Facing Criticism
For most of the people who did not understand Kabbala, they would think that its followers are foolish. Some would believe to the point that those who practice Kabbalah are often nuts. Because of the mystical beliefs and actions the followers of Kabbalah follow, many people misinterpreted their actions.
Wrong perceptions of people about Kabbalists say that they inflict incredible damage to themselves and consider it to be absurd. The Kabbalah Centre in L.A. is also believed to be just an opportunistic approach to lure the minds of the people to gain financial benefits.
Those who practice the teachings of Kabbalah say that they can grow without ego by limiting reactions and removing their emotions. And for this notion that many people oppose the teachings of Kabbalah, saying that the key to learning is one’s experiences in life; critics would also argue that emotional reaction is a key to learning.
A Kabbalah follower defended this thus saying that one must look at the fact of one’s imperfections. When a goal is not achieved, one must try to achieve it again and forgive oneself in order not to carry any burden. Still, reactions to this idea contradicted to those of the critics. For them, true planning is considered as an ongoing process.
Misleading ideas about the existence of Kabbalah plays in the minds of many people. Rumors about Kabbalah connected to mysticism, magic, tarot cards, and other kinds of misconception draw others to criticize its teachings. Many do not know that Kabbalah is in fact a science, concerned with the study of reality.