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Pain pushes us forward. Whether
we feel depressed, empty or confused, all bad feelings appear in
order to make us think about their reason and purpose.
In our world, we see only the
outward shell of reality. We do not see what is hidden behind
nature, society, a person or the cosmos, and we cannot control any
of them.
As with embroidery, the links and
threads traversing all the parts of the picture can only be seen on
the reverse side. Likewise, we do not see the connections between
events in our reality; we only see that “something suddenly happened
for some reason.”
How can I know the consequences
of my actions? All of a sudden, I suffer a blow and I do not
understand why it happened or where it came from. “Where did I go
wrong?” “What did I do to deserve this?” And even “What’s the point
of it all?”
Anyone can interpret the reason
for their own pain and the pains of others however they see fit. But
everyone agrees that pain makes us think about its purpose and its
cause, which in the view of Kabbalah, is one and the same.
The science of Kabbalah states
that there is only one reason for all pain—to make us ask about its
meaning. We can then use these questions to raise us from the level
of our earthly existence, where the causes are hidden, to a higher
level of existence, where the reason for the pain is revealed.
The science of Kabbalah grants us
this opportunity: to discover that there is a source to life—the
Upper Light, the Creator—and to attain adhesion with this source.
Such questions about the source of pain, the purpose of suffering,
and the meaning of life bring a person to Kabbalah.
What is Kabbalah?
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What is Kabbalah?
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Why am I looking for
something spiritual?
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What does Kabbalah
teach, and What does studying Kabbalah do for me?
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What is reality?
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Why do I feel bad?
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Why Kabbalah? Why Now?
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Rav Michael Laitman,
PhD answers questions on Kabbalah
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