Comment: Sometimes very well-prepared people join our group, those who have gone through MAK (the Russian Language Kabbalah Academy). However, they still have a very strong left line, but they are so “on fire” with our idea, they want everything to be perfect, for the group to grow, and they impose a lot of demands.
My Response: Yes, this is understandable. But the thing is, their demands might be unrealistic.
We are dealing with a human being. And a human is the most disgusting, the most egoistic, creature in our world. We know from our own experience how much effort it takes to deal with ourselves, to at least partially fit into certain frameworks.
Especially when we talk about the need to rise above ourselves, to restrict all our desires and intentions, and to start clothing ourselves in a completely different nature—the opposite one: instead of Malchut, Bina; instead of ourselves, the Creator.
A person—Adam—comes from the word “Domeh,” which means similar to the Creator. That is, to the extent that our qualities become similar to those of the Creator, we become Adam, a human. Until then, we are the most terrible animals.
I understand that newcomers are “on fire.” We were on fire too. But the thing is, this fire needs to be placed within certain boundaries. They need to understand what they are dealing with. This is not easy at all.
After all, “understanding” in Kabbalah means that people begin to feel internal changes within themselves, to work with them, and to sense how much they resist these changes.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/2/19, “Questions and Answers”
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Question: If a person includes everything within himself, then who gives him the name “man”? From what point does that come? Where is this observer?
