Kabbalists About Freedom Of Choice, Part 9

Dr. Michael LaitmanDear Friends, please ask questions about these passages from the great Kabbalists. The commentaries in brackets are mine.

The Freedom of the Collective and the Freedom of the Individual Are Equal

An individual in a society is like a cogwheel in a machine. And this single wheel has no freedom of movement in and of itself, but continues with the motion of the rest of the wheels in a certain direction, to qualify the machine to perform its general role. And the breakdown is not evaluated relating to the wheel itself, but according to its service and role with respect to the whole machine.
– Baal HaSulam, “Peace in the World

The whole world is considered one collective and one society because each person in the world draws his life’s marrow and his livelihood from all the people in the world, and hence he is coerced to serve and care for the well-being of the whole world.
– Baal HaSulam, “Peace in the World
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Kabbalists About Freedom Of Choice, Part 8
Kabbalists About Freedom Of Choice, Part 7
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