Published: February 28, 2018
Originally recorded: December 5, 2017

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Lesson Highlights

• Pain and suffering awaken humanity
• Our consciousness creates reality
• Awareness is the understanding of who we are
• We were created with a desire to receive
• The metaphysical comes before the physical
• Nothing can damage the Soul
• Memories are part of the Soul, not the brain
• Studying spirituality requires that we leave behind everything we know, so we expand our consciousness
• Humanity controls everything through free will
• Nothing is random in life
• We have spiritual tools like Kabbalah that help us have certainty
• Logic belongs to the physical reality; it is related to the body
• Imagination relates to the Soul, to the Spirit
• The physical body has the needs of the animal kingdom
• Animals have no ego and can easily sense energies

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Lesson Description

In Chapter 3, page 16 of The Light of Wisdom, Rav Ashlag explains that the difference between humans and animals is the ability of humans to say no to ourselves, to restrict. Meir Yeshurun explores in depth Rav Ashlag’s teachings, and points out that the more we restrict our reactive and negative behavior, the more we connect to the Light, drawing the energy of love and understanding to the entire creation. Meir also explains that the physical body is limited because it contains the lowest level of the Soul, so constant effort in our spiritual work is needed to affect change in all humanity.  

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About This Course

Rav Ashlag, the founder of The Kabbalah Centre, was a visionary pioneer. He stood in the face of opposition and made it his mission to plead the case of studying this wisdom. Over the past few years more of Rav Ashlag’s writings have been making their way to the Kabbalah Centre. These new writings, which contain Rav Ashlag’s thoughts and explanations on a variety of topics are being brought to the public for the first time in this class. Join Senior Instructor Meir Yeshurun for this in-depth study of one of the most difficult, yet profound Kabbalistic texts and reveals the essence and central focus of our spiritual work.

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