The forces that govern my life and that are at work in the world are forces that I cannot sense, predict or understand with my current level of knowledge.
However those forces have bequeathed me a spiritual gift, the point in the heart, and this strong desire has led me to seek understanding and connection to the creator.
With the help of the wise!!!
I think you are saying ,in an encouraging way , that some things cannot be pursued or explained by the rational mind and we must put ” faith above reason “.
Faith is difficult for those of us educated in the logic centered, evidence based world of the west, where science is the ultimate reflection of reality.( Thou I think Quantum Physics may have completely changed that.)
At some point ( the point in the heart? ) one just has to make that leap and hope for the disclosure of the spiritual world. ?
How did the original Kabbalist sages gain this understanding of the Spiritual world and the Creator?
It seems (yes its my faith beneath reason! ) that any creature, no matter how wise, motivated, focused, would find it impossible to collect the information that makes up this system ?
How do we know it is the path to “enlightenment”, equivalence of form, connection to the creator and elevation to spiritual perception and understanding?
Have previous creatures reached that place/essence ?
Is this what the Rabbi Ashlag achieved?
How do we know this to be true?
I am unsure if you mean what do we expect from the lesson of the Kabbalah in total ???
or the first lesson of the course ?
Option 1
I hope the Kabbalah will allow me to KNOW the reality of the spiritual world, to be completely assured of its existence.
I have doubts.
My fear is that spirituality & “the creator” may be an illusion created by the human mind.
I think when humans stop to think of themselves in the context of the universe, multiverse, multiple dimensions etc ( this seems to keep changing in Quantum Science ) they are filled with fear & lost in the enormity of an existence.
Maybe we are just an accident of chemistry initiated in a warm primordial pond ?
What I hope for as an alternative to the warm pond theory, is confirmation that spirituality and the creator are existant forces that are generally benevolent towards humanity & that there is a way to move towards that spirit to escape the corporeal world and all its travail ……to find the answers to the eternal WHY.
Option 2
I hope from this first lesson a general outline of what direction we are heading in and why .?