From the book, The Light of the Eyes, Chapter “Yitro” (Jethro): And if, God forbid, Israel had not accepted the Torah, there would have not been a channel to the world at all, for there wouldn’t have been enough for one Tzadik, as in the generations before the giving of the Torah, and the life force would not have descended from the world of Infinity.

And with the absence of the life force, death would have spread… and with the giving of the Torah, death was stopped in the world through the life force, for which there are channels into the world by way of the servants of the Creator through the Torah.

We don’t understand how much the connection that builds the channel from the world of Infinity into our world actually changes the reality in our world from end to end. All the leaders, all the peoples, the armies, and in general, everything would be managed differently. And all this is dependent on that channel that is a very thin line conducting the Light of Infinity to our world.

And specifically we determine that this will happen, everything is found in our hands. We see how the world is descending more and more into an abyss, how it becomes more and more confused, how from day to day hatred between nations increases, especially in regard to the people of Israel.

All of these problems will only continue to increase more and more because the time has come for opening this channel, and we are responsible for it. And without it, as it is written, “Death descends upon the world.”
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From the Preparation for the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/3/14

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Thanks to our forefathers who accepted the Torah at Mount Sinai, we already have the readiness for connection, unification, to the same discovery and the giving of the Torah. Only now, all of this is in a shattered condition; everything fell into impure, egoistic desires, into the desire to receive, into inclinations towards materiality that confuse us and don’t let us concentrate on connection as one person with one heart.

We are not ready to take ourselves out of the exile, out of that swamp in which we are immersed and drowning. But to the degree that we attempt to go out, we gain experience from failures, which is a good thing. For only then is the imperative for the help of the Creator and the desire directed towards Him revealed.

It is impossible to shout from the start. And even though you know from the beginning that everything is organized like this, there is nobody wiser than someone with experience. And only after we reach despair after many failed attempts, and together with this we are always treated by the greatness of the goal, we find ourselves between two extremes, two poles:  in despair in our own abilities and confidence that there is none else beside Him. This is what turns us around and gives us the opportunity for radical changes. He can help us and only awaits our appeal.

So, on one hand, we reach a mountain of hatred. But on the other hand, on the top of the mountain—with our “point in the heart” called Moses (Moshe) because he pulls (Moshechet) us to the Creator—we reach the first contact with the higher power. And then, together with this point called Moses, we receive the method of connection from the higher power and descend below.

And below we are again found in a Shevirah (shattering) and sin with the golden calf. But all this is in order to connect with this point of Bina that received impressions from the Upper Light. Previously it was immersed within the destructive Malchut, within Egypt, and now it must again drown in the desires of the AHP, the Malchut.

From this moment on, we begin to correct this integration but from the point of the healthy Bina. We again go back to the mountain and receive the new tablets of the covenant, ten complete Sefirot, the ten commandments, that are discovered in us; and we begin corrections moving with bestowal for the sake of bestowal beyond the Machsom (barrier) in the world of Yetzira, then in the world of Beria, and so on.

And all of this is with a constant yearning for connection. Part of the way we do without understanding, and after this we already begin to understand and to feel. But all this is revealed solely and only within the connection as one person with one heart. On the way towards this elevated goal, we discover the need for the Creator and all the means for attaining the goal, the final adherence, which is also revealed within the general connection, as it is written: (Kings II 4:13) “I dwell among mine own people.”
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From the Preparation for the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/3/14

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For me, the entire world is divided into what is found within me and what is found outside of me. There is my body that occupies some location, and there is the world around me. For me, the most important thing is myself and everything else is additional, which is also divided into levels of significance according to what is beneficial or harmful to me.

But suppose that I change places between these parts and reach a state in which the external becomes more important to me than myself. With this I am making an internal revolution, an inner reversal of perception that builds a new relationship to reality within me. I begin to have an opposite comprehension of the concepts of time, movement, place, good and evil; everything becomes completely the opposite.

I find myself in a world that is opposite (in an anti-world), meaning the opposite of our present world! It can move in completely different directions: in the past, present, and future without any limitations.

My perception of space is changed; I am no longer tied to a particular place. Physicists talk about the existence of wormholes in the universe that we can enter. We must penetrate into a world that is found beyond matter.

I naturally consider myself as more important than anything that is found outside. But if I can turn this perception around and control it, meaning that I decide for myself what is important for me, then to this degree I become a master over time.

But physics speaks about the bending of space from a theoretical point of view, as it is seen with the help of special equipment but by that same terrestrial person. It is impossible to go beyond the limitations of the physical world this way. They will see the same substance, but with a higher resolution of time, motion, and space.

Whereas the wisdom of Kabbalah speaks about changes in the perception of a person who stops being dependent upon matter. I stand naked and free of matter in the middle of the universe, look through it without any limitations, and see the same place from which the power that caused the Big Bang emerged. This force provided the energy for the creation of the entire vast universe and developed it to that point where I am now.

Whereas I take a look back and want to see this force that was the cause of the Big Bang, and that is specifically what I want to examine. I have nothing to examine within our universe, for this is only the result of that initial force. If I know and become familiar with the origin, then I will also attain its entire result.

But from the results we cannot investigate and study the origin. We see that humanity is not ready for that at this stage of its development, and in general, this is not the way.
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From KabTV’s “A New Life” 4/17/14

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The Midrash Says, Chapter “Shemini”: And then there was the fire of the Shechina. All Jews saw the pillar of fire descending from Heaven, entering the Mishkan, consuming the sacrifices on the altar, and settling there. Seeing this miracle, they fell down and gave praise to the Creator.

Correction of the strongest, most evil and bitter egoism manifests itself as the most powerful Light, as the all-consuming fire. Mutual hatred, repulsion, rivalry, detachment, and negation are replaced by love; however, internally everything remains the same. That’s why when two opposite properties touch, there appears the fire between them.

Moreover, this state becomes permanent and we can never get rid of it. In spirituality nothing ever disappears. When we attain a certain level, we don’t fall from it. We get additional, as yet, unrevealed egoism in which we are submerged. In general, it is not a descent, but rather an ascent along the left line. Therefore it is said, “the pillar of fire settled on the step.”
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 1/15/14

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Preparation for the Lesson

Workshop

Writings of Rabash “Shlavei HaSulam,” Article 11

“The Book of Zohar” — Selected Excerpts, “On the Night of the Bride,” Item 145

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 61

Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Mutual Guarantee,” Item 22

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Our method is meant to bring about a change in every person and not in governments or the upper echelons of power in the state or in the world. The changes from above will lead to nothing; it can only be changed from below.

Our whole development is from the bottom up because we belong to the third stage of development. After the descent of the worlds from the top down and the history of human development in this world, humanity is starting its ascent from the bottom up.

In any case, in any condition, and at any stage, changes always take place from the bottom up. Therefore, we reach the ordinary person and bring about changes in him, and he brings about changes in others by his connection to them. The Upper Light finds a place through which it can bestow. So we continue upward.

I hope to see you confident and happy, and that you know how to approach the public with joy since all the weapons are in your hands and with them you can destroy all the evil in the world.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/8/14, Writings of Baal HaSulam

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Opinion (Olga Lukina, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, Director of the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy and Coaching, Moscow): “In today’s society, the key life values are devalued: the value of work, the value of deep professional knowledge, honesty with oneself, self-esteem, willingness to do good, and responsibility.

“Instead, there are important values of a neurotic society: status, money, superiority in competition, aggressive force.

“Young people are particularly vulnerable. They swallow these ‘values’ without censorship; they have no immunity to them. Striving to meet the expectations of this society, they lose touch with their authentic selves. Only those who have healthy orientations and strong support of the family can withstand.”

My Comment: No doubt, without integral education, the young generation will lose itself completely.
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Question: What is so special about the miracle of the giving of the Torah? After all, there were miracles before that like the miracle of the exodus from Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea?

Answer: We cannot attain these levels by ourselves since we ascend from the bottom up. Just as in our world we cannot ask a child to do something by himself if he doesn’t know how or expect that he should know something that he hasn’t been taught.

First we have to teach and educate a child, then he will be able use this knowledge and perhaps even discover new things, but everything requires preparation. When we come out of Egypt, we have no preparation and can’t do anything. We need the revelation of the Light that will come and take care of us and will provide us with inner discernments. First we need education, training, strength, knowledge, intelligence, and sensing.

Because we have no idea about the upper world, how can we resemble something about which we know nothing? How can we reach something if we have no preparation for it? Therefore, everything that is revealed in the giving of the Torah is given to us as if in advance, so that later we will work on it and attain it by ourselves.

This is how it always happens: First you are given a new state; it is shown to you and then it is taken away so that you will attain it by yourself. This repeats on every level and in every state. It is impossible to require a person to advance by himself. When we ascend from the bottom up we never know the next level. Every upper level is a whole world with regard to the lower level. There are such processes that we cannot even imagine that they exist and cannot know anything about in advance.

It is simply an endless adventure in which every time something new is revealed. It is like reading the same articles, the same sentences, but everything is perceived in a totally different way. Suddenly you see that you have to change all the concepts, to perceive and process them in a totally differ manner. It is on this new basis that you begin to understand what is written differently.

Therefore, it is impossible to ask a person to prepare himself for the receiving of the Torah in advance. We make certain preparations according to our level of understanding, and then whatever has to happen happens.
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From the Preparation for the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/3/14

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Question: Why does it say that “the Creator did not find any people or any language that are capable of receiving the Torah” except for Israel?

Answer: The only vessels, desires, that can receive the Torah are Galgalta ve Eynaim (GE). But it is possible to move forward only with vessels of AHP. Therefore, we advance only by the combination of GE and AHP, and all the preparation is done by the mutual incorporation of the two: Israel in exile with the nations of the world.

Question: Does that mean that only the vessels of GE need to attain mutual guarantee?

Answer: Everyone must attain mutual guarantee, but in his own way. Eventually everyone has to be in the same boat.
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From the 5^th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/5/14, Writings of Rabash

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