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Apart from the four degrees of the development of desire, there is nothing else in the completely empty space that represents the entire universe. These degrees exist in nature, in creation. Keter is the first degree, the second is Hochma, the third is Bina, the fourth is Zeir Anpin, and the fifth is Malchut.
In Kabbalah, the first degree that relates to the Creator Himself, is usually called the degree zero, and the other four degrees of the development of our desires proceed from there.
These degrees, emanating from Keter (the Creator), form absolutely the entire universe. All qualities, worlds, creations, and everything we can talk about are in them.
The last degree of Malchut receives all the light emanating from the Creator. In accordance with this, it continues to develop more and more. This last part, Malchut, we study mainly in the science of Kabbalah: how it evolves and what is the consequence of its development.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbaalah Lession 7/16/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah”
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Question: I saw a story on social media about an interview with an Indian billionaire.
Once someone asked Ratan Tata Sir in a telephonic interview. “When did you feel the happiest in your life?”
Ratan Tata Sir gave a thoughtful reply to the question., “I have encountered happiness in four situations in my life. First, during the stage of my life when I acquired wealth and resources. But that didn’t feel happy enough.
“Second, when I could buy things and valuables with my wealth. That was also temporary.
“Third, when I was honoured to become the owner of the largest steel factory in India and Asia. But even that achievement didn’t bring me the happiness I imagined.
“Then one day one of my friends requested me for sponsoring 200 wheelchairs for an institution and I agreed to that. But he insisted I personally accompany him to the place and gift the children myself. As I reached the place and started to give away their wheelchair gifts, I saw the faces of the kids beam with happiness to receive the greatest gift of their life.
“And one child touched my leg in respect and even though I tried to release my leg, the child did not let go, he looked at my face and held my legs tighter.
“I asked the child if they need anything else and the child replied, ‘I want to remember your face so that when I meet you in heaven, I can recognize you and thank you once again.’
“That was the fourth time I felt happiness. And unlike other times, I felt truly and completely happy that time.
“True happiness is in giving for other people’s happiness and being valued for the legacy we leave when we die.”
if a person feels this, why does he not hit this point all the time after that?
Answer: He is not given such an opportunity.
Question: Why?
Answer: Enough is enough.
Comment: He has all the means.
My Response: No.
Comment: The owner of the largest steel factory in Africa and India.
My Response: It does not matter. It is impossible to give a person such force, feelings, and power so that he can help others so much. He is not allowed to feel that. To do this, you need to prepare yourself.
Buying 200 wheelchairs is not everything. No matter how much it costs. Let us say it is a couple of million dollars, so what? He must work for it so that he is given the opportunity to live in such actions.
Comment: This is very interesting. You said it is impossible.
My Response: Of course. There are many billionaires, and we wonder how they do not work for bestowal even more and more. They have all sorts of such actions.
Comment: Note that for almost all of them, this is a moment of some kind of happiness. Bill Gates also writes that when he helps, that is what happiness is. Bezos and all these billionaires, while helping, suddenly say: “That is when I was the happiest.” This is how one should live, and you say it is impossible.
My Response: No, you cannot.
Question: Why not? I have banks full of money, I do not need it all. By the way, this billionaire is not married, and he has no children. Nevertheless, they will be filled with money, I will leave, and all this money will remain. Why cannot one, not just give away, but just like that, repeat these moments of happiness again and again?
Can you explain what should be done, for example, by such a person if he felt this happiness and wants to repeat it again and again? How should he change? What should happen within him so that there is no indulging?
Answer: He should be interested in what he is doing, like in those wheelchairs or something. What he invests in life, into helping others. This is his participation. Moreover, the participation is physical. Maybe he should be given the opportunity to assemble these wheelchairs, just do something.
Question: Do you think it is an important moment that his friend begged him to come and hand over the wheelchairs himself? Is this important?
Answer: Yes.
Question: In other words, is this important in order for a person to transform from a billionaire who accumulates and takes money to one who can give it for life just like this? After all, what should he do? He had experienced happiness.
Answer: He must have a reassessment of values: what is more important in life?
Question: What kind of power suddenly appears in a person, who lives by accumulating funds, and makes him happy? What kind of force is entering him?
Answer: He has never done this, he has never invested, he thought about how to haul in one direction, and here, he has the opportunity to engage in a different action, in a different job. And he suddenly sees that there is a much greater fulfillment of himself in this. Not the pockets, but himself. Therefore it is a discovery for him.
Comment: And yet you say that he is doomed, he will not be able to make these discoveries all the time.
My Response: He will not be given this. The Creator will not give it.
Question: In what case will he be able to?
Answer: If he does something that will become his goal in life. Then he will be able to work for this purpose to profit, accumulate, and spend.
Question: So the shift should happen within him? To the fact that he is accumulating in order to give?
Answer: For sure, yes.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 5/15/23
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Comment: In H.G. Wells’ novel The Undying Fire, written in 1919, there is a dialogue with the Creator, with God. The writer seems to have read Baal HaSulam. They seem the same: “The world is at an impasse. Crisis.”
My Response: Science fiction writers are special people, and they anticipate a lot of things. Look how much is written in the novels of Jules Verne and other science fiction writers about future discoveries and inventions long before they appear: submarines, helicopters, etc. It is just that egoism begins to think this way and thus awakens to new fulfillments.
One should not think that there is some kind of Kabbalistic conspiracy here, that Kabbalists direct some kind of a ray of light on the world from above, and our world therefore begins to spin faster and discoveries occur. They themselves are consequences of the egoistic development of the world.
The law of nature is the law of nature. There is no point in appointing a person, even if he is a Kabbalist, as the arbiter of destinies or the world.
The only thing is that a Kabbalist comprehends nature, knows how to use it correctly, and wants to teach others about it. That is all! There is nothing special about it! He is not a superman. Of course, he has super knowledge, but he can apply it only in the presentation of the method. If others want to use it, then something will work out; but if they do not want to, it will not.
For example, Baal HaSulam tried to pass the method on to the world, but no one wanted to accept it.
That is why the Second World War broke out with all its consequences, including the extermination of six million Jews and so on. He could not prevent anything.
A Kabbalist is like a wise person who sees everything and tries to share his wisdom, but no one is interested in it.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Evolution of Kabbalists” 5/7/11
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Question: A master was teaching his student archery. The student took a bow, two arrows and prepared to shoot. Suddenly the master approached, took the second arrow from him, and threw it aside. “Why did you take the second arrow from me?”, the student asked.
“I didn’t take the second arrow from you, but the first one, because the first one would have missed the target anyway.”
“But why?”, the student asked in surprise.
“Because while shooting, you would have known that you have another attempt in reserve,” the master replied.
Is it right to know that you don’t have any more attempts?
Answer: Yes. Very true!
Question: 🙂 That means that you have one chance?
Answer: This is your life and there are no more chances.
Question: Why do we live always thinking that we have tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and so on?
Answer: It is to postpone everything, not daring to do it all now.
Question: And if I strained myself, would I be able to say that I only have today? So I want to live it as the last one. Is that a right thought?
Answer: Yes, definitely.
Question: How can something so impossible be done?
Answer: Convince yourself that by thinking positively about the world, you are improving the world and thereby bringing it into a good state. And this is your responsibility to the world.
Question: How did the world come into this now? We were talking about my life.
Answer: You were born for this, to think that you can improve the world. You and only you. By desiring to improve the world, you are asking for it to change.
Question: Are you saying this to ordinary people now?
Answer: To ordinary people, if we want to change our world, we should only think that we want it to change.
Question: And is this a true-life experience?
Answer: Certainly. Everything must be done now, do not wait.
Question: And where is my “I” here? Is this my decision?
Answer: In the present moment.
Question: Right now?
Answer: Now. This is your “I.” It doesn’t exist anywhere else. If you don’t stop at it and decide that “now, only now!”, then you cease to exist.
Question: What are the capabilities of a person? Can one come to this? Does one have such an opportunity? To live life like this, for the world? Is it possible?
Answer: I think, yes. It just needs to be said to people.
Question: And do you think that what you say enters?
Answer: It will help, yes.
Question: And how does it happen? Where does it enter a person so that one changes suddenly?
Answer: Into the air.
Question: What does it take to live life “with one arrow,” with one chance?
Answer: You have to think that you want to improve the world incessantly. Nothing else is needed. Only thoughts, only our wishes.
Question: Improving the world, what do you mean by that?
Answer: Good relationships between people.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 6/12/23
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Question: What influences your opinion at certain periods of time? Students? Events? What makes you start saying certain things?
Answer: My opinion about the world, about its governance, about the system of governance does not change.
When this entire huge system, the upper world, and then our world change in their interaction, then I can also say something new and perhaps even relevant about our world and its interaction with the upper world.
In principle, this system is absolutely clearly built for me. I see it, I feel it, I understand it. If there are any changes in it, then we can talk about them.
If there were no serious changes in our world under the influence of the upper world, if today the corporeal world was not awakened from above to its balance with the spiritual world (because it is precisely the lack of balance that we experience as a general, global, integral crisis), then I would not talk about anything. I would study the wisdom of Kabbalah as a theory, without any connection with our world, which will be embodied in our world who knows when.
I studied it this way in the 80s and 90s and did not believe at all that I could live to see all this being clearly embodied. And suddenly, it started.
Kabbalah appeared in an explicit form. I see how all this is spinning in the world in accordance with the upper governance. And I see it clearly!
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Who Influences Laitman?” 8/20/11
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There are people in our world who understand that they can be confused by anything, but the main thing for them is to attain the upper world. I could be confused too. I remember the states I was in. From all sides I was told this and that.
But some upper precognition or simply my nature itself directed me in one direction. I knew exactly what I needed: I must really attain the universe, find its physical and mathematical apparatus, and reveal the formulas by which everything operates. That is what I found.
All this is clearly written in Kabbalah. You begin to understand the whole system of cause-and-effect development that you follow and attain. You attain it clearly in nature by forces, not by mysticism.
For adherents to other spiritual practices, this is completely unimportant. The main thing for them is to feel that they are flying. Well, fly! Most importantly, this is cheating, selling all kinds of fetishes to people.
At one time, Abraham broke the figurines of the gods that he was selling. This is when he really became a Kabbalist. But they still sell idols to this day. This is the basis of the delusion of humanity. How is it possible to agree with this?
But they, not understanding even this, come to me and say: “Let us connect.” That is, they do not even feel the difference. Do you understand the darkness people exist in?
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Kabbalists do not Exist!” 8/20/11
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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “What movies would you like to see made?“
I have not seen a movie like it before. It would be one that leads its viewers to serious inner changes.
We would enter the movie as people who think solely about ourselves, who have no single thought about others. Or if we could think about others, then it would be only in order to get something from them. That is how we are by nature.
From such a state, we would need to start understanding that finding happiness in others is of primary importance. In order to undergo such a transformation, we need to change human nature.
What does it mean to feel our happiness in others? It means that when others feel good, we also feel good.
How could such a state be possible? On the contrary, we currently feel good when we are better off than others. Naturally, one way or another, we try to lower others so that they become lower than us. We thus need to reach the opposite: that we instead elevate others above ourselves.
If there were a movie that directs its viewers in such a way, then I would be all for it.
But it would be a flop. No one would get excited about it.
Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” on May 18, 2023. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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