Question: How should a person involved in integral upbringing of the world look in order to be attractive to all?

Answer: A person involved in integral upbringing should express confidence that he has found a stable point in his life. This is precisely what everyone is lacking today. Indeed, the most stable point in life can only be in a person who exists at the center of all interactions, who is tied with everyone through the correct integral connection: with family, society, the environment, business, and nature. The public has to perceive him as stable, comfortable, free, and friendly. After all, he doesn’t have any problems and he doesn’t have to constantly protect himself, to be on guard, or to fence himself away from any person.

He has to radiate well-wishing confidence and friendliness precisely because inside he is whole. He is calm and stable; he is just the way children want to see their father. In this case, he will be a magnet for people. Then they will be asking themselves, “How can I achieve such a state where I feel absolute comfort?” This is because inner balance and calm attract people.
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From the “Talk on Integral Upbringing” 1/20/13

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Question: On one hand, it is written: “There is none else besides Him,” but on the other, a person wonders: “If there is none else besides the Creator, if everything depends on Him, then what can I do?…”

Answer: “There is none else besides Him” means that everything comes from the Creator so that I reveal it for real and stay with Him in adhesion. He leaves me space to do my work, He does not block me from every angle, but rather gives me an opportunity to become like Him.

But in every other regard, it is true that “there is none else besides Him.” I should not think that there is anyone else near me. Seeing the multitude of factors that influence me, I must understand that essentially, all these factors are just He alone.

Sometimes I feel positivity coming from Him, and sometimes negativity; besides, these pluses and minuses can take various forms. But at the end I tell myself: “No, He is always one big positive, and He only influences me through pluses of various kinds. Meanwhile, I sometimes perceive them as pluses and sometimes as minuses. Thus, I must change myself so everything would become a plus to me.” Then, He and I will be equal, and this state will be called adhesion.

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Preparation to the Lesson

Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Igrot,” Letter 24

The Book of Zohar – Selected Excerpt, Parashat “Shlah Leha,” Item 252, Lesson 24

Talmud Eser Sefirot, Vol 3, Part 9, Question 159, Lesson 34

“A Speech for the Completion of The Zohar” (Line: “Analysis,” Starting with: “And since The Zohar appeared,”) Lesson 8

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