Dear readers,

I am happy to announce that a new English-language show is about to be aired on www.kab.tv/eng called, “Ask the Kabbalist,” where I will be answering questions from people in the English speaking world. Questions that have been asked in the past include:

Does money have a spiritual meaning? Why does love end up hurting us? Should we be “buddies” with our kids? How do you cope with anger? Do we have to love bad people? What will the world be like in 10,000 years? Does the soul have memory? Why did my business go bankrupt? What does the soul feel when it’s not in the body? How can we teach a child to be “a human being”?

But it’s more than just questions and answers, because people aren’t asking questions out of mere curiosity. Rather, they want to find out more about the things they hold most dear, to understand the things that are most important to them. Every question contains a small part of the world, and when I answer it, I guide that part toward its place in the context of our entire life. Thus, gradually, through your own examples, you’ll begin to see the general picture – the one great whole.

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I invite you to send me questions about anything that interests you through this blog. US residents can also ask questions over the phone at 1-800-540-3234 (select option 3 and leave a message for the show). Hopefully, we will soon provide a phone number for residents of other countries to ask questions as well.

Further details about the show will be provided here as soon as possible, so stay tuned!

(The pictures shown above are of the Hebrew version of the “Ask the Kabbalist” show)

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A question I received: Why is the Creator leading the world to an irrevocable state that it cannot cope with?

My Answer: The recognition of evil has to come precisely from this state. Man will not be able to leave his present state and will consider it normal until he starts receiving “blows” that he can no longer cope with inside his egoism. He will then realize this and cry out, “Enough!”

You see how people keep throwing their money into the furnace of banks and funds, as if they’re not thinking at all. The money keeps disappearing, but the charade keeps going on and on.

So, nothing will help except the correction of society itself. But exactly should be corrected? We have to correct the global connection between us, and this connection must include all of humanity. Unless we do this, no other means will be effective.

There may occasionally be moments of respite, and minor fluctuations when things will get better or worse. At some point it may even appear as if the crisis is over. These alternating processes are necessary for people to become more aware, since man is a creature of inertia. Therefore, we may even experience a period of tranquility for a year or two, when everything will settle down as though the crisis has passed.

However, the trend will remain the same, because we’ve already entered a global state where the whole world is globally interconnected. Therefore, the blows will keep coming because of our incorrect relationships with each other.

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A question I received: Many phenomena in the world change from one extreme to another: from light to dark, cold to hot, life to death, minus to plus, motion to rest, and so on. Isn’t there another method of spiritual development besides including all the opposites in ourselves?

My answer: The Creator is the feeling of one quality: bestowal, love. However, since we are the created beings, we can only feel something on the background of something else, or in comparison with it.

Pleasure inside the desire is the Light of the Creator inside of you. This constitutes the whole of creation. Therefore, as a result of our development, we must come to incorporate the entire desire – the Kli of the World of Infinity, and the entire fulfillment – the Light of the World of Infinity, the Creator.

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In the News (from BBC News): The Group of 20 of the world’s most powerful countries meets in London for a one-day summit on April 2nd. The G20 aims to boost confidence that global leaders are united in tackling the world economic crisis. But even with these so-called “automatic stabilizers,” IMF figures suggest that by 2010, there will only be a weak global stimulus. The world’s poorest countries are likely to be hard-hit by the downturn. At least $50bn more is needed for sub-Saharan Africa to escape the worst effects of the crisis.

In the News (from Reuters): “Who wants what from the G20?”

China – Demands more IMF voting rights and firmer international financial regulation; last week it floated the idea of a new global reserve currency based on IMF special drawing rights, but this drew a cool response.

Mexico – Wants the G20 to strengthen international financial organizations and bolster their support for emerging economies, and to coordinate fiscal measures against the global crisis.

Russia – Wants reform of IMF and World Bank; more say – and more voting power – for emerging economies.

Basic infrastructure is collapsing in Africa and from the entire African continent, only the Republic of South Africa was invited to the G20.

My comment: If only they would:

1. Create a single anti-crisis center, responsible for the global distribution of goods and services necessary for existence

2. Have this center manage all of the world’s monetary, human, natural, and commercial resources

3. Make every country in the world stop blaming one another

4. Force countries to stop the arms race and begin the abolition of the weapons industry

5. Immediately begin a global education using all the media channels

6. Stop any kind of direct or indirect propaganda and coercion in the mass media

7. Give the wide masses a clear explanation of the acceptable, mutual methods for coming out of the crisis

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