Half of the quarantined businesses will no longer be able to recover. If the business is about simple, traditional food that people are used to, then it will certainly remain. But all the superfluous and unnecessary ones will disappear.

All this will become evident very soon in practice. When the owners return to open their businesses, it will be clear what society needs now and what is no longer needed.

And we will need less tomorrow and even less the day after tomorrow because the virus will not disappear and restrictions will remain. The virus will mutate and return in different forms, and thus, this virus that appears as a remedy will correct us and lead us in the right direction. It is said that the blow of the Creator heals.

We are living in a great time. He who will now help humanity take up a new form, thus building his soul, will become the assistant to the Creator.

There is no problem for the Creator to change the world. He can shut it down in an instant: turn off the switch, and we will disappear. We will not die but rather disappear—there was a creation and now there isn’t. After all, the whole of creation is a result of the upper light. But the program of creation is to make of us, by our consent and desire and at our own request, such creatures as the Creator intended: similar to Him. Only in this direction does the upper light work.

The need for change must come from below, from the human mind and feelings, so that man would begin to change and work on all of creation. He must want to reduce his egoism and act for the sake of others and for the general force of creation. Man has to come to that; this is called development. The Creator does not want to just limit us. He teaches us, He heals us.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/26/20, “Connecting the World in the Last Generation”

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These days we are facing very big changes in the world. The world begins to turn gradually, adapting to the conditions of the “last generation” and gradually shows us its different sides: from the left, right, top, and bottom.

This is difficult and confusing for a person living in our world today, a person who does not know what form the world will eventually take.

Until now, the world was in a continuous process of development, which we understand because it was based on egoism. Egoism aimed to get more and more, and we obediently fulfilled its demands. If there wasn’t enough money, strength, and resources to do it, we ran and got what we needed. Everything moved along the course of egoistic development according to the nature of this world.

Suddenly, the opposite nature began to reveal itself, which requires a new, not corporeal development. The corporeal things will exist in the necessary measure, do not worry about it. However, now we need to take care of developing the quality of bestowal, spiritual development. Yet, we do not have an internal engine that would push us forward in the direction of bestowal and will make us act.

Man and the whole world are in confusion and do not know what to do. When the quarantine ends and businesses start opening, starting from the smallest ones, such as cafes, kiosks, to large plants and factories, we will see how difficult it is to do this. Nature plays with us in such a way that in 50% of the cases, we will not be able to restore production to its former form. The owner will return to his store, but there will be no customers.

Nothing will help here except the methodology of the wisdom of Kabbalah, which is now beginning to descend into our world and manifest itself. The Creator is hurrying us. If the world does not understand this, it could end up in a world war that makes the coronavirus look like a light slap.

However, we can see how, with the help of such blows, nature, the upper force hidden within corporeal nature, controls us, presses us down, puts us in order.

There will be more and more such blows, but we can go the easy and quick way if we act with understanding and at will, not from under a stick. For now, we only learn from the blows, and we will have to get them from all sides to finally find the right path, which may not be in the same direction as we were moving before. This is a problem for all of humanity.

Now the quarantine will begin to relax, and we will be able to return to our previous activities. However, it is necessary to understand that a return to the past is impossible; the world must move in the opposite direction. After all, we were guided by our egoism, which pushed us to develop, to maximize the use of the will to receive that was swelling like a dough.

Now we understand with our minds that we do not need to expand further; on the contrary, we need to reduce our needs so that this dough falls, goes down, and decreases by at least half.

But how to do it if it goes against the will to receive? This is a big problem because now we need to reduce businesses instead of increasing them, lowering and not increasing our profits, capacity, and power. It is not easy.

We know that if the doctor advises you to add something useful to our food, we will do it willingly. However, if we need to give up something, it is already difficult or even impossible. And we will have to do the same for our business. How can we do this if we have to act against our egoistic nature?

However, if humanity does not do this, it will continue to destroy itself, and the end is already looming on the horizon. It is impossible to pollute and ruin nature indefinitely. In addition, new viruses will now appear one after another, at a breakneck speed. We feel the great danger of environmental disasters and viruses hanging over us, and at the same time, we do not know how to stop ourselves.

If the world were united and controlled by a single government, it would be somehow possible to decide which industries to close and how to compensate for them. This requires a global plan to cure human society of its egoism. It is impossible to close businesses without a strong environment that provides support, compensation, and explains the reasons and purpose.

It turns out that the improvement of human society depends on its connection, on the organization of a new society. We will not be able to exist physically if we do not correctly establish a new form of society, which is called the “last generation.”

For the first time in history, humanity understands that it is global, integral, and must thoroughly take care of its structure, that is, analyze all its activities and all the production on a global scale. All countries must unite and understand that they are facing a common enemy.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/26/20, “Connecting the World in the Last Generation”

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Medium published my new article “Time of Women’s Leadership”

As the world awakens to a new reality, the imperative role of women to put together the broken pieces and rebuild society has become more evident and urgent. COVID-19 made us realize this fact even more vividly, starting with the most intimate and basic environment we all know: the home. As a result of the stay-at-home order, we rediscovered that the female figure in the family is the most prominent and influential. From home, that same importance reverberates in every field of life where women are involved. That driving force of womanhood, compared to no other, is precisely what the world needs now to begin its recovery from the impact caused by the pandemic.

Week after week of lockdown revealed the centrality of the female power in the family, where every member felt totally dependent on the woman. Even if men help with household chores, most of the burden falls on the woman’s shoulders. Now, as the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic are gradually lifted and people are returning to their offices, it is impossible to say that we will return to business as usual. New discernments will accompany us back into the world outside the home, such as the impression of the remarkable dedication and determination of the women in everyone’s life which are imprinted on every person and particularly acknowledged during times of despair like the one the planet is now trying to overcome.

The World as Humanity’s Home

It comes as no surprise that the most positive results in curbing the coronavirus pandemic took place in countries run by female leaders, as recently highlighted in world news stories. When women take a greater portion in the leadership of our common global home, meaning the whole of humanity, we will undoubtedly gain from it because there will be less war, fewer problems and conflicts, and better organization of our world overall.

Every man knows that if he expects a good outcome on basically any matter in life, he should consult with the woman at home, since she is more serious and practical than he is. This is something I have observed in many cultures. With few exceptions, even in some countries where women appear to live in the shadows, women are the ones leading and making decisions. It is the woman who determines what happens in the family.

If more men would understand the importance of listening to women when we face multifaceted challenges, the state of the world would change for the better in the way we conduct our lives, in what we acquire, and on which goals we set our sights.

Women Qualities for the Sake of Society

Women are naturally drawn to organize the world like they organize the house so all inside feel comfortable and good. Unlike men, who are more like children who enjoy backyard fighting with their friends, women will not allow the bickering and childish competitions to continue to prevail as they have until the pandemic’s blow. Just like a mother, women are able to put everything in order within society and to stop the struggles and reckless competitiveness. And men will listen. This is comparable to a child’s inclination to listen to his mother. She gave birth to him, fed him and raised him, so she understands how to control him. So why shouldn’t our common global home be administered the same way our families are? If women unite for this purpose and act sensibly, wisely and forcefully, a positive change will happen.

There may be some sensation that women are not necessarily poised and resolute to assume leadership for the world to bring about change to the extent that is required, especially in this healing process from the pandemic. Thus, it is crucial to raise the importance of the roles women should play in all social discourse at the widest possible level.

Probably, there is also a need for a more supportive male force to help bring women together and pave their way. Such a force should stand beside women to encourage them and make way for them to take their deserved place and lead. I am not suggesting that one part of society needs to replace the other. They each learn to complement the other.

Such a dynamic balance between the genders should emanate from the understanding that all of us, men and women, cannot go back to our previous faulty way of life. The old world we constructed is about to implode, and the coronavirus is just the first sign. We must build together a new world where everyone is engaged in cultivating a prosperous yet sustainable society, instead of an imbalanced pattern of pollution and destruction.

This shift does not mean that we have to dismantle everything and build anew, but simply look at businesses and engagements from a new perspective: for the benefit of our children, the entire humanity, and all of nature. Women can provide the keen vision to determine such decisions. In other words, women should establish the prioritized goals and men will implement. Through this mutual cooperation, a common ground of support and understanding will arise.
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The coronavirus is a consequence of our malfunction that manifests itself on a biological level. These are no longer weather cataclysms on the inanimate level, and not even an epidemic of the plague that raged in the Middle Ages.

Many problems are coming to humankind in order to bend it and convince it to leave the egoistic “Egypt.” And we will want to exit it. The people of Israel passed through 49 gates of impurity in Egypt, and it was OK. With help of the ten Egyptian plagues, they came out of there, escaped at night in the darkness from all troubles.

And now, the same is happening with all of humanity passing through 49 unclean gates. We ourselves hold on to these impure gates, we love Pharaoh and want to stay with him. We don’t to throw him away; we cling to the hem of his garment.

But ten plagues will come and force us to escape from the slavery of egoism. If I am getting blows by holding on to Pharaoh, then I have no choice, I have to start letting him go little by little, more and more, until I completely get rid of him and run away. And Pharaoh will open the door for us and say: “Go away! Get out of here!”

Soon we will see this performance on the stage of all of mankind in general. The Passover Haggadah is being practically realized in this world. But we have an opportunity to accelerate our actions and go through them quickly, pleasantly, with understanding. It all depends only on us.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/26/20, “Connecting the World in the Last Generation”

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My article in Newsmax: “COVID-19 Sent Us Home and Cleaned Up the Mess”

If you were a parent with teenage children, and you had to leave the house for the weekend, how terrified would you be that when you returned you’d find your tidy home turned upside down? And what would you do if you came back and discovered that your nightmare has come true? This is exactly what we humans have done to our home, Planet Earth: We’ve messed it up and turned it upside down. In comparison to the damage we’ve done, you could say that Mother Nature’s “punishment,” which is largely a “Go to your separate rooms” order, is more than mild; it is compassionate!

Mother Nature is silent; she speaks with actions, not words, but she is a dedicated teacher. If we are attentive, she will usher us into a new world of happiness and prosperity. If we are obstinate, her punishments will grow continuously harsher.

The first lesson she gave us was to stay home. By doing so, she told us that we have been nasty to each other and nasty to our home. Miraculously, within a few short weeks, she cleaned most of the mess and the water and air became clear and clean.

But being shut in our houses for a few weeks did not prove to us that we simply have to change. It only stopped our destruction of the planet and finally managed to show us that we had been doing wrong to Nature. However, it did not articulate what it is we have to do in order not to keep on being so malevolent.

This will be our next lesson, which we will experience in the weeks and months to come. As economies all over the world reopen, we will find that many of the businesses that were the backbone of our society and fueled our mindset of extreme self-entitlement and narcissism have lost their charm. They will go bankrupt not because the government did not support them, but because the public has lost interest in those gadgets and accessories.

As a result of the shift in people’s mindsets after the prolonged lockdown and its impact on businesses, unemployment rates will remain dangerously high with no sign of relief. On the contrary, as more and more jobs become automated, joblessness will only increase, posing a palpable threat of violent social unrests, hunger driven riots, rampant homelessness, a drop in school retention and other social problems that will undermine the stability of society.

These COVID-19 aftershocks will compel governments to adopt more society driven policies. Policy makers will have to take into consideration the needs of the unfortunate; they will have to provide them with both decent incomes during the time when they cannot sustain themselves, and they will have to help them become better educated so they can integrate in the new world. In this way, the virus will teach the authorities to think more socially and establish a more considerate economic system.

Here, too, as in the lockdown lesson, the quicker we learn, the less painful and more successful the lesson will be.

In the new world, the most required career will be teaching. People will need teachers in the professions required in the automated era, but the most required teaching subject will be social skills: people who will help us learn how to communicate in a society whose values are radically different from the hostile environment we hopefully left behind.

The virus has made everyone equal: From heads of state to janitors, from tycoons to street sweepers, everyone is vulnerable. This is a humbling and healthy experience for all of society. It allows us to truly place ourselves in the shoes of others. We would not have come to it were it not for the virus, but now that we have, we will never want to go back. This is why we will need teachers—to enhance and develop our social skills of empathy, solidarity, and mutual responsibility.

The threat of the virus will not dissolve so quickly. We will need it for a while longer, if only to remind us of the pain caused by disobeying its lessons. But the more we grow into the paradigm of giving, the less we will need the bullying guard at the exit from the old world. So one day, in the foreseeable future, we will discover that we have entered a new world of hope, confidence, and joy.
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Question: If egoism is constantly developing, does the point in the heart of a person also develop along with the egoism?

Answer: Certainly, the point in the heart expands and is nourished like a seed in the ground. If the seed has a nourishing environment, then it grows, but whether the environment is providing content for the seed depends on us. We must provide the right connection between the seed and the nutritious environment.

The environment is us, our friends, a large world group, and eventually all of humanity also. To the same degree that we make up the system more or less, our seed will grow. The seed is composed of the small particles of each one that we add to a ten.
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah” 2/9/20

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Fear that grips and paralyzes a person now is caused not by today’s situation, but by thoughts about what might happen next. But do not worry too much; we are all under the control of an upper force, and everything will go according to its plan. And it has nothing to do with religion. A religious person doesn’t ask about the meaning of life, he has no doubts what to do. The science of Kabbalah awakens questions in us, which are not in religion.

There is no need to worry about something that might happen because it is not us who determine events, but the general force of nature. Where it directs us, there we will go. And such an attitude, which is not naivety or fanaticism, gives us an inner protection, which frees us from the fear of the unknown.

Everything is clarified only in thought. A man lives inside of his thoughts. Now in almost everyone there is an intense spinning whirlpool of thoughts and fears about the future, which haunt one day and night. And the only way to protect ourselves is to cling to the program of creation, which leads humanity on to the highest stage, so we will understand and feel what we are living for, why we are developing, and what the goal is that we are heading toward.

And then everyone will calm down with this goal and everybody will be fine. Everything will be clarified only in thought, so sit calmly and think. Visit our science of Kabbalah website, start reading what is written there. There is no need to memorize or remember anything, simply try to feel it, realize it, and sense it through the heart and mind in order to develop the human in yourself.

The human in us is what identifies itself with nature, with a higher thought, a higher program, the upper force. Nature is the Creator, it includes everything. Try to develop such feelings and thoughts in yourself to feel this nature around you, to know the Creator. Try to come out of yourself and connect with the whole universe, with this thought that encompasses the entire universe.

Then we will see why all this is happening. After all, we are not little bugs crawling on the ground, but humans from whom nature wants to make something great, to give us an opportunity to understand it and to connect with it. This is an amazing opportunity!

A virus is not a disease, but a medicine. Look how many changes it has already brought to the world: the air has become cleaner and fresher and people are not being poisoned while working in factories that pollute the atmosphere, soil, and water.

It is reported that due to the quarantine, the water in Venice’s canals has been cleared enough that fish have even re-entered it. The Earth wants to live, just do not interfere with it. And you are worrying about what will happen to you in a month. Don’t be afraid, everything will settle. Just precede the blow with the medicine. Visit our website, you will find many explanations of how to first of all calm down. I wish you all the best.
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From KabTV’s “A New Life 1214” 3/19/20

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Question: Baal HaSulam, in the Introduction to the Study of the Ten Sefirot, writes that only while reading the original source do corrective lights act on us. And how do we attract light during a workshop if we don’t read anything?

Answer: All the time, we go by the original source according to the articles of Rabash, Baal HaSulam, or the Ari.

We take the most vivid passages from there so that they excite us, clash us, and give us the concept of contradictions and on the basis of these materials, we could better study the issues that we touch on.

We by no means teach anything other than the original sources; together we find out what is written in them and pass it through ourselves. In this case, a lot of internal actions are performed.
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah,” 3/1/20

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Lesson Preparation

Writings of Rabash, “Concerning the Importance of Society,” (1984)

Lesson on the Topic “Concerning Above Reason” 

Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 17

Selected Highlights

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Evolution pushes nature toward #diversity and individualization, and… leads to conflict. The solution lies in the collaboration on a more advanced level. The process of turning the world into a “global village” is not accidental, it is the development of civilization toward universal interconnection.
Elisabet @sahtouris, Biologist

Better to take the law of development into our own hands and under our control, because this way we can avoid all the suffering that the natural development has in store for us from this day forward. (Baal HaSulam)

Negative forces revealed in various states are the reasons behind humanity’s progress. Their function is to bring humanity to the last stage of its development, to the state free of defect or lack. (Baal HaSulam, The Nation)

We are entering the system of “the last generation,” united integral humanity. The one who doesn’t use the unfolding integral form correctly, doesn’t see the world as one country, one nation, will lose out. The more we separate ourselves from the rest, the more we lose out.

Returning to life after #quarantine we have to come to its new form, retaining the world’s integral nature and its internal unification. If everyone keeps caring about their own wellbeing, building their happiness at the expense of others, the problems will return to us all like a boomerang.

The nearest future will show everyone that everything is going to crumble. Because it has all been built on the ego. Nature will force us to recognize the depravity of the EGO and to cancel it as the building force. The Creator will force us to accept the world as one and interconnected. A period of ruin and unification.
From Twitter, 5/5/20

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