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In the Eastern Tradition, let’s say India. It is about “Enlightenment”. there are four paths to enlightenment.
Karma Yoga – Service, Bhakti Yoga – Devotion, Raja Yoga -Mind Control, and Jnana Yoga – Knowledge.
Is Kabbalah a path of enlightenment? Are there multiple paths in Kabbalah like the Eastern way? If so, can you please elaborate on them. Seems to me Kabbalah is similar to Jnana Yoga, Yes/no?Thank you,
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Hi James,
I’m not an expert in other methods, so I cannot comment on what they do or teach there. As for Kabbalah, Kabbalah is a method by which we can correct our egoistic nature. As a result of this correction, we reveal the Creator, the general force of love and bestowal, in our lives.
Albert @ KabU
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I had a dream that I was in line to talk to a rabbi and when it was my turn I told him that I was very excited to study and learn he started smiling this is the second time this happened, i dont know who the rabbi is
does this happen
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Hi Luis,
Kabbalah does not deal with dream interpretations. In general, Kabbalists don’t attribute much importance to dreams or the state of dreaming. They see it simply as a state where the brain summarizes/organizes the daily experiences. Similar to how some computers go through the process of defragmentation.
On the other hand, there is a spiritual state called dreaming which is the process by which we transition from one spiritual degree to another. It’s like the neutral gear on a manual transmission, which requires you to switch to the neutral gear before switching to another gear. In other words, in between every spiritual state is a state called “dream”. But it’s not related to the corporeal dreams that we experience in our physical bodies. Kabbalists don’t ascribe any importance to corporeal dreams.
Check out these blog posts from Rav Laitman for more details:
https://laitman.com/2016/04/an-ordinary-dream/
https://laitman.com/2015/02/we-cannot-live-without-sleep/
Albert @ KabU
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Why do we have this “egoistic nature” that separates us from Malchut of Ein Sof by the five levels of opacity of the senses? Is this egoistic nature all bad? If so, who created it?
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Hi Jessica, great questions!
The Creator created our egoistic nature. Why? Because it’s a vital component in our development. Without it, we would not feel separated from the Creator and would thereby not have any free will whatsoever. Baal HaSulam describes this in the “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah”, here’s an excerpt:
“4) The reason why the will to receive must cascade by the four above-mentioned discernments in ABYA (Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, Assiya) is that there is a great rule concerning the Kelim (plural for Kli): the expansion of the Light and its departure make the Kli fit for its task. This means that as long as the Kli has not been separated from its Light, it is included in the Light and is annulled within it like a candle in a torch.
This annulment is because they are completely opposite from one another, on opposite ends. This is so because the Light extends from His Essence existence from existence. From the perspective of the Thought of Creation in Ein Sof, it is all towards bestowal and there is no trace of will to receive in it. Its opposite is the Kli, the great will to receive that abundance, which is the root of the initiated creature, in which there is no bestowal whatsoever.
Hence, when they are bound together, the will to receive is annulled in the Light within it, and can determine its form only once the Light has departed thence once. This is so because following the departure of the Light from it, it begins to crave it, and this craving properly determines and sets the shape of the will to receive. Subsequently, when the Light dresses in it once more, it is regarded as two separate matters: Kli and Light, or Guf and Life. Observe closely, for this is most profound.”
Meaning that if you place the light of a candle within the light of a torch, you cannot differentiate one from the other. So in the process of giving the created being the nature of reception, by that, the created being became separated from the Creator and as a result feels itself as existing and independent. Later on, even though they return to a state of adhesion, they still remain as two separate things. We’ll learn more about this in the upcoming lessons.
Albert @ KabU
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Hi Luis,
Check out this blog post from Rav Laitman: https://laitman.com/2013/09/from-root-to-branch/
Albert @ KabU
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