comments regarding religion being a state of amnesia, removed from kabbalah. Personally, I have no experience with any kind of religious practices associated with the Abraham’s religions. Does it mean it is easier to study and participate, because there is no need to spend energy to decode the amnesia? Or is it other way around – religious practices, prayers, etc. encode our pliable synapses, mingling all the childhood sensations with the ancient code?
I never felt any need for religion – perfectly content in the deep knowledge that the Universe loves me and all is for the best, in this best of all possible worlds (Candid, Voltaire). Looking back, I know that I was surrounded by the “oral Torah” – and confidence that people around me also strive to practice the “golden rule”.
One of the concerns I heard from a Torah-educated man living in Israel, is that the study of kabbalah takes you over: i.e. once you start, it is impossible to leave. Is it a misconception or a legitimate fear? Kind of like when a person becomes a criminal, they cross-over into a different world. A person can stop committing crimes but the moral distance travelled stays with an individual (all covered in depth in Dostoyevsky’s novels and other good literature).
The blog post by Dr. Laitman referenced above offers a compelling vision of spiritual humanity >>>”The only resemblance to this system in our world is the perfectly corrected human body, in which the heart and mind and all the systems like the circulatory, nervous, lymphatic, and other systems operate in harmony, in unison.
They support each other, nothing is superfluous, and only the correct mutual functioning creates the opportunity to experience the entire system and study it.” Will taking the course bring all the participants to this state? If this is so….
If i am to bring a lighter to a tribe unfamiliar with the technology, they may take me as a magician, capable of conjuring fire from my fist. But i don’t know how the lighter works, i only know how to operate it because i saw others, some time ago, doing the same. How does it work with the wisdom of kabbalah? Can anyone operate the fire “safely”, just by watching “adults” doing it? or do i need to learn every little element of the lighter and the tribe and its relations to the fire and how to refuel the lighter – before inviting attention of the tribe?
The prep clip above provoked many questions: what is a ‘common person’? what is a “mature person”? if fate is “blind” what is my role in it? can i just go to sleep, and wait – if fate is in charge, the same things would happen whether i am here or not, right? Is fate and a spiritual force the same thing? I don’t want to know my fate. I just want to live my life to the fullest.
Answering: What do you expect from the lesson? What do you desire to achieve from it? I expect to hear in the lesson a few words/ideas that will direct my mind and/or heart towards the actions that are best aligned with the spiritual force.
Hello, I am Nika. Glad to be here – precious teachers, students, participants. I am looking forward to a deep immersion into the wisdom of the soul. As @Joel said above – there are only two forces in the world, and we have the privilege of learning about them and studying their effects on us! I am optimistic about the journey and the destination.
