When a person is truly ready to leave their present state and move on, no matter what that new state might be, provided it is not the current one, they become like a seed that has rotted in the ground, ready to lose its former shape, unwilling to take anything with it, and desires only one thing: to attain a new state at any cost, and grow. And then they enter that state.

Such a demand must accumulate within a person. This happens gradually, without unnecessary haste, calmly, and with composure, accompanied with the awareness that this is necessary and it cannot be done otherwise.

Ultimately, a person reaches a state where he understands that it is absolutely unbearable for him to continue to be with himself the way he is. Therefore it is said that he abandons his knowledge, and is awarded higher knowledge; he becomes wiser.

But this does not mean that he comprehends all the wisdoms of our world; this knowledge is of an entirely different kind. We can see from the example of genuine Kabbalists who have attained great spiritual degrees that were not necessarily so experienced or adept at navigating  all the little intricacies of our world.

They understood the true nature of our world perfectly. But the Kabbalist’s special knowledge does not extend to the the artificial constructs built upon that nature, things created in opposition to nature, or to what relates to our society with its contrived laws, that is, to everything that does not directly follow from the laws of nature. In this regard he will not be wiser than other people.

The knowledge that a Kabbalist acquires is the knowledge of a higher degree. But as to how to steal more from a bank, you will not learn that, so do not expect it. This is not merely because stealing is forbidden, but because everything devised by humans—all those laws, principles, and rules—are artificial and unnatural things.

A Kabbalist, who rises from degree to degree, acquires a higher mind. One might even say that with each step this intellect becomes increasingly removed from this world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/13/26, Rabash, “And the Lord Appeared to Him at the Oaks of Mamre”

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