How does a Kabbalistic prayer differ from a religious one?
Kabbalah fundamentally differs from all other methods and from everything there is in our world. In short, Kabbalah is one thing, and everything else another.
What is the difference then? It is in the fact that Kabbalah is based on changing a person himself rather than something outside of him, his surroundings; neither is it built on asking some โdear Godโ to start treating me better or to change other peopleโs attitude toward me. I do not ask Him to change my state of health or fate, nothing of the sort. I ask Him to transform my egoism, only that!
The entire method of Kabbalah is arranged so that a person can transform oneself. On the other hand, all other methods and religions are founded on the idea that the Creator should change His attitude to a person: I ask Him to be more merciful and kind to me while I bribe Him.
Kabbalah doesnโt allow anything of the sort. In connection to the Creator, I am like man that changes in the face of the Absolute. And this Absolute is unchangeable. If the Creator is a primordial cause, the beginning of all, and if He is absolutely good, absolute, eternal, and perfect, then He cannot change. Only that which is imperfect can change. He cannot change.
Therefore, all changes occur solely in man. In other words, depending on my strengths, internal states, and properties, I feel more or less comfortable. But it is just me because I can change. The Creator never changes; He is a constant, omnipotent force of Nature.
Accordingly, all the prayers Kabbalah describes constitute manโs plea to be transformed. Who does one address these to, a wall? If the Creator is constant, eternal, and complete, then He doesnโt react to you in any way.
However, when you appeal to Him, you become different and receive a different response because you increase your sensitivity while doing so. You are still present in the same constant field regarded as the โCreator,โ in the same constant force. Yet you are praying while wishing to change, and as a result, this field affects you with greater intensity. This is what we call a โprayer.โ
The word โto prayโ in Hebrew (๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ญ) means self-imposed judgment. โTo prayโ means to judge, evaluate, and rebuke oneself. It isnโt an appeal to someone, in order to be shown mercy or favored. No, it is self re-evaluation. This is what a prayer is.
Hence, although religions use the same word, in Kabbalah it has an opposite meaning, much like everything else.
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๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ
How does a Kabbalistic prayer differ from a religious one?
Kabbalah fundamentally differs from all other methods and from everything there is in our world. In short, Kabbalah is one thing, and everything else another.
What is the difference then? It is in the fact that Kabbalah is based on changing a person himself rather than something outside of him, his surroundings; neither is it built on asking some โdear Godโ to start treating me better or to change other peopleโs attitude toward me. I do not ask Him to change my state of health or fate, nothing of the sort. I ask Him to transform my egoism, only that!
The entire method of Kabbalah is arranged so that a person can transform oneself. On the other hand, all other methods and religions are founded on the idea that the Creator should change His attitude to a person: I ask Him to be more merciful and kind to me while I bribe Him.
Kabbalah doesnโt allow anything of the sort. In connection to the Creator, I am like man that changes in the face of the Absolute. And this Absolute is unchangeable. If the Creator is a primordial cause, the beginning of all, and if He is absolutely good, absolute, eternal, and perfect, then He cannot change. Only that which is imperfect can change. He cannot change.
Therefore, all changes occur solely in man. In other words, depending on my strengths, internal states, and properties, I feel more or less comfortable. But it is just me because I can change. The Creator never changes; He is a constant, omnipotent force of Nature.
Accordingly, all the prayers Kabbalah describes constitute manโs plea to be transformed. Who does one address these to, a wall? If the Creator is constant, eternal, and complete, then He doesnโt react to you in any way.
However, when you appeal to Him, you become different and receive a different response because you increase your sensitivity while doing so. You are still present in the same constant field regarded as the โCreator,โ in the same constant force. Yet you are praying while wishing to change, and as a result, this field affects you with greater intensity. This is what we call a โprayer.โ
The word โto prayโ in Hebrew (๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ญ) means self-imposed judgment. โTo prayโ means to judge, evaluate, and rebuke oneself. It isnโt an appeal to someone, in order to be shown mercy or favored. No, it is self re-evaluation. This is what a prayer is.
Hence, although religions use the same word, in Kabbalah it has an opposite meaning, much like everything else.
๐ง๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ต, ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐จ
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