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My Thoughts On Twitter 10/7/18

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If one sees the friends as above him in understanding or action, nature obligates him to rise higher than his inherent nature. Thus, with no great aspirations by nature, one gains new forces by envy.
Thus there are inherited qualities and those acquired by envy in the group.

Every time that we unite more, we feel and understand more. Revelation happens only as a result of greater unification, step-by-step: unification-revelation, unification-revelation and etc. These notions relate to feelings—reason comes later, in order to analyze the sensations.

We go from studying texts, knowledge, to building the soul’s Kli, connections between us. We usually study and the study brings sensations. Now it’s opposite: we expand perception, sensation, to reveal reality in it. This is true advancement, since “it’s not the wise that learns.”

The detector for perceiving the Creator is built only upon the connection between us. The Creator arranged our initial state, where we exist in isolation and opposition to one another. Kabbalists teach us how to build a connection between us in which we will perceive the Creator.

Music has a quality capable of expressing connections between opposites. Musical harmony is similar to nature’s perfection. That’s why music raises us up.
All of nature makes music… music can heal…
#music #harmony #quotes

The Wall Street International Magazine published an article by my student Manuel Marín Oconitrillo—a tenor, writer, and member of the Cologne Opera in Germany—about Kabbalist music, “The Melody of Infinity.”
#music #harmony #society

Baal HaSulam’s students create a new inner perception, an instrument of upper providence, a 6th sense. They feel the melodies of the upper worlds differently. The seemingly simple music of the spiritual worlds brings up deep layers in man of new upper sensations and attainments.

When you work in two lines: with the help of the line of feelings, you expand your reason, and reason helps you recognize the new feelings that arise in you.
Both lines become one, helping you start to feel the upper providence.
#Spiritualwork_ML #Kabbalah

One must detach from one’s ego and what it did to us in our world, deforming us, and rise above the ego, attempting to live in a completely different dimension: in bestowal, love and good interconnection. Then we’ll feel the melodies of the upper world in a completely different way.
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KabU Retreat

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I’m happy to see that students of our online Kabbalah university came to Pocono Springs, Pennsylvania, for a “Spiritual Bootcamp” with their instructors, where they experience the power of connection in the most ideal conditions. Thank you to the delegation that made the trip from Israel, and thank you to all my students who have volunteered so much of their time to make this event so special.

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Medium: “World Mental Health Oct. 10th”

Medium published my new article “World Mental Health Day Oct. 10th

This World Mental Health Day, it’s worthwhile to emphasize positive human relationships as the overarching means for good mental health. Mental illness stems from imbalance in the mind and body, which is caused by imbalance in society, which is further caused by imbalance with nature. By repairing our social connections, we bring ourselves into balance with nature, and such balance will positively affect not only our mental health, but also our general health and wellbeing.

Good human relationships are the treasure that makes life worthwhile and gratifying. That is an unquestionable truth considering that we are social animals. But around half of all Americans feel they lack meaningful relationships, that they are either alone, left out or isolated. Why is it so hard to achieve solid and fulfilling relations? It is absolutely doable; we just need to learn how.

Our Whole Life Is Based on Relationships

If we think about it, our whole life is based on relationships, at home, at work, with friends, acquaintances, at every level, in every field. We all want to succeed in life, get up in the morning happy and satisfied, but we live in a world with inequality and conflicts in basically every area where humans are involved.

From a very early age, we learn that we cannot say what we want, behave as we please, because it may provoke a negative and unpleasant reaction from others, so we adopt certain rules and codes of conduct set up by society to fit in. They might contribute to advance our personal life to a certain extent or make progress in our careers, but this framework is not enough to build significant relationships, a key factor linked to emotional stability and happiness by scientific studies. Quite the opposite, we live under constant stress which has massive implications for our well-being.

Social Isolation and Loneliness Is Unhealthy

Research finds that social isolation and loneliness are directly associated with health problems and increase the risk of early death up to 29% compared with those who have a supportive and friendly environment.

The lack of knowledge on how to relate to each other is a problem we face in today’s modern age. In the past, people were pigeonholed in classes and hierarchies. Rooted in those boundaries, relations were clear and simple. Today, those differences between people have disappeared. In a global reality, we are breaking the boundaries on religions, beliefs, socioeconomic status and professions.

This new, open perspective, on one hand, gives us a sense of equality, but on the other hand, it is merely superficial equality and people become confused. The world has become a global village, with everyone depending on each other, but while interdependent, great hatred is revealed.

We continue exploiting others for personal gain and try to impose our own views and egoistic decisions. Such a self-centered approach contradicts the principle of an egalitarian society, where every person is equally important even though everyone is different.

What Is the Basis for Positive Relationships?

The attitude of equality and mutual acceptance is the basis of all positive relations. A social educational system should be established to open up our eyes to the deep level of interdependence in all areas of our lives, which should amplify the indispensable need for positive social connections. We can begin with concrete steps to acquire strong and solid relations.

First, it is important to realize that in this tightly interdependent world, every piece is indispensable to complete the full picture of reality, like in a puzzle. By affecting one another, we affect the whole system, for better or for worse. It is a system that each person is part of and that influences each person directly. Do we want to benefit from the fact that we have good relations and a warm environment? Certainly, every person desires that reality for themselves. It is then in our own interest to transform our actions and intentions from harmful egoism to mutual understanding and care.

The way to achieve this goal is not rocket science and yet, it is also not obvious to us because we have not been taught how to do it. We only need to use the right communication tools. The best means to acquire the wisdom to develop and nurture meaningful relations is through discussions in connection workshops, also called “roundtable discussions” or “circles discussions.”

By sitting in circles as equals, communicating with each other with a positive approach and relatively equal time for each speaker, not debating or suppressing other views, only sharing our thoughts and genuinely listening to others without interrupting, we gradually become closer to each other, finding a common and fertile ground to harvest good relations. This method opens a wellspring of solutions to problems we might consider unsolvable.

The sense of mutual respect and consideration create an atmosphere of unity above deep divisions, so much needed in today’s interconnected but imbalanced world. It is in our hands to change this reality, build fulfilling relations based on unity and mutual understanding, and by doing so, enjoy good health as a byproduct of our positive connections.
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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 10/7/18

Lesson Preparation

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Lesson on the Topic “Perception of the Upper Reality Through Prayer and Praise” (Preparation for the Convention)

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Messiah’s Shofar”

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