New Life 943 – History In The Light Of The Wisdom Of Kabbalah

New Life 943 – History In The Light Of The Wisdom Of Kabbalah
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Yael Leshed-Harel

Historical development occurs according to five stages that repeat themselves at different levels.

You can look at the history of the human race as a person whose life (or egoism) has evolved over the generations. The human ego has developed through the Stone, Copper, Iron and, now, Plastic Ages. Today, we face a state of despair as we are on the cusp of a new level of spiritual existence. Since God was revealed to man for the first time 5,778 years ago, the human race has been in the process of becoming a spiritual creature in consciousness and feeling. We are about to acquire new forces such as the ability to feel things with the desire to love rather than the desire to receive.
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From the KabTV’s “New Life 943 – History In The Light Of The Wisdom Of Kabbalah,” 1/7/18

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 2/18/18

Preparation for the Lesson

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Writings of Rabash, “Concerning Above Reason”  

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My Thoughts On Twitter, 2/17/18

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Israel’s Channel 9 is currently working on a documentary film that will present Bnei Baruch’s activity over the past 20 years, and the World #Kabbalah #Convention that is taking place this week in Tel Aviv. Here are some photos from the shoot.

From Twitter, 2/17/18

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Discovering The Field Of The Creator

laitman_934Question: How do we come to the sensation of communication in the circle without words?

Answer: We exist in a field, a space, called “The Creator.” In order for us to feel it, we must create similar qualities inside ourselves: bestowal, connection, love, and emanation. We have no such qualities. We are created opposite to the field of the Creator, in egoism—reception, neglecting others, distancing ourselves from them, and so forth.

It is done this way so that we ourselves would create qualities similar to the upper field, which are achieved in the correct connections between us. That is why we try to unite among each other inside states based in our egoism, where we deny and keep distance from each other.

We are purposely created as egoists so that, despite it, we would rise above it and create the conditions in ourselves that would let the field fill us, and we would be able to catch it in the newly created sensory organ called “mutual connection.”

If we meet this condition, we will discover the upper force, the Creator, His program, His force, and His plans for us and everyone else. It will become clear how to act better, and what to do. We will find ourselves inside this field in the state of eternity and perfection.

In order to attain the qualities of the upper field and begin sensing it according to the law of similarity of form, we must create close contact. Therefore, all our training is aimed at bringing us to a state where we rise above our egoism.

We don’t destroy our egoism. Despite it, we connect.

It is a very difficult and long practice, but today it is available to everyone. Anyone who is interested can master it. A person can then discover the upper force that fills our world. He will know how and why everything happens to him and others. His eyes will be opened to everything happening in this world, life, and everything outside of it.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 10/22/17

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Past And Present

721.03Question: Why can’t we communicate directly with the Creator? Why do we need an intermediary, like a teacher?

Answer: It is not an intermediary. It is your previous state. The fact is, creation is a shattered system, which starts to correct itself like links in a continuous chain from the least, almost undamaged elements, to the more complex.

An element that went before always passes all of its knowledge, all it has accumulated, all of its connections, to the next element. And because we are links in this chain, we are always connected to our teachers and then become teachers for the next generation.

Question: If the teacher is my previous state, then who is my future state?

Answer: The future state is you until you advance spiritually. And then it is your students, those who must continue the correction after you, moving through the levels of this broken system. They either find you during your lifetime or in some way connect with you spiritually after death.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian, 10/1/17

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New Life 942 – How To Treat The Past

New Life 942 – How To Treat The Past
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Yael Leshed-Harel

The human being’s roots depend not on his relatives but on the root of his soul. In contrast to animals, which have no interest in their roots, people are intrigued about their relatives even though attitudes passed from parents to children can take on an opposite shape or expression. It is worthwhile to learn from the past and direct oneself to a higher goal, but not be immersed in it since it is already dead. The best remedy for a person who has lived a difficult life is to find a higher purpose that will illuminate to him and start a new life.
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From the KabTV’s “New Life 942 – How To Treat The Past,” 1/7/18

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My Thoughts On Twitter, 2/16/18

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Psalm_62 For God waits in silence my soul only; from Him is my #salvation. Only He is my rock & salvation. How long will they assail me? They bless with mouth but inwardly they curse. My soul, wait for GOD only, hope is in Him. Pour your heart out to Him! You, Lord, are refuge

Psalm_61. Hear, O God, my cry, heed my prayer! From the end of the earth I call to You, in my faint heart lead me to the high rock. I will dwell in Your tent forever, take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. So I will sing #praise to Thy name forever, paying my vows day by day.

Psalm 97.The #Lord is King! The Heavens declare His justice. Be ashamed, idol worshipers. Loving the LORD, hate evil! He saves the souls of the godly from the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous, gladness for the upright in heart. Be glad, righteous ones, exalt His holy name

#Psalm_96. Sing to the Lord a new song. Tell of His wonders among nations. Glory and majesty before Him, strength and beauty in His sanctuary. Let heavens and earth rejoice, all trees will sing. Before GOD, for He is coming to judge the earth with justice, and people -with truth.

Psalm_60 GOD, You rejected us, You crushed us in anger. Restore us! So Your beloved may be delivered. Have You forsaken us and do not go forth with our armies, O God? Give us help against enemies, for man’s help is vain. In God we’ll be strengthened, He will tread on our enemies.

From Twitter, 2/16/18

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My Thoughts On Twitter, 2/15/18

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The way towards a less violent in America goes beyond laws and regulations. America must read the writing on the wall and initiate a massive socio-educational endeavor to infuse its culture with new examples, norms and values.
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#Israel is building a legal defense network against Western pro-Palestinian organizations & BDS, who aim to delegitimize Israel as a state. #Kabbalah: if we don’t show the world an example of unity, we will turn the whole world against us, and they will scatter us.

#Crisis_solution #Fake news leads to apathy to reality, inability to tell truth from fiction, the notion of “fact” disappears, anyone can simulate any event. Thus, our #world exposes itself, forcing us to create the upper world between us—above the #ego’s lies.

#Automation will force us to implement #UBI (universal basic income). But UBI brings #inequality, irresponsibility, passivity? negates meaning of life? UBI is inevitable! But we must also implement universal mandatory education of the people!

Without a human environment, a child would grow up to be an animal. but because he has the desire to absorb the environment, it builds his world for him. Thus, to reveal the upper world we need an environment of Kabbalists that would shape in us the ability to see the upper world

The upper world is revealed only in the integration of desires of different ppl. That is why forming a group is so important, for one alone cannot attain even the 1st spiritual degree. Hence, “love your friend” is a Kabbalistic directive to reveal the upper world & the #Creator.

Everyone has 1 spiritual spark. But by uniting it with 9 sparks of the friends, one receives the strength sufficient to reveal the #spiritual world. And so everyone in the group, having 1 spark, attaches the 9 sparks and acquires the desire, force to reveal the spiritual world.

#Reality_ML When coming to study #Kabbalah, man is ready to learn the mystical upper forces, angels, spirits–to reveal the supernatural realm. And he has no idea that the revelation of the Creator/Upper World happens not mystically, but in the special bond btwn Kabbalists.

#Reality_ML The #Zohar describes our (current, egoistic) state as sleeping, with our eyes turned inward. Indeed, we only see and care about what’s happening in us, in the desire to enjoy. But #Kabbalah allows us to see what’s happening outside of us—the Upper World.

#Love is allowing another to integrate in you without any calculations/restrictions. And then we form a common spiritual vessel in which we both sense the upper world & force above this material world. After that, the material body can die, but we’re already alive! #ValentinesDay

Thus, the redemption of #Israel and its greatness depends only on the study of Kabbalah. And the fall of Israel happens only as a result of degrading #Kabbalah. #Jewish

Bolstering the external part of the world (nations of the world) results in the destruction of the Jews, who are deemed redundant in the world. All the horrific destructions and killings take place, to which our generation was witness! #Jews

If a Jew lowers the importance of #Kabbalah which is about the soul’s correction, relative to the external Torah which is only about mechanical observance, he degrades the inner part of the world (Israel) & bolsters the external part–the nations that will degrade the #Jews

Those who practice the inner Torah, Kabbalah, elevate the #soul, raising the people of #Israel, and the nations of the world recognize Israel’s merit. But if they practice only the external Torah, the opposite happens. #Jewish

#Humanity is divided into internal (Israel) and external (nations). #Israel is divided into Kabbalists and the rest. The nations are divided into the righteous and the harmful ones.

Past generations were correcting the ego with the revealed #Torah, i.e. fulfilling the commandments in practice, and our generation can correct its mature ego with the concealed Torah, i.e. by studying #Kabbalah.
Our generation is the most #egoistic, and that is precisely why it is capable of comprehending the necessity of correction.

Ego’s correction takes place over 6000 years, from Adam, i.e. 5788 years ago. The method of correction is described by Rashbi (2C BE), ARI (16C). In 20th century, Baal HaSulam wrote commentaries on their works, making #Kabbalah suitable for practical correction of man’s #ego.

Baal HaSulam Preface to The Book of #Zohar: The method of world’s correction comes down to correction of ego, man’s evil nature. The Creator is revealed in the corrected ego. The method of ego’s correction & Creator’s revelation is called #Kabbalah (article numeration ahead)

#Love is a strictly Kabbalistic notion. It means to accept another’s desires as your own, and fulfill them up to their total inclusion into one common desire. This is possible only if they both integrate with the Creator. So, “love your friend as yourself” is only possible here!

If a Jew studies the internal part of the Torah, #Kabbalah, he causes the elevation of the internal part of the world, Israel, over the external part of the world–and the nations recognize Israel’s #spirituality,

Psalm_95 Let us bow before our Maker. For He is our GOD & we are His people. O if you would heed His voice! For forty years I loathed this generation and I said: it is a people lost in their heart, they don’t know My ways. And I swore in My anger that they will not enter My rest.

Psalm_94 #GOD of Vengeance, Judge of the Earth, recompense to the proud! How long shall they exult? LORD knows thoughts of man, so vain. Blessed is whom You chasten and whom You teach Torah. If the LORD were not my help, my soul would dwell in the grave. But GOD is my stronghold!

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