Reliving Ancient Babylon!!!!! laitman.com

Question I recieved: Can we even hope for a better future with the bitter taste of the crisis lingering on our tongue?

My answer: Indeed we find ourselves in a situation that will not end on its own. A process has begun that must bring us to correction. Despite all our attempts to ignore the obvious, we are gradually being shown that there's something in our society which needs correcting. The pressure of the crisis is making us face its cause, the source of the true problem. The crisis is multifaceted, having affected family, education. economy, society, and the individual. Therefore, the solution must be collective, rather than private "fixes" in seperate areas. In truth,,,there is only 1 question facing us today, What is the purpose for whcih Nature has created us? Or, stated differently...What is the meaning of life? If we discover the purpose of our existence, we will be able to understand where are the unfolding processes taking us. Today we are awakened and asking this question as we begin to consider our life thru the prism of the crisis. The sooner we answer this question...the sooner we will rise above our present state. Anyone who hopes that eventually everything will return to the former lifestyle is mistaken. If the crisis recedes temporarily, than its only in order to "reerupt" even worse than before! We were shattered into many pieces by the Light,,,and therefore only the Light can correct the breaking. We must only desire this and feel a need for reunification. The same situation had first emerged in :ancient babylon" Back then a portion of The babylonians ,,who later became the people of israel, understood the need to unite, and for a time they were able to do so, Today humanity must understand that we once again find ouseleves in Babylon. Except now...theres literally nowhere to run from one another. We sought to build a tower reaching to the sky but failed, There is a sign of the crisis ,,,,showing us that the only thing we lack is the realization that there exists an Upper Force that can unite us. In Ancient Babylon , Avraham urged the people to unite, but instead the people decided to disperse . Today dispersion can take the form of protectionism and isolationism ; but on the national and individual levels. If we take that route , we will undergo more suffering until we realize that its not the answer!!!!!!!!

By the way....the definition of Israel means Yashar Kel (straight to god) its not about religeons!!!:)

Upper World

Upper World

The Upper World is not at all a physical place somewhere on the globe. It is rather an inner world of completely new sensations, unattainable to our regular five senses.

When we think about a “world,” the picture that probably pops up in our mind is of some vast physical space filled with all kinds of objects, plants, animals and people. However, the Upper World is sensed through a person’s internality, where one connects to the driving forces behind the reality we perceive through our five senses, called “our world.” And at the highest level of the Upper World, one discovers that all these forces are connected into a single, all-inclusive Upper Force, called “Upper Light.”

Words of this World, Meaning of the Upper World

Even though Moses wrote his book thousands of years ago, the Bible is still the most famous book ever written. It was originally written in Hebrew, and its Hebrew name, “The Torah,” gives us an insight into its true meaning and intent: The word Torah comes from the Hebrew words Ohr—Light, and Hora’a—instruction. Thus, the book is an instruction manual on how to feel the Upper Light, found in the Upper World that Moses had discovered.

But since there are no words in the Upper World, The Torah uses words from this world to describe it. How can our normal words describe the Upper World? Kabbalah explains that the spiritual forces within the Upper World govern everything in our world, and hence, every force in the Upper World is manifested in our world. The forces in the Upper World are called “roots,” and their manifestations in our world are called “branches.” Thus, the language used in The Torah is called “The Language of Branches.”

It works like this: When Moses wanted to describe something in the Upper World, he named it after its branch in our world. For instance, if a spiritual object manifests in our world as a stone, he called that spiritual object “a stone.” So the word, “stone,” did not refer to the stone we see and feel in our world, but to the spiritual root that manifests in our world as a stone.

In the same way, every word of the Bible describes the happenings of the Upper World. And when read this way, the book is used the way the author had intended: as a guide for one who embarks on the journey of spiritual discovery.

When Words Lose Their Meaning

Thousands of years have passed since Moses produced this monumental book, and as time went by, the true Kabbalistic meaning of the Bible was forgotten. Instead of reading it in order to enter the Upper World and feel the Upper Light, many people began thinking that the book talked about our world: about relationships between people, moral teachings, and advice on arranging our mundane matters. Others believed that this book was a historical narrative. Either way, these are all misinterpretations of the text, since it is written in the Language of Branches and deals only with the Upper World.

And yet, there is archaeological evidence that the historical events described in the Bible actually happened in our world. Do Kabbalists maintain that none of these events actually took place in our world? No, just the opposite: They help us see why they all had to happen in our world.

As said above, every object and event in this world is brought about and governed by its root in the spiritual world. Therefore, if a spiritual object exists, it has to manifest in our world as well. That’s why, although the Bible describes only the Upper World, the corresponding events must have taken place in our world as well.

Reading Kabbalah Correctly

The key discernment here is that Kabbalists consider the spiritual objects and events— the roots—infinitely more important than their material consequences. They explain that a Kabbalist with the exceptional spiritual attainment of Moses could not have written a word with the objective of telling us about history or ethics. Rather, his only purpose would be to reveal the Upper World to mankind, to help us feel it the way he did and thus help us attain the highest goal of our existence.

Therefore, the right way to read The Torah is to see that its every word refers to a spiritual force found in the Upper World. Then one begins to gradually connect to these forces and feel them, just as Moses did.

Those who have already developed an ability to feel the Upper World are called “Kabbalists,” and when they read The Torah they don’t envision historical events or moral teachings. Instead, they clearly sense how spiritual forces govern us and everything around us, and how everything unites in the infinite, perfect Upper Light.

Sensing The Upper Roots Through Their Branches

The science of Kabbalah utilizes a special language called “the language of branches.” If in all our feelings, thoughts, and properties our intention remains “for our own sake,” we sense only the reality of this world. Even the words of the Torah signify to us something that is happening in this material world.

But if we keep the intention “for the sake of bestowal,” each word of the Torah naturally transforms within us into descriptions of spiritual roots and forces. It becomes clear to us that the Torah isn’t saying a word about material objects (like herd, Leah, Rachel, Jacob, and so on) or their physical actions. Rather, it is all about the forces (desires and the Light) with which we sense and interact.

We feel this very clearly without any doubts since the upper sensations and thoughts are much stronger than lower ones. That is why when we read the Torah it never occurs to us that it describes this material world. We perceive everything to the degree of our inner level of correction.

At this point in time, we sense only the lower material world. That is why everything we read or hear about triggers images of this world like sheep, a well, women, men, and various actions that we are familiar with and that are part of this world.

Our efforts while reading The Zohar have to include the following thoughts:

1. The Zohar talks exclusively about the measures of connection among us;

2. We aspire to differentiate between the spiritual forces (desires to bestow) within ourselves, which are named using the words of this world.

We have to imagine them and try to search for them as a little child who tries to grasp the rules of a new game that allows him to grow. By doing so, we rise from the branches of this reality to the roots of the Upper World. Step by step, we try to distinguish the Upper roots; these efforts develop us like children.

That’s why we don’t merely listen to the sound of the words while reading The Zohar.Rather, as Baal HaSulam writes in Introduction to the Study of thr Ten Sefirot, Item 155, “Although they do not understand what they are learning, through the yearning and the great desire to understand what they are learning, they awaken upon themselves the Lights that surround their souls.”

The effort we make brings us understanding and attracts the Light that Reforms which corrects us. Within our corrected desires we begin to understand and sense what The Zohar is telling us.