The Creator | Basic Concepts in Kabbalah

Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi discuss the kabbalistic concept of "the Creator" in the 5th episode of "Basic Concepts in Kabbalah." What does it mean that the Creator is everything? What does the composite Hebrew word for the Creator—"Boreh" (come and see)—imply? What limits our ability to discover the Creator? What are the qualities of the Creator? Does the Creator want or feel something? What does it mean that the Creator is “good and benevolent”? How can we attain the Creator? What does it mean that we can become the representatives of the Creator in this world? How can we become “like the Creator”? How should we understand how the Torah speaks about the Creator? What is the “language of people”? Why are there so many different concepts about the Creator in the world? Do we have to believe in the Creator to study Kabbalah? How does Kabbalah differ from religions and faith systems? People feel a deep yearning for connection with the Creator which is most apparent in difficult situations. This yearning originates from the Creator Himself. Moreover, there is nothing more than the Creator, as it is written, “There is none else besides Him.” There is no man, no nothing, only the Creator. Even that is hard to say that “the Creator exists.” If He exists this already indicates some kind of restriction or limitation. The Creator is everything. Kabbalah uses the concept of the Creator more than the concept of God. God, Elokim, is a limited name. However, it is difficult to express why there are so many names for this force or quality. “Elokim”, “Adni”, the “72 names” and so on, are different aspects that people who attain this the Creator's existence and actions reveal. They want to express what they reveal in some way. For people who are limited, this is what they need. It follows that we need to somehow say something about Him and think about Him. In our limited minds and through our distorted emotions we need to somehow talk about this concept that includes everything while we cannot. So people try to express it in different ways, but in truth, there is nothing to say: Besides the Creator, there is nothing. The Creator has no name, and there are no words to describe Him. He has no shape or image. He is unlimited by time or space. The Creator is everything above all limitations of time, space, or anything. In Hebrew, the name “Creator," which is "Boreh," comes from two words, "Bo" (come) and "Reh" (see). Rabash also describes that we can look at the Creator as a melody that we need to tune ourselves to. We could say that you do not need any tuning. If you want to hear this melody you will and if you do not, you won’t hear anything. On the other hand, it is not enough to simply want it. At the same time, you also need to be directed correctly. If the Creator fulfills everything through infinite frequencies, sounds, and shapes you need to be ready to perceive Him because the Creator by the connection with you wants to develop you. This is in order for you to grow and develop and open your senses to feel and understand Him in the entire intensity which is Him. We can prepare ourselves for perceiving Him by opening ourselves and our senses in an unlimited way. And this “unlimited” for us means that we come out of the limited ego that restricts us. This ego pushes us into a narrow place where we scrutinize and choose everything only according to what is good or bad for ourselves and to what measure. We can’t come close to the Creator with that kind of approach because He is above that. But we are built in this limited way. We are created in this limited way so precisely through coming out of the limitations the Creator gave us initially on purpose—as it is written, “I have created the evil inclination”—we can build and change ourselves with the help and guidance of the Creator, It is the Creator who performs all the actions but our participation is needed in this process. Then we can sense what the Creator prepared for us and what we can achieve. Without this process—starting from the limited state and changing, developing ourselves with the help of the Creator—we cannot attain “Godliness,” the concept of the Creator, because we are not in the same realm where this force acts. Learn more about how the wisdom of Kabbalah defines the Creator in this episode of "Basic Concepts in Kabbalah" with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. — ►Take the Free KabU Course to Find True Answers About Life: http://bit.ly/bck-KabU-Kabbalah This course is a journey into understanding life. ►Subscribe to the Kabbalahinfo YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToKabbalahinfoYT — Follow Kabbalah.info: Official Website ► https://www.kabbalah.info Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/kabbalahinfo Twitter ► https://www.twitter.com/kabbalahinfo Instagram ► https://instagram.com/kabbalah.info Pinterest ► https://www.pinterest.com/kabbalahedu Tumblr ► https://kabbalahedu.tumblr.com #kabbalahinfo