Question:  Is Kabbalah ideologically against religion?

Answer: Certainly not. On the contrary, religion and the wisdom of Kabbalah complement each other in a person’s correction process toward attaining the goal of creation, which is to resemble the Creator.

A person’s nature can change only if he uses the method of Kabbalah, which transforms his way of thinking. A person doesn’t change as a result of mechanical actions, and therefore when he only performs religious actions he is called the Holy still.

Furthermore, in the actual correction, when studying the wisdom of Kabbalah, a person has to be around people who have the same goal in order to draw the effect of the force of correction, the Light of the Torah, called the Light that Reforms. It is written, “I have created the evil inclination; I have created the Torah as a spice for it.”

We can say that religion formats and directs a person’s behavior while the wisdom of Kabbalah directs his thoughts. It is said that “a prayer without an intention is like a body without a soul.” We are living in the time of the Messiah in which we can get rid of our evil inclination, the ego, and so the wisdom of Kabbalah is revealed in the world today in order to enable a person to correct his ego and resemble the Creator.
[173126]

Related Material:
How Did Religions Originate From Kabbalah?
The Wisdom Of Kabbalah Is Not A Religion
True Religion And The Religion Of Exile

Filed under: Kabbalah Study, Q&A, Religion - No Comments →

Question: How can a person find out what his fate is?

Answer: From a Kabbalistic perspective the revelation of a person’s fate is finding out his location in the overall control system. If a person engages in the method of correction, which means the wisdom of Kabbalah, he will be able to attain that. He will gradually get closer to the root of his soul and thus begin the correction not only of humanity and the world but all of creation.

Humanity is inside five worlds that conceal the eternal world, and the right mutual cooperation between all its parts can balance everything. We learn this structure of the worlds in the control system by studying the wisdom of Kabbalah.

Question: What is the definition of a world according to the wisdom of Kabbalah? Are the upper worlds similar to the reality we live in here?

Answer: The upper worlds are nothing like our reality. Reality as we know it has nothing to do with the upper worlds and is not considered a world according to the wisdom of Kabbalah. We only call it a world.

The fact is, that worlds are states that conceal the only real state there is, called Ein Sof, Infinity. They are lower levels of existence that conceal it from a person and allow him to gradually discover Infinity so that he will be able to feel it and be in it. Thus the feeling of Infinity a person can sense is called the worlds.

We gradually approach the infinite state that will eventually allow us to exist as an inseparable part of the eternal world. When we attain it, it will not seem infinite because we will already be able to contain and understand where we are and will begin to resemble Infinity. This state will be attained when all of humanity melts into one whole, which is also the mechanism by which all of humanity will resemble Infinity and begin feeling it.
[173031]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/08/15

Related Material:
The Right To Change One’s Destiny
How to Change One’s Destiny?
How Can We Change Our Fate?

Filed under: Perception, Q&A - No Comments →

Question: Judging by what happens in nature, balance and unity will not come soon, and I want to live well here and now. What must I do? Will I get to feel harmony in this life?

Answer: It depends on how you understand the concept of harmony. If you intend to watch a series on television while sitting in a warm chair in front sipping juice or beer or having a comfortable life within a circle of family and friends, then maybe you can attain this.

But if you have a need for a higher state, then it is a problem. In our world, you will not be able to find satisfaction for that.  If you wonder about the meaning of life and begin to think that you will get old and eventually die, and your life is senseless, if you have to answer the question “Why do I exist, still young?”, if you develop sufficiently, then you cannot shut your eyes and be satisfied with physical pleasures.

You look at the whole perspective and see that basically you are living like a little animal. Is there a way out of this? You begin to explore and reach the conclusion that, as far as it seems, there is a way out because nature is eternal and infinite. It is perfect. So, how can you attain this perfection within yourself?

At this stage, opportunities open in front of you, bringing you to a system of knowledge called the wisdom of Kabbalah. It tells you about how you can attain, now in this world, knowledge about the whole of nature and about what is above our world, how to enter into this realm, find the source of life, and see all the states beyond time and space.

The wisdom of Kabbalah makes all of this possible for you. So, you begin to think that maybe it is worthwhile for you to dedicate part of your life to learning this wisdom.
[172555]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/8/15

Related Material:
Expand The Meaning Of Life
New Values
A World In Which Evil Is Found Everywhere

Filed under: Body and Soul, Q&A - No Comments →

Question: How do our previous lives affect our current life?

Answer: There are no previous lives! Everything accumulates in the soul, in this spiritual gene. Start processing and developing it, and everything will be revealed in it. You will not find any corporeal changes or corporeal stories about yourselves, and therefore there is no point dealing with it! Don’t be like the Pharaohs who embalmed themselves. It is meaningless.

Question: Can a person suffer more in order for it to be easier for others to attain spirituality?

Answer: No, and he should not do that. Suffering is not a commandment and not a goal in itself. On the contrary, a person must live and enjoy and be satisfied with his life because this is how the Creator created him. At the same time, he must help others attain the exact same state.

Question: Is the soul connected to the body, and what am I?

Answer: Our current “I” is our corporeal state because a person feels that he exists in his physical, corporeal body. Then currently, it is his egoistic self that wants to enjoy.

Question: Is it true that a woman is born a woman in all of her lives and a man is born a man?

Answer: Yes.

Question: How does the wisdom of Kabbalah relate to euthanasia?

Answer: The wisdom of Kabbalah is against actions in which a person seemingly decides what to do with his life and the lives of others. It is the same with regard to abortions and to premature death.
[170874]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/1/15

Related Material:
Blitz Of Kabbalah Tips—11/10/15
Blitz Of Tips
A Blitz Of Kabbalah Tips

Filed under: Body and Soul, Q&A - No Comments →

Question: Does man, a collection of atoms called the body, carry a force called the soul for ages?

Answer: No, the body has nothing to do with the soul, and initially no one has a soul.

A soul is the acquisition of the attribute of love and bestowal. If a person acquires this attribute, it exists in him and not in the body.

There is no physical place in which this attribute can exist; it actually is felt outside the coordinates of our world. This attribute called a soul suddenly is revealed in a person and exists regardless of the body.

A person begins to tie himself gradually to the soul, exist in it, identify himself in it and through it, feel the worlds and his incorporation with others to such an extent that his attitude to his body becomes like to a pet living by his side.

When the body dies, he doesn’t feel that he loses anything because the body was given to him only in order to use it to acquire the soul, and then he doesn’t need the body anymore.

Unless a person acquires his soul and is fully incorporated in it, he needs his body because it is through it that he connects with objects in our world. But when he can operate through the soul, he influences others by it.

Question: If we have no soul initially, what is it that undergoes changes through our reincarnations?

Answer: It is informational data called Reshimo, my spiritual self. However, the Reshimo doesn’t exist in the system of coordinates that the body is in. The body has six directions—north, south, east, west, up, and down—and there is no soul in this system. The soul exists in another dimension.
[173110]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/8/15

Related Material:
What Does The Soul Remember?
Finding Your Soul
Once Again About The Soul

Filed under: Body and Soul, Q&A - No Comments →

Question: Is there a law of fate, called Karma, that depends on the actions of a person in this world?

Answer: A person indeed can influence his fate, but not on the level of Karma, but only through his own aspiration along with those like him for greater unity. Then his influence will be positive. However, if he does not act according to those opportunities that are given to him for unity, his influence will be negative.

In this world, we are very limited by our philosophies and inventions. We have only one possibility: to unite and create a connection between us or not. Accordingly, we are either cut off from the higher forces and discover negative influences, losses, and suffering on all levels, or we make it possible for them to pass through us and create a positive influence.

Question: Is the attainment of wholeness and transition to a higher level a common inheritance, or will some of us not merit reaching this?

Answer: We are involved in everything that is required to hasten the spiritual development of the whole so that each one will take his place within spirituality and all of us will reach the final state through the good and rapid way, not the slow way of suffering.
[172781]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/8/15

Related Material:
The Right To Change One’s Destiny
Power Over Destiny
How to Change One’s Destiny?

Filed under: Body and Soul, Free Will, Perception, Q&A - No Comments →

Question: From the point of view of the wisdom of Kabbalah, are there sins for which it is necessary to give a death sentence?

Answer: There are sins for which it is worthwhile to end the life of the sinner and not allow him the possibility of moving from our world to the upper world because, in any case, it won’t help.

In the ego of the sinner, there are such transgressions done against humanity that he cannot cover over in this life and go out to a higher dimension. If a verdict of death is obtained correctly, then according to the wisdom of Kabbalah, it is not a death sentence, but a correction for the person.

Question: Does visiting graves help spiritual development?

Answer: No, Kabbalists relate to this with great indifference and perform this more as a ritual. A yearly visit to the grave of a family member or a teacher is nothing more than a tradition.

I was convinced about this according to the conduct of my teacher, Rabash, and according to my feeling that there is no meaning or reason for visiting graves. Meeting with the spirit of my teacher while studying his writings has had a much closer meaning for me than when I have stood before cold stones.

Question: Is a tragic death a punishment for sins?

Answer: For the most part, this is so.

Question: Is it possible to compare crossing the Machsom (Barrier) with death?

Answer: Crossing the Machsom is the birth of the soul! This transformation of a person in which he begins to work for the sake of bestowal and love.

Question: Are you afraid of death?

Answer: No, I think that there are many people who don’t fear death. On the contrary, many would want it.

Question: Do you know when your death will happen?

Answer: What for? If a person is found beyond his physical state, he accepts the death of the body calmly. He knows how to plan his way in the world, his way with his students, and this helps him. If not, then knowledge of the time of death would pressure and overwhelm him. Therefore, it is preferable not to know.
[170862]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/1/15

Related Material:
Why Are We Afraid Of Death?
Why Is The Hour Of Our Death Not Known?
Cremation Or Burial?

Filed under: Body and Soul, Q&A - No Comments →

Question: In the wisdom of Kabbalah, is there meaning to the manner in which a person lives his life? Does he harm society or develop it?

Answer: As long as the person hasn’t moved to a state of leaving our world for the spiritual world, from an egoistic feeling to an altruistic feeling, he is considered to be uncorrected.

So, from the point of view of the wisdom of Kabbalah, we don’t evaluate his bad or good actions because he is within his ego and does everything only for his own sake.

A person can seem to be very beautiful in his behavior toward society, wishing and wanting the best for it, but in fact, he is an egoist. And so we do not have any connection with him, he did not put anything in the next world.

Kabbalah evaluates a person only according to his intention, whether it is for his own sake or for the sake of others. So, it is necessary to clearly define the measurement by which we evaluate a person: Kabbalistic or public.  We cannot see his intentions with the naked eye.
[170858]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/1/15

Related Material:
A Concealed Intention
The Wisdom Of Kabbalah And Evil – Two Things That Don’t Go Along
At The Peak Of Intention

Filed under: Q&A - No Comments →

Question: What happens if a Kabbalist acquires a soul and begins to work on the correction of his desires, but his corporeal body dies at a certain point?

Answer: Everything happens for a reason; everything happens according to the system in which nothing is accidental. Everything happens at a certain moment according to the general predetermined plan that includes all the souls, all the bodies, all of time, the whole system of correction according to which the body of a certain person dies.

Question: Does he continue his correction from where it stopped or does he have to start everything from the beginning?

Answer: His correction is already included in the general system and therefore continues, not from the moment he stopped; he doesn’t start everything from the beginning, but from the next level, which is certainly higher than the previous level. The system continues its motion and he is included in it.

Question: But the soul still needs a corporeal body, or is it possible to correct yourself without the corporeal world?

Answer: There are cases in which the soul needs to be intentionally dressed in a body both for its sake but mostly for the sake of others. These people come into our world not because they need it but because others need them. On the whole, the soul rises from one level to the next in the next world not in the corporeal body.
[170856]
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/01/15

Related Material:
What Is The Significance Of Earthly Life?
What Happens To The Soul After Death?
Where is the Soul Located?

Filed under: Body and Soul, Q&A - No Comments →

Question: If in the beginning there was only Kabbalah, then how did religions appear from it?

Answer: This happened exactly because they abandoned the continuous work of uniting (within a group, within a nation) and allowed egoism to appear in relationships between people. This caused the outer seal—Judaism to originate from Kabbalah. Judaism regulates the outer actions that a person performs with his body (this is why it is called the “External Torah” – “Hitzhoniut aTorah”), whereas, Kabbalah refers only to inner actions (therefore, it is called the “Inner part of Torah” – “Pnimit aTorah”).

This means that Kabbalah shows how through uniting in the group a person can achieve an elevation above his egoism and in this mutual annulment of egoism he can reveal the Creator. The difference between Kabbalah and religion is not only in the action (whether it is mechanical or in intention) but also in the result (he hopes to receive a reward after death or he hopes to reveal the Creator in this life).
[172928]

Related Material:
The Wisdom Of Kabbalah Is Not A Religion
What Is The Difference Between Kabbalah And Religion?
Once Again About Religion…

Filed under: Kabbalah Study, Q&A, Religion - No Comments →