English Speakers - Meeting #2

Summary of last week

- Sunday noon: Live Course from Israel

- Tuesday Evening: Course in English

Nature

Nature is an interconnected system

Some of the laws are known, some are yet to be revealed

Part of the system is revealed, and part is still concealed.

Humans are not above nature, but are part of a massive and complex system, and are connected to it by countless invisible connections

An imbalance between receiving and giving in human relationships causes imbalance with global nature.

The lack of balance require a correction

Since there is no difference whatsoever in the observance of the laws of Nature, as I have already proven, it is therefore better for us to reach common ground and accept the words of the Kabbalists, that “Nature” (הטבע) has the same numerical value (guematria) as “God” (אלהים), namely eighty-six.

Thus, I can call the “laws of God” the “commandments of Nature,” or vice versa—the “commandments of God” the “laws of Nature.” For it is one and the same, and we need not waste many words on an empty matter.

From now on, it is very important for us to look closely at the commandments of Nature, to know what it demands of us.

Baal HaSulam - The Peace

Characteristics of the will to receive

• Our desires are growing all the time.
• Fillings, which are achieved by much effort, are felt for a short time and disappear.
• When the filling is gone - it leaves us with a greater emptiness.
• As a pleasure increases in quality, the filling lasts longer.
• Desires are not under the control of the person.
• Desires are strongly influenced/controlled by the environment.
• Desires cannot be cancelled - it is possible to reduce them through sufferings.
• Egoism = a person’s pleasures come at the expense of others.
• Desire as substance is neutral.
• The ego = a natural hate (unfounded) for others, one will always prefer fulfilment for one’s own self over the fulfilment of others, and usually this will happen at the expense of others.

Lesson 2 Summary

“The Essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah”

• The Thought of Creation and its purpose
• Coincidence or design — is there a guiding system behind reality?
• Introduction to authentic Kabbalah sources

“This wisdom is no more and no less than a sequence of roots that hang down by way of cause and consequence, following fixed, determined laws that interweave into a single, exalted goal described as “the revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world.””

- Baal HaSulam. "The Essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah"

Kabbalistic Glossary

Point in the Heart – The desire to uncover spirituality, which arises within a person. 
In the Wisdom of Kabbalah, the "heart" represents all of a person’s corporeal desires, while the "point in the heart" signifies a new desire to reveal the purpose of life.

• Wisdom of Kabbalah – A method for revealing the Creator to the created in this world.
• Creator – From the Hebrew word Bo’Reh, meaning “come and see”; the general force of nature, the will to bestow.
• Kli (Hebrew: vessel) – A desire, creature, or the will to receive.
• World (Hebrew: Olam) – Derived from Ha’alama, meaning "concealment”.

NEXT LESSON TOPIC

Lesson 3 — Nov 23, 2025

The Three-Axis Mode

• The structured process of creation according to the wisdom of Kabbalah.
• The evolution of human desire throughout history.
• “The advantage of light over darkness” — its meaning and the spiritual law it reveals.
• How we begin to sense and enter the spiritual world.

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