There is nothing bad in the world. Without the serpent’s bite, i.e., without our egoism, which has suddenly surfaced and started to manifest itself, we would not run forward, we would simply remain animals in our world and would never be able to escape it.

We would have neither desire nor opportunities. This is why it is said: “For God knows that on the day that you eat thereof, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like angels, knowing good and evil.”

In other words, the serpent clearly does its job and is devoted to the Creator in everything. It is said that Adam and Eve’s eyes were opened through the serpent. “Your eyes will be opened,” they saw that they were naked, that practically they had nothing but a lofty goal. And although it is far away, it is beautiful.

This is why they need to become clothed, that is, to acquire new properties—properties of bestowal and love for their neighbor. This is called “dressing” yourself, your egoism. That is, the egoism is inside, and they correct it. By using garments, they make it similar to the Creator and rise, as the serpent predicted: “…and you will be like angels, knowing good and evil.”

Thus, with the help of the serpent, they revealed the great goal they must come to.
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From KabTV’s “The Power of The Book of Zohar” #16

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Preparation to the Lesson

Lesson on the Topic “Annulment as a Preparation for Ibur (Impregnation)” 

Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question from Facebook: Is it realistic to unite everyone into one society? If so, how should it be done? The fastest and safest way is when two enemies unite when confronted with a third enemy, and the third enemy is another civilization. But I may be wrong.

Answer: It is good that you understand that you may be wrong. Where is the third civilization that can unite all the enemies?

Do you think that if some giant spaceship or a flying saucer that covered half the planet and totally darkened it, hovered above us, we would begin to love one another? No, this does not mean to love.

We cannot be forced to love. The only way is to begin to educate ourselves, through our consciousness, and not under pressure, to develop a yearning for each other, like mutuality, love, and bestowal. Love is when I feel what you want, and you feel what I want and we fill each other. But no one can fill himself.

So, a third civilization will not help. Our civilization is quite enough. We are the only ones in the universe and we do not need to look for anyone or anything. All we have to do is to correct ourselves, to fulfill, and to attain the most sublime state of eternity and perfection, which means a civilization that no one has even dreamed of. Let’s do it!
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From KabTV’s “Answers to Questions from Facebook” 3/10/19

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Question: At the moment I feel that my future is not very bright. How should I work on this?

Answer: If you devote yourself to the Creator, you will feel that you are in a wonderful state because you have whom to cling to and the future will no longer worry you.

We say, “Close your eyes,” which in fact means to be connected to the upper source of your fate.

Question: If I think about the Creator at the moment as the source of the spiritual state, does it already change my future?

Answer: Yes, you already advance toward the source, you are already locked on it, and now you need to expand this connection that started from a very small contact and attain absolute communication between the two sides.
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From KabTV’s “Fundamentals of Kabbalah” 4/28/19

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My new article on Linkedin “As Clay in the Hands of the Coach”

Perhaps one of the most symbolic images from the Tokyo Olympic Games that ended last week was that of Israeli gold medalist Linoy Ashram, who, after receiving the medal, went to her coach and hung the medal on her coach’s neck. With this symbolic act, Ashram stated that she felt her coach, Ayelet Zusman, deserved the medal just as much as she did.

Indeed, to an athlete, a coach is everything, as a mother and a father to a child. Without the coach, an athlete is an unpolished diamond. The coach turns the talent into medals through the athlete’s hard work. The bond between the two is truly unique; it can’t be otherwise.

An ancient truism in the Talmud reads as follows: “One might be jealous of anything except one’s son and one’s disciple” (Sanhedrin 105b). Indeed, a true teacher puts everything he or she has into the student, and whatever the student achieves, it is as though the teacher has achieved it, too.

I, too, had my teacher, my “coach,” if you will. He taught me everything I know, and to this day, I feel him accompanying me. If I ever achieve greatness, it will certainly be thanks to him.

Likewise, I hope and pray that my own disciples will achieve what I have achieved and more, and that they will become humanity’s teachers and lead humanity to unity and love of others. To a teacher, the disciple is his hands, his mind. You put into the disciple everything you wanted to achieve so the disciple will carry it forward. It is a bond that is beyond love, and in the case of the wisdom of Kabbalah, it is a commitment that both teacher and disciple make for the sake of all of humanity.
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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “How can the increase in access to the Internet among low-income communities help to promote social and economic development?“

With the help of the Internet, every person in the world can access unlimited sources of information almost at no cost. This means is equal for everyone all around the world. Even though the human ego is behind its development, nevertheless it is bound to awaken in us an understanding of humanity as an interconnected single body. Through increasing awareness about our true state as an interconnected humanity, I hope that we will experience positive global transformation, as quickly as possible, even in our days.

In the end, information, communications and technology might not achieve socio-economic development of the poorer layers of the world’s population, but we will understand that we must change our attitude to the world and to our connections—from egoistic to altruistic.

As such, we will become equal. We cannot remain in the illusion that if we will now divide everything equally, then the world will change. Such a division will not lead to beneficial changes in the world. We have already seen how this happens. By doing so, we only interfere with people working and developing. On the contrary, we need to bring a new realization to people, according to which everyone should be treated as a single family, altruistically. We will then make the world equal, happy and perfect.

Based on a Q&A with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on September 9, 2006. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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Comment: The shattering of the vessels, desires, is, in principle, a Kabbalistic term. However, many who have read the Pentateuch (the Bible) understand its allegorical language.

My Response: Actually, this is not difficult to understand at all. If my desire is directed for the sake of others, for the benefit of others, then it is considered complete, perfect. If it is for my own sake and as a rule against others, it is called shattered.

Question: Does the fall of Adam represent the shattering of the vessels?

Answer: It is said about this that all the desires that were in the prototype of man Adam were practically a desire that has not yet been clothed in our protein bodies and was directed only for bestowal. Yet, as a result of certain actions made on it, it turned into a desire to receive. This is the shattering of Adam.

Adam is a system that was one single desire, and when it suddenly began to feel itself consisting of many elements, it shattered. That is, every desire included in the general desire wanted to receive for its own sake. This is the fall, the shattering of Adam.

Question: Can we say that the term “the fall of Adam” is in the language of feelings and “the shattering of the vessels” is a Kabbalistic, technical language?

Answer: Of course. It is the same thing, just explained in different languages.

Comment: Kabbalists have identified all Kabbalistic terms from nature itself just in order for a person not to have corporeal associations. After all, when I imagine the fall of Adam—a tree, an apple, and so on—it takes me away from the true picture: everything is inside my desire.

My Response: Today, of course, no one believes and cannot believe in these stories. This is all completely unreal.

In fact, with these stories Kabbalists explain the most internal, most complex laws and connections in nature.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 7/23/21

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Question: What is the essence of receiving not for yourself?

Answer: Receiving not for my own sake means that I use all my possibilities to fulfill others. When all the people act in this way, then they fill each other and it turns out that they are completely interconnected with each other and form one single, natural common desire, in which the higher power is revealed. Each person and everyone together comprehends this power and are at its level of eternity and perfection.

We are gradually moving toward this. A higher power controls us. We must come from our state to complete interconnection with each other and receive only for the sake of others and for the sake of the Creator. This is the purpose of our creation and the purpose of our correction.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 7/23/21

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Question: What should I do if I feel a descent? Do I need to ask for myself—for the Creator to raise me up—or ask for my friends so that they do not fall?

Answer: If you ask for yourself, it is not good. You must ask for the group because by falling out of the ten, you deprive it of your support, your participation.

Therefore, you should turn to the Creator: “I ask You to raise me up, help me, guide me, support me, because by this I want to support others.” After all, the most important thing in our work is to find the connection between us.

We exist in an integral world where everything is completely interconnected with all of nature, except for human society. We need to unite it. If you ask for strength and support for yourself to be connected with others, then you will succeed in raising a prayer. Otherwise, no.
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From KabTV’s “Videoconference“

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