The short answer
That is possible and not new. Jewish mystical and philosophical traditions hold varied accounts of spiritual experience, and rabbis are interpreters, not the only ones. Your experience may not match a given teacher's framework — and that gap is worth exploring, not suppressing.
Why people ask this
People fear their experience is 'wrong'; the tradition is broader than any single teacher's account.
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Jewish perspectives
- Jewish mystical traditions hold a wide range of descriptions of spiritual experience.
- A rabbi's framework is one interpretation among many.
Scholarly & historical context
Jewish spirituality has always had internal variety, from rationalist philosophy to ecstatic Hasidism.
What is agreed upon
Spiritual experience is real and varied.
Where the disagreement begins
Which frameworks best interpret a given experience.
Practical consequences
Find a teacher who can hold your experience without forcing it into a single box.
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