“Within the Middle of the Vacant Air”

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And the light descended

To the worlds, into the black empty space located in it

And each circle from each world, and those cloer to the light are important,

Until we find our world of matter in the central point,

Inside all the circles in the center of the gaping void.
(Ari, The Tree Of Life)

Concentric circles are such a representation of the worlds from the furthest from the center to the closest to the center. In this way, the Creator’s energy is distributed throughout creation.

We are at the most central point of all the concentric circles. From them the influence of the Creator’s energy descends upon us.

Question: Did everything that is written in the Ari’s poem happen before the Big Bang?

Answer: Yes, and after that too. We are talking about the stationary state of the worlds. At the same time, our world is located in the central point, inside all the circles in the center of the gaping void, which shines with its blackness.

A person feels this as an absolute incomprehensibility, absolute unwillingness, as lack of energy and lack of reason, of any motivation, that is, it is the blackest point of the entire universe.

Question: In principle, this state exists in potential. But when a person enters it, does he feel it as a recognition of the evil of his egoistic nature?

Answer: Even much worse. It feels like a complete absence of everything, an absolute emptiness, an absolute absence of desires in anything and in any way whatsoever.

Question: Is this state similar to death?

Answer: No, this is not death. Although, it depends on how you interpret it. But, in general, it is, of course, a terrible state.

Question: Does everyone have to feel this state in order to move on?

Answer: Yes, it is felt a little by every person, otherwise he will not move forward. He will not attain the Creator because he has no corresponding inclinations. In order to move him to the Creator, he must be given such states from which he would run away to Him.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 7/5/22

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“What do you think about the UN Sustainable Development Goals?” (Quora)

Dr. Michael LaitmanMichael Laitman, On Quora: What do you think about the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

I think that it is a childish initiative, but let them try.

It is childish because it fails to account for the root cause of everything that makes life on this planet unsustainable, and how to correct the problems and crises we face at their root.

The root cause of our troubles—from environmental and ecological problems to personal, social and economic ones—is overblown human egoism, i.e. our excessive desire to enjoy at the expense of others and nature. And the way we fix this problem is by applying ourselves to an educational method of correcting egoism, which means organizing our influences to redirect the intention upon our desires: to replace enjoying at the expense of others and nature, to enjoy by benefiting others and nature.

As a result of entering such a process, we would reach a heightened harmonious and peaceful state throughout humanity, where we would discover how to positively connect to each other through ties of bestowal. We would create a humanity that values mutual consideration, benefit, support and encouragement above our innate divisive drives, literally living for each other, and then we would discover a whole new world filled with forces of bestowal and love.

That is the key to reaching true sustainability.

By failing to account for the human ego and its correction, then we merely apply Band-Aid solutions to our problems, and egoism’s unabated growth beneath the surface would continually elicit new mutations and crises until we realize that it is fundamentally what we need to deal with.

Based on the video “Why Kabbalists View the 17 UN Sustainable Goals as Childish” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 7/28/22

Preparation to the Lesson

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Lesson on the Topic “The Ruin as an Opportunity for Correction”

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Introduction to the Book Panim Meirot uMasbirot,” Item 11

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Vol. 1, Part 3, “Inner Observation,” Chapter 13, Item 2

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Selected Highlights

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