One Can Not Walk Alone

Dr. Michael LaitmanIf I stay alone for one moment, without the support of the group, I will immediately fall. By myself I have no grip on spirituality, the Creator, or bestowal. I can either be within my spiritual vessel while I am connected with the others and receive support from them, or outside of it. As soon as I lose their support, I fall.

One cannot advance and achieve something on his own. He won’t be able to keep himself in spirituality even for an instant. If a person thinks that he can advance on his own through reading Kabbalah books, performing some actions, and keep on the spiritual path, then it is self-deception. One will be lying to himself and only hoping in vain for advancement. Without participation and connection with the group, called the mutual guarantee, we have no chance to stay in spirituality even for a moment.

Besides, to be present in the spiritual environment doesn’t mean to be in it physically. What matters is how strongly a person desires this environment to impact him since that testifies to his desire to put himself under the influence of the Upper Force or the Creator. But if a person simply reads Kabbalistic texts in solitude, he will not be under the Creator’s influence because everything one reads passes through his egoistical filter. A person will perceive the book as he understands, feels, and desires to see it!

Thus, I’m under the influence of the Creator only if what I read comes to me through the group. The Creator or the Light “dwells amongst his people,” meaning within the group, the assembly of the souls.

Individually we have no chance for spiritual advancement. We have to understand very clearly that our only instrument to unveiling the Creator is our unity.

From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/6/10, Article, “Concerning the Importance of Society”

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3 Comments

  1. YES I AGREE AND I CAN FEEL THAT IS TRUE,DURING OUR SPIRITUAL GROW WE SOMETIMES FALL BACK AND SOMETIMES GET FURTHER THIS IS HOW I GROW,AND IT IS REALLY VERY SAD TO BE ALONE,I HAVE NO ONE TO SUPPORT ME EXEPT MY PREAYER TO CREATOR…MY QUESTION TO RAV IS HOW DID ABRAHAM RECIVE TORAH…

  2. HOW DID ABRAHAM ADVANCE SPIRITUALLY AND RECEIVE THE LIGHT OF TORAH?

  3. As we are advancing Spiritually and as we have been learning the importance of studying in a group, with a living Teacher, can you point me to find the classes that are being taught in classrooms for women, or for women and men together? I would very much like to view some of these classes on line, and also be present at such classes in person. Are there classes in towns and cities that i could join near-by or in Charlotte, N.C. Thank you.

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