The Forces of the Klipot

We could have also chosen a picture of darkness for describing the Klipot, but I decided otherwise because I think even in darkness there are very important lessons to learn. Darkness in Kabbalah doesn't necessarily imply something negative. Rather, dry land is regarded as something negative in the Torah because dry land hasn't received water for becoming fertile soil. And so we often read that the rivers have dried up. This means that our vessel now doesn't receive lights from the upper world. Klipot (shells) have a twofold task. One is for punishing the wicked, and the second is that it serves as a kind of safeguard mechanism so that the light cannot fall into the hands of the unworthy. Like a shell can contain the flesh of a fruit, the Klipah serves its intended purpose. Every world in Kabbalah is a kind of Klipah for the world above it. Every world dims the light further until we arrive at the lowest world - our material universe - where the light is nearly utterly concealed. In our world, man normally does not feel the light force at all.

Did you know that even your back pain or sleepless nights can come from those forces called Klipot? We have to do here with forces that are only perceivable at the very edge of material existence. Those forces can make themselves noticeable through humming or ringing ears, through a flickering of the air, or through sudden changes in temperature. Normally only a trained spiritual sense can take notice of them. A normal man only senses them regarding their outcome - meaning the chaos and pain they create in his life. A normal man tends to degrade everything as an effect of mere physical causes. The reason for everything lies in the upper world. On one hand, the Klipot can be the outcome of divine punishment, meaning that we ourselves have sinned and must bear the consequences, or those Klipot can  also be the result of spiritual attacks. Those who are true beacons of light in this world are normally the first ones who become the victims of the attacks of the forces of evil. Too often we can serve the side of darkness without being aware of it. That's why, as we have stated in the last article, we should always scrutinize our own fruits. A spirit of truth won't prophesy falsely. When someone is a true prophet of God, his predictions must come true. Otherwise he is not a prophet of God. False religion is the cause of a lying spirit. That's why the apostle Paul instructed us to test everything (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Only liars are fearing a mind that has the ability to discern between truth and falsehood. When we follow false religion, we begin to exist in a bubble, which consists of mere imagination or fantasy. You can convince yourself of seeing higher beings or angels, and then there are those who really are able to perceive. Those who actually do are normally preferring to stay silent, while those who  do not are busy with proclaiming their false prophecies to everyone.

Someone who truly follows God does not seek the spotlight. When a Kabbalist attains the higher world, one of the first steps he normally undertakes is to detach himself from society so that he can, for now, attain a feeling of the vast world of the Creator. Only later, when he has developed a firm, discerning vessel,  will he return to society to share his light with those ready for it. When someone is attaining the light of God, he normally isn't in need of a teacher anymore, but despite many students preferring to be connected to their masters so that they can navigate them through the upper world. We will  soon learn more about the discernment between fantasy and scriptural fact - lie and truth.