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 There is no randomness in the world.
 Some question  (http://kabbalah-web.org/vcrm/wwwboard3/answers/432.html)


Posted by Ron on September 03, 2000 at 11:34:24:

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   I did a search on Kabbalah a few days ago and discovered your web site, I have spent some time reading through it. It gave me a clear understanding as to what Kabbalah is about. It prompted some questions:
 1. Chaos theory Although mechanics and quantum physics tell us a great deal about the way isolated bodies react, they are not effective once we start to analyse  complex systems containing millions of bodies, particles, etc. In these   cases we have to use an empirical and statistical approach. The same  to apply to human societies, which apparently reflect the average of all  the individual components. Thus a "good" society will contain evil
individuals within it. A higher law of randomness seems to prevail.
    Meteorology can tell us with some certainty what the weather will be like  over the next 12 hours, and with less certainty as to what will happen  a 24 hour period, beyond that it starts to be conjecture. It is  impossible to say which one of the myriad air currents will prevail at any one time  and will cause a certain weather type to materialize. Trying to predict   how human societies will react is in the realm of total conjecture; we do
know that from time to time individuals arise who profoundly affect the   development of a society. It seems impossible a priori to predict which  individuals will become influential, and how their influence will make
itself felt on society as a whole.
   This randomness, or chaos, is apparently a reality of the universe. My  question is: do the Kabbalists who have reached the highest levels have  anything to say on this topic?
    My second question is a corollary to the first: do Kabbalists wish to use  their knowledge and abilities to influence the direction of human affairs?
    For example: if the numbers of people who study and practice Kabbalah were   to increase by several orders of magnitude, would this begin to impact  society as a whole? To amplify this: if as many as 10% of the population
had experienced what you refer to as upper world reality, would this have  an effect upon how human society would conduct itself?
Ron

 

Dear Ron!
   There is no randomness in the world. Everything that happens is a must and there are no alternatives. Furthermore, it always happens for the best! The world is made of but two things: a light and a vessel for the light. The whole course of evolvement (evolution) is built through cause and effect allowing no room for chance. The development of the world is designed so that each new degree (form) in the universe is both coarser than its predecessor, yet at the same time closer to accomplishing the purpose of creation. If so than it's great to be a kabbalist because then you know the future right?
     Wrong! Cabalists don't know the future. Their spiritual work is not to get control over theirs or other people's lives, but rather to whole heartedly accept the way the creator is taking us on. It is called faith beyond reason. It is the one tool kabbalists use to elevate their spirit in the upper realms. Faith beyond reason is a faith that is developed through tremendous efforts and can only arise at the point where reason has given up. But in order for it to become a real tool we must first work our reason to the bone leaving not one stone unturned. That process reveals to us, bit by bit, that reason is nothing but an instrument in our hands, to be manipulated by our will to receive (our selfish ego).
     When one wants to become a giver instead of the taker that one is at the moment, one must learn to be aware of one's reason, and at the same time to able to put it aside in order to follow a higher reason, as wrong as that reason might appear at the moment (and it usually appears to be very wrong). One must believe that that reason is correct and not one's own. And so you see Ron that it's not about predicting the future, it's about accepting it. Chaim Ratz, admin.

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