"Kabbalah Revealed" Episode 1 -- A Basic Overview
Summary
TLDRThis video introduces the authentic study of Kabbalah, tracing its lineage from Abraham to modern-day practitioners. The speaker explains that Kabbalah is a hidden science, not mysticism or religion, but a spiritual wisdom that reveals the forces governing reality. The script debunks myths about Kabbalah and emphasizes that it teaches how to connect with the upper world by transforming one's inner nature. With modern texts now available to help seekers, Kabbalah provides a path to understanding the meaning of life and achieving spiritual fulfillment.
Takeaways
- 📜 Kabbalah has a long teaching lineage, tracing back through practitioners like Rabbi Michael Laitman, Rav Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag, and Yehuda Ashlag, the 'Master of the Ladder.'
- 🔍 Authentic Kabbalah focuses on practical, spiritual study, not scholarly theory, and helps seekers grasp deep truths about reality beyond traditional religious interpretations.
- 📚 Kabbalah is often misunderstood or misrepresented in popular culture. Many books on Kabbalah are based on imagination and don't reflect authentic teachings.
- 🔒 Kabbalah was deliberately hidden for centuries due to the inability of people to comprehend its spiritual depth after the destruction of the Second Temple.
- 🌍 Kabbalistic texts use the 'language of branches,' where physical words describe spiritual forces. This makes the texts difficult for untrained readers to interpret correctly.
- 🧠 Kabbalah teaches that physical actions in this world have no effect on the higher, spiritual worlds, and true change only comes from understanding and connecting with these spiritual roots.
- 🛤️ Kabbalah describes a spiritual process involving descent from the upper world into this physical world and offers a path of 125 steps to return to the source of reality.
- ❌ Kabbalah is not mysticism or religion; it is a science of inner transformation and cannot be used for selfish or material purposes, unlike magic or other esoteric practices.
- 📖 The books of Kabbalah, particularly those written by Bala HaSulam, are now available to everyone since 1995 and are designed for those seeking to enter the spiritual world.
- 🌟 The ultimate goal of Kabbalah is to help individuals achieve spiritual perfection, peace, and boundless joy by transcending the limitations of time and space while still living in this world.
Q & A
What is the lineage of teaching in Kabbalah mentioned in the script?
-The teaching lineage starts with Abraham and continues through Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, also known as the 'Master of the Ladder.' This lineage is significant because it ensures the authenticity of Kabbalistic teachings passed from teacher to student.
What is Kabbalah, according to the speaker?
-Kabbalah is described as an ancient, authentic wisdom focused on understanding hidden forces that influence our reality. It is not a religion or mysticism but a science that connects practitioners with spiritual causes, transcending our physical world.
Why is Kabbalah called a 'hidden science'?
-Kabbalah is called a 'hidden science' for three reasons: it was purposely hidden by practitioners for 2,000 years, the books are written in a special 'language of branches,' and it deals with forces beyond our five senses, beyond the physical world.
What is the 'language of branches' mentioned in the script?
-The 'language of branches' refers to the metaphorical language used in Kabbalistic texts. Everyday objects and events like family, land, and wars are used symbolically to describe abstract spiritual forces that exist in higher worlds.
What is the primary focus of Kabbalah's teachings?
-Kabbalah focuses on connecting with the 'upper worlds,' which are the spiritual forces that influence our reality. The teachings guide practitioners in aligning with these forces to understand life's purpose and navigate their spiritual ascent.
How does Kabbalah explain the relationship between our physical world and the spiritual world?
-Kabbalah explains that our physical world is an outcome of spiritual forces from the upper worlds. Our actions in the physical world do not directly affect the spiritual world, but understanding and connecting with spiritual causes can influence outcomes here.
Why did Kabbalah become hidden for 2,000 years?
-Kabbalah became hidden after the destruction of the Second Temple because the souls of that era could no longer understand its teachings. This lack of spiritual sensitivity led to the rise of religions and speculative philosophies, making Kabbalistic wisdom inaccessible.
How does the speaker differentiate Kabbalah from religion and mysticism?
-Kabbalah predates religion and is not related to mysticism. Religion emerged from a disconnection from spiritual truth, and mysticism often deals with manipulating hidden forces, whereas Kabbalah is about personal inner transformation and connecting to higher spiritual forces.
What are the misconceptions about Kabbalah that the speaker addresses?
-The speaker addresses misconceptions that Kabbalah is Jewish mysticism, that it requires being Jewish to study, and that it involves magical practices or amulets. He clarifies that Kabbalah is open to anyone with a sincere desire for spiritual understanding.
What is the role of moral transformation in Kabbalistic study?
-Moral transformation is essential in Kabbalistic study. One cannot connect with the upper worlds or spiritual forces without changing their inner nature. Kabbalah teaches that personal spiritual growth is required to access higher levels of understanding.
What is the goal of studying Kabbalah, according to the speaker?
-The goal of studying Kabbalah is to trace one's spiritual path back to its roots in the upper worlds, reconnecting with the total reality of existence. This journey allows individuals to attain spiritual perfection, tranquility, and transcendence, while still living in the physical world.
Outlines
📜 Introduction to Kabbalah Revealed
In this introductory segment, Tony Kosinec, a student of Rav Michael Laitman, outlines the authentic teachings of Kabbalah. He emphasizes that true Kabbalah is transmitted through a lineage of practitioners, not scholars. Kosinec mentions that the series will cover key concepts of Kabbalah, aimed at giving viewers a practical understanding. He clarifies that while many books claim to explain Kabbalah, most are speculative and miss the true essence of this ancient wisdom, which deals with the hidden forces of the universe.
📚 The Hidden Nature of Kabbalah
Kosinec explains why Kabbalah is called a 'hidden science,' primarily because it has been intentionally concealed by practitioners and uses a special 'language of branches.' This language refers to spiritual forces through metaphorical terms from our world. Kabbalistic texts, such as the Torah, may seem like they are describing worldly events, but in reality, they address higher, spiritual realities. Only those with the right inner qualities and proper teachings can truly understand these texts, as physical actions in this world do not influence the spiritual realm.
🔑 Misconceptions about Kabbalah
Kosinec addresses common misconceptions surrounding Kabbalah. He refutes the idea that it is Jewish mysticism or magic, stating that Kabbalah is a science concerned with inner transformation, not manipulating forces for selfish gain. He also dismisses the notion that one must be Jewish to study Kabbalah, or that one needs prior study in other religious texts. The true requirement is an inner desire to find deeper meaning. He also warns against the commercialization of Kabbalah through objects like red strings and amulets, which he deems idolatry.
🌌 Kabbalah and Spiritual Worlds
In this section, Kosinec introduces the concept of spiritual worlds, explaining how Kabbalah provides answers beyond the limitations of our five senses. He describes a multi-layered structure of reality, with five spiritual worlds leading to our current, disconnected physical state. The purpose of Kabbalah is to guide a person through 125 steps, reconnecting with their spiritual source and ultimately understanding the full scope of reality. This awareness allows one to live in harmony with the forces that govern life.
🚪 The Path to Spiritual Ascension
Kosinec concludes by explaining that Kabbalah teaches a method for spiritual ascension, allowing individuals to retrace their descent from the spiritual world back to their divine source. He emphasizes the importance of recent Kabbalistic writings, especially from Baal HaSulam and his successors, which have made this wisdom more accessible. These texts are designed for people seeking entry into the spiritual world. Kosinec promises that future lessons will explore the key qualities needed for this spiritual journey and how Kabbalah offers a practical path toward understanding life's purpose.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Kabbalah
💡Language of Branches
💡Hidden Science
💡Upper Worlds
💡Descent and Ascent
💡Barrier (Machsom)
💡Spiritual Attainment
💡Teaching Lineage
💡Sensation Beyond Five Senses
💡The Creator
Highlights
Introduction to authentic Kabbalah, focusing on the perspective of practitioners rather than scholars.
Kabbalah is a wisdom that deals with understanding hidden forces and connections beyond the material world.
Kabbalah started with Abraham around 1947-1948 BCE and was openly taught until the destruction of the Second Temple.
The destruction of the Second Temple marked a period where Kabbalah was hidden from the masses, giving rise to religions and other speculative philosophies.
The language of Kabbalistic texts is called the 'language of branches,' which uses worldly terms to describe spiritual forces, not material things.
Kabbalah teaches that no action in this physical world affects the spiritual world. True influence comes from connecting to spiritual roots.
The concept of 'upper worlds' and 'lower worlds,' where the upper world refers to the realm of causes and the lower to the realm of outcomes.
Kabbalah is neither a religion nor mysticism but a science, and its purpose is to connect with spiritual reality through inner transformation.
Misconceptions about Kabbalah, such as it being limited to Jewish practitioners or requiring mastery of preliminary religious texts, are incorrect.
The only requirement to study Kabbalah is a genuine desire to understand the meaning of life.
Since 1995, the teachings of Kabbalah have been opened to the public, and the only qualification for studying is the need for answers.
The idea that Kabbalah leads to madness is a myth; what may seem irrational to others is simply the result of a different level of spiritual awareness.
Kabbalah explains that our current world is disconnected from the total reality, which can be understood by ascending through spiritual levels.
The system of worlds in Kabbalah represents levels of consciousness, where individuals can ascend to their spiritual roots by following a path.
Modern Kabbalistic books, particularly those by Baal HaSulam and his son, are written to guide new students through this process of spiritual ascent.
Transcripts
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hello and welcome to Kabbalah revealed
I'm Tony cosmic I'm a student one of the
students of Roth Michael Lightman who is
the direct disciple of Rev Baruch
Shalom Halevi a Schlag who is the son
and direct disciple of Ravi Hooda a
Schlag vollis alum better known as the
master of the latter who was
acknowledged as the preeminent cop list
of the 20th century I give you those
credentials because there is such a
thing as a teaching lineage within
Kabbalah and what we are going to speak
about is authentic Kabbalah and we're
going to give you a perspective not of
scholars but of practitioners people who
are Kabbalists and in this series you'll
get not only an overview of authentic
Kabbalah
but also the keys the basic concepts the
ways of approaching this wisdom so that
it can open to you because it is a way
of study a way of thinking and a way of
feeling very different from our normal
sense of things and it requires as any
skill does a mastery of the of the
basics and in our series of 20 years so
lessons we will cover all of the ones
that are important for you to know but
let's start with an overview of Kabbalah
because there's a great deal of
confusion about it there's a a lot of
information about Kabbalah out there
there are I think maybe a thousand books
a year are published on the subject and
almost none of them have anything to do
at all with Qabalah they're just some
kind of a mishmash of people's
imaginations of what they think it could
be what it should be their intuition
their imagination and it's not their
fault there's a great longing to know
what Kabbalah actually is because there
is a sensation that it's important that
it's powerful and then it has
a grasp of something that is hidden in
this world it's called a hidden science
for three reasons one it has been
purposely hidden by the practitioners of
Kabbalah themselves by the kabbalists
Kabbalah started four thousand years ago
with Abraham around the Year 1947-1948
before the Common Era and for that
period of time 2,000 years until the
beginning of the Common Era the
destruction of the of the Second Temple
it was not hidden it was it was widely
taught you know the stories of Abraham
sitting in the door of his tent and
welcoming travelers to come and and and
he would show his hospitality well what
he was actually doing was he was feeding
them and he was teaching them about the
wisdom of Kabbalah and the type of souls
that lived at that time in this world
were a little bit more refined than then
the souls that live now and they
understood it more naturally but
something occurred at the beginning of
the Common Era at the destruction of the
temple that made it impossible for
people of that generation and for the
2,000 years that followed to really
understand anything in Kabbalah that's
the point at which religions appeared
that's the point at which speculation
about how this world works what the
universe is what the Creator is and so
on grew up in the imaginations of people
according to a particular principle that
that left to the forefront within the
human being in their development and
this quality within people prevented
them from understanding and so the
Kabbalists hid it so if you don't have
access to something you still have the
books the problem is that it's also
called a hidden wisdom because the books
themselves are written in a very special
language unbeknownst to the people who
were reading them all the books of
Kabbalah are written in a language
called language of branches in which
they use words from our world objects
cup book table
family travels Wars all of these things
that you see in the in the five books of
Moses and all the other Kabbalistic
books but they're not speaking of
anything in this world not a single word
of any Kabbalistic book is referring to
anything in this world it only refers to
the forces above which create and
sustain the things that appear in this
world and so the Kabbalists used a
special language that would indicate
that what they were really speaking
about and only a student who had
attained a certain wisdom would be able
to understand and hear it that way now
you have to understand that the world
that we live in is not a world of causes
it's a world of outcomes
there is nothing that we do in this
world that has any effect whatsoever on
the upper world where where our source
comes from where the things that we see
in this world take their roots no
physical action has any effect on it and
that's why any of the things that we do
in order to solve our problems here in
this world have any effect whatsoever on
their outcome only a connection to the
roots to the causal level of things can
have any effect whatsoever and this is
what Kabbalah deals with our reality as
a whole is structured in such a way that
there is a world that exists above so to
speak in a world that exists below and
the language of branches points to what
exists in the world below it speaks
about this object let's say a family you
read about it in the tour and the tour
appears to be the story of the Jewish
people well a family will move to a
location called a land but the
Kabbalists are not speaking about this
at all they're speaking about the
abstract forces above that actually
create these things and make them occur
and only a Y student can understand
what's really going on here
is the branch level and this is the root
level so unless a person learns how to
read and understand the key to this
language called language of branches
they will continue to see things as they
exist in this world
so as a result of those two aspects of
hiddenness of cibola and because of a
lack of contact with the teaching
lineage and the real methodology people
have still needed to know but they've
had to fantasize they've had to make
concoctions of things and they've gone
according to what they could understand
without a correct teaching and without
the proper inner properties that would
allow them to understand it and so a lot
of myths have grown up now we will deal
with these in a little more detail when
we talk about some of the other basic
concepts of Cibola but just a couple of
the major ones are that that Qabalah is
Jewish mysticism well it is neither a
religion nor is it mysticism Kabbalah
predates religion religion is a
phenomenon of disconnection from the
upper force of speculation and a
misunderstanding of Kabbalah even though
it has a formal similarity with it
because the kabbalists created allaha
they created the books that that we
study and consider to be holy books and
our traditions and so on come from them
but the purpose the meaning of them what
the books are right are actually written
for and what they speak about we are not
very well in touch with these things so
the relationship with Judaism is like
Kabbalah and amnesia now as far as
mysticism goes Kabbalah is a science it
is not a mysticism it's a way of making
a direct connection with things that
seem to us magical and infallible only
because we in our current state of
awareness don't understand how they work
and it's the same as if you brought a
lighter to
to some tribe that lived in on a desert
island that had never seen any
technology at all you would be the god
of fire some mystical creature that can
produce fire out of your hand I mean
it's simply a matter of what is hidden
and what is revealed that that it's
magic well magic implies the using of
hidden upper forces in order to
manipulate people to get what you want
and to cause certain outcomes for your
benefit or against other people and so
on but it's impossible to make any
contact with the upper forces at all
unless a person changes their moral
inner nature the attainment within
Kabbalah is a matter of inner
transformation and it is impossible to
be in contact with the forces without
that so this has simply has nothing to
do with anything except somebody's vivid
imagination
that only a few people are allowed to
study a kabbalah and there are
conditions the conditions being you have
to be Jewish this is not so because the
Kabbalists all along taught people who
were not Jewish by birth some of the
greatest kabbalists in fact were
Gentiles people of other nations uncle
owes Rabbi Akiva the list goes on and
the hid and all kabbalists took students
who were worthy students but not based
on some kind of physical attribute but
on an inner attribute that is called you
could or you hood and we'll explain that
later that you have to have a lot of you
have to master preliminary wisdom damara
Mishnah and so on before you can you can
study Kabbalah well if you don't
understand what's written in in Torah or
or Gomorrah or then you're not going to
understand Kabbalah either so it's not
that you need these preliminary wisdoms
it's that if you cannot find
spirituality in these preliminary
wisdoms you must move to books that talk
directly about spirituality in a way
that they can't be
stakin for things of this world like the
language in which the Torah is written
or the language of stories of gada and
so on and amulets and protection and the
the use of number and letter
manipulations in order to create stuff
and to protect people from evil well
this is the complete and total opposite
of what Kabbalah deals with in fact it's
completely forbidden esc' it's
considered idolatry that one should use
the upper forces for some selfish
personal reason here and besides that
there is nothing to be protected from so
holy water amulets red strings and so on
are our psychological things and they
have absolutely nothing to do with
Kabbalah and finally there's the mixture
of Kabbalah with Eastern religions where
since we didn't know anything we made an
association with Buddhism or with
aspects of Hinduism that deal openly
with with spirituality and that's only
because spirituality from the the books
of of the kabbalists were not open
however that's changed as of 1995 all
books of the of the Kabbalah were open
the only requirement for Kabbalah to be
accepted as a student and to feel and
that you should feel safe and and
comfortable in looking at at Kabbalah
and seeking the thing that you need the
only requirement for becoming a student
of Kabbalah is that you have a need for
it that your answers as to why things
happen and to the meaning of your life
and your role in it if these things
cannot be answered anywhere else that's
the requirement and all the great
cobblers have said so from the time of
the Ariane he said the only requirement
was this desire Roth kook who was
himself a great cop list and even the
the chief rabbi of Jerusalem when he was
asked who can study Kabbalah he said
everyone so it's not so and finally my
favorite is that if you study Kabbalah
you'll go mad
it's my favorite because it's like
everything else it's just the way that
things appear the kinds of interchanges
that a person goes through as a result
of of attainment in Cibola of the
understanding and connection with
reality the pleasure that they get the
source of the pleasure that they get is
very different from a normal way of of
thinking its opposite because it is the
kind of thought that exists in the
spiritual world
so to somebody who has a who has an
opposite goal from spirituality a person
may appear insane but not really so the
third reason that the Kabbalah is called
a hidden science is because it deals
with what is hidden from our five senses
it answers a question that can't be
answered any other way it answers
basically what is the meaning of life
and this is a deep and a severe question
because for a person who has this
question who cannot find the answer in
what their traditions tell them in what
their science tells them in what art and
literature tells them in what psychology
tells them a person who simply cannot be
satisfied with anything but the answer
to this question what is the meaning of
my life this is a person who is ready to
sense beyond the five senses the books
of Kabbalah tell us that we live in the
whole of reality there was a totality of
reality and that's where we actually
exist except that we have no sense of
that we have a completely restricted
sense of what we are and where we are so
much so that we don't know what will
happen in the next moment of our lives
we do not know why things happen when
they happen well
came from where we are and where we're
going there exists a complete and total
reality and this reality is divided and
reduced into a system called worlds by
means of five worlds the complete
reality an unending light becomes
reduced to a brightness by which we can
perceive this first world is called the
world of Adam Kadmon the next world is
absolute the next is Maria then the
world of yet Sarah then Asiya you can
think of these as levels of
consciousness closeness or distance as
it descends from this complete reality
from connection and awareness to it
until finally we reach a disconnecting
point called Maxim or the barrier
these are spiritual worlds and below
this barrier is our world here we have
absolutely no sensation of the spiritual
worlds of the place that we actually
live and where we came from here we have
limited sensations that are called
corporal or physical this complete light
and whole of reality by which if we knew
this and was connected with it we would
be able to direct our destiny we would
stop making mistakes we would understand
the forces that that guide us we would
become connected with them to such a
degree that we would be able to live
life in its fullest and for the benefit
of all life and yet just as Kabbalah
itself has been hidden from us so has
this force this complete reality been
purposely hidden from us reduced through
these levels by a system of 125 steps
into this world
what kabbala is meant for is to allow a
person to trace their steps from descent
into this world back through a hundred
and twenty five steps all the way to our
route in the spiritual world our source
and connection with the total of reality
but in order for us to be able to
achieve that this benevolent force which
we call the Creator has purposely
created a system for us in other words
this map of creation is not the end of
creation it's the halfway point it's a
process by which we descended from our
roots in the spiritual world to the
state that we're in now in order to
fulfill the plan of the creation itself
in order to rejoin this total of reality
all of the books of Kabbalah including
our Torah Mishnah and Gemara speak only
about the states that are found at these
levels both of the reduction as our soul
fell from this complete connection and
of the states that we find on the ascent
back up and the method of Kabbalah is
the means by which a person can begin to
sense and enter the spiritual world
now
in order to do that a person needs to be
taught what their what they are made of
what it is that prevents them from the
entry into this world and how they can
gain a sense of the spiritual again and
this takes a very special very special
material very directly created for the
purpose of allowing a person to enter
the spiritual world so the books of
Kabbalah are written in the language of
branches and they're very difficult for
us to understand it's no wonder that we
have great difficulty being able to use
them on the surface level to learn
anything about how we can enter this
higher reality but the great gift of
Kabbalah is that in our generation since
1995 when the wisdom was opened to the
world as a whole and to those who really
needed special books have been prepared
for us these books were written
commentaries written by Bala Salaam and
by rubbish his his son and his disciple
that for the first time were not written
for people or Kabbalists already in the
spiritual world they were written for
people who wish to enter the spiritual
world they're written in a special
language that allows a person to get a
foothold on the first rung of the ladder
and it's from these books in the lessons
to come that we are going to take our
sources we are going to look at what the
quality is that keeps us out of the
spiritual world what it is that allows
us to enter the spiritual world
and the method revealed in the science
of Kabbalah through the works of Bala
Salaam the wisdom of Kabbalah ba teaches
a practical method of attaining the
upper world and the source of our
existence by realizing our true purpose
in life man attains perfection
tranquility unbounded enjoyment and the
ability to transcend the limits of time
and space while still living in this
world join us next week as we begin this
exciting journey
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