Does Nature Feel Our Pain?

Laitman_707Question: How does a Kabbalist perceive nature? Does he feel it as something intelligent, sensible and responsive?

Answer: Of course, because we are part of it.

We are inside a common sphere called “nature” or “the Creator.” In this regard, we are a part of it, no more. Therefore, a Kabbalist thinks about how to connect with nature, how to make himself an integral part of it, as he has entered into merging with the Creator.

Question: Does nature feel our pain?

Answer: Naturally. If nature created us as sensitive and sensible creatures, why should it be deprived of these properties itself?

Comment: But it hurts a person.

My Response: Doesn’t nature hurt as well? You just don’t feel it. After all, you don’t feel the pain of another person either.
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah,” 4/12/20

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When Does The Point In The Heart Open?

Laitman_198Question: You have said that a person has a Jewish point. Is this the black dot or is it the point of non-identity, and when does it begin to be revealed?

Answer: When you begin to think about the meaning of life.

Question: Is it in every person?

Answer: Yes, in everyone. This point is called “Jewish – Yichudi” from the Hebrew word “union – yichud,union with the Creator. It gradually becomes a Sefira, and then a Partzuf.

It is a whole spiritual structure. This point is in every person in the world. Those in whom it awakens are called Jews, Hebrews from the Hebrew word “la’avor – to pass,” to transcend from an egoistic state to an altruistic state. It has nothing to do with the Jews in our world. It is a spiritual definition.
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah,” 12/15/19

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New Life 1208 – The Right, The Left, And The Balanced Approach

New Life 1208 – The Right, The Left, And The Balanced Approach
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Yael Leshed-Harel

The middle line, the golden path, is a spiritual connection between the right and the left, above all the differences. The left is a tendency toward rejection, restriction, and limitation. The right is a tendency toward wholeness, connection, and compromise. Humanity fluctuates between “What is mine is mine and what is yours is mine” on the extreme left [Pirkei Avot 5:10] to “What is mine is yours and what is yours is yours” on the extreme right. The more we develop, egoism and aggression grow, but simultaneously, the understanding of mutual dependence also grows. Even though there may be short periods in which the right or the left will dominate, both of them are required for our development over time. We are living today in an uncorrected, distorted, egoistic society. Contradictory tendencies will continue to intensify, and humanity is therefore in danger of world war and general destruction. We need to learn to balance between right and left as between plus and minus so that there will be an opposing buffer between them.
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From KabTV’s “New Life 1208 – The Right, The Left And The Balanced Approach,” 2/11/20

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Rise Above Yourself

laitman_608.01Question: How can you convince your mind of what you want to believe in your heart?

Answer: You must abandon both the heart and the mind.

You can live neither by the heart nor by the mind because they are purely selfish. They twist us around their finger, they confuse us all the time, they do whatever they want. The only thing you can do is surrender to the upper force so that it works on us and shapes us.

To do this, we need a small group of ten people where we are connected to each other and try to connect over our egoism. Then it turns out that I surrender to the attributes of this group. And so does each of us.

Thus, in this mini-group, we create a positive force that is already around us throughout the universe. And it turns out that we assemble, as in a laboratory, a model that attracts the general positive force of nature. Through feeling its action, we unite among ourselves. We begin to be nourished by it, and our actions become better.

Question: Can we say that everything is given from above and we must surrender to this process? Today, a huge number of people are getting sick. How can they correctly relate to what is happening?

Answer: In order to correctly perceive the attitude of nature toward us and to be objective, independent of our animal properties, we still need to rise above ourselves. This means making what is called a restriction of our selfishness. Kabbalah teaches this.

When you are at least at the zero level, that is, when you have not yet mastered the next, altruistic level, but you are already rising above egoism, then you can correctly perceive the actions of nature with respect to yourself. This way, you can impart it to your children, family, and friends.
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From KabTV’s “Meetings with Kabbalah. Victoria Bonya,” 3/29/20

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 6/5/20

Lesson Preparation

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Lesson on the Topic “The Approach to Studying the Wisdom of Kabbalah” 

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Lesson on the Topic “Concerning Above Reason” 

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” Item 39

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Selected Highlights

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