Audio Version Of The Blog – 11/22/23
Posted on November 22nd, 2023
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Question: What condition in Israel’s current war would you call victory? What is a victory for you?
Answer: It is a state where both sides raise their hands and agree not to fight anymore.
Comment: Many people say that one of the reasons for the current war was the split in Israeli society, which has been intensifying over the past year.
My Response: I think so too. This war can be called a punishment from above for our rift in society.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 10/29/23
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Question: Today people spend a lot of time watching war footage. So a person even without being in the hot spots lives all this daily.
Some experts say this has a strong effect on the human psyche. Others argue this is how one learns to see the truth and thereby can prevent his aggression toward others. What would you recommend?
Should we be watching all this?
Answer: I would not advise watching it because, as a rule, it is presented with loose commentary.
I would advise people to study the nature of man and the causes of wars. Then they would gradually become aware of their damage and how that harm can be corrected concerning others.
Question: Do you think watching all these horrors affects our psyche?
Answer: Of course it does.
Question: In a good way or the opposite? Some believe if one has a strong impression of negative actions, he will never repeat them.
Answer: No, it does not work. We see the world is not getting better.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 10/29/23
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Question: In Baal HaSulam’s “You Who Love the Lord, Hate Evil,” it is written that through the hatred for the will to receive one corrects it and surrenders under the Kedusha [holiness]. What does it mean?
Answer: It means that the will to receive will no longer want to manifest itself because it understands that in this way a person leads everyone to destruction.
Conversely, if a person hates the will to receive, then by this he surrenders to holiness.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 11/9/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “You Who Love the Lord, Hate Evil“
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Question: We all are trying to unite above our differences. Our goal for the connections between us is to reveal the force of the Creator, love, and eternity. How can we convey all this to the whole world, to the people of Israel?
Answer: You must try to connect through your hearts, and then what is in your heart will flow into the others’ hearts. You will feel it. Just work on it as a group.
Question: What determines the volume of our internal space where everyone can be placed for internal unification?
Answer: It is the size of the heart. And to work effectively with this thought, you need to open your heart to everyone.
Let us all embrace together and ask the Creator to bring us closer in a tighter embrace. That is how we arrive at a quick final correction. Baal HaSulam writes that we are already in the last generation, the generation of Moshiach (Messiah). What should we do? Just wish in your heart for this to come true for everyone.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/4/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “First Will Be the Correction of the World“
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The Zohar says that the Creator hates bodies. It refers specifically to the bodies of the Creator’s workers because they want to be eternal recipients, since they also desire the wealth of the future world (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 108 “If You Leave Me for a Day, I will Leave You for Two Days”).
Question: If the Creator hates the bodies, then what was the need to create them?
Answer: The material body is the desire to receive. If the Creator had not created the body, we would not have anything to work on and be rewarded.
We are talking about desires for one’s own sake that arise in a person who seeks spiritual elevation. But nothing can be revealed in the desire to receive, only in the desire to give, which is called the spiritual body or soul.
Question: If the Creator gives us a reward in advance, will we pay for it later much more?
Answer: No, do not take that into account. You must do what is required of you.
Question: It seems like this article describes a conversation with the body. Is it important to keep track of what my body, i.e., my desire is telling me at every moment?
Answer: Of course, it is important. If you do not hear your body and do not listen to it, but just hear it, you will not be able to advance.
Correct hearing means holding on to the group, to the Creator, and listening to what your body wants to tell you. Then you will gain the strength to move forward independently of it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/7/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “If You Leave Me One Day, I Will Leave You Two“
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Dear Michael Laitman,
Trouble has brought us together again. We are again confident that the people are united, we will defeat any enemies, we can, we are strong, and we defend our home. I agree with all this, but where is the Creator now, the one you keep talking about? Or is it implied that He is inside this unity of ours?
Ilya
My Response: We can say that we are close to misfortune. It is our enemies who have silenced us relative to each other.
Question: Do you mean that there is still a lot of work to be done?
Answer: Not only that still needs to be done, but we need to do the work! We were forced to forget about some internal quarrels. But we must understand that we must do serious work on a mistake. The mistake is mutual hatred, revealed in us by the Creator who specifically awakens it so that we ask Him to make peace and love between us.
Question: Do we still have to come to this?
Answer: Of course! And come in what way? We have to recognize and feel that there is mutual rejection and hatred between us. We have to rise above it.
This work is constant! It is not something that will pass in a couple of weeks, and that is it. This hatred will not go away. We have reached a level of connection between us, which is called mutual hatred. We have to suppress it from above with our love for each other. It is through hatred that we can reach love.
Question: You just said a very interesting thing. Is this a level of hatred? This level is already very high. Should love have the same level?
Answer: It should be even more, above the hatred.
This love is not ready, and it is not there so that you can take and replace one with another. It must be born out of ourselves! Precisely, in such serious labor pains. I think it is not easy, this work is for many years to come.
Question: Now everyone is thinking and talking, of course, about victory. Tell me, please, what do you call victory?
Answer: By victory, I mean the victory of a person over oneself. When one realizes that to win, he must defeat himself because besides him there is only the Creator. Here, nothing can be otherwise.
The only thing we need is to truly understand that we have always behaved incorrectly. Now is the time to understand, realize, and admit who is to blame.
It is us. By hating each other, we have led ourselves and the country to the fact that it cannot exist in this way. We must give a clear answer to this and proceed with what we must do to make this country Jewish and viable.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 10/12/23
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Question: It is said that if the Torah distances one from love for the Creator, it is called the elixir of death. The Creator often alienates us from Himself because of our egoism. In what case does the Torah bring us closer to the Creator, and in what does it become the elixir of death?
Answer: The Psalms give an example of a deer that is running away from a person constantly looks back to see whether he manages to increase the distance or decrease. It is like this with the Creator.
Even when the Creator moves away and demonstrates it to us, He does this only to make us run after Him and try to reach Him. Therefore, we must always pursue the thought that the Creator wants us to catch up with Him.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning the Giving of the Torah – 2“
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Question: In article 241 of Shamati, Baal HaSulam writes: “Call upon Him when He is near.” By what signs can we understand that the Creator is close to us?
Answer: When we think about the Creator, we want to get closer to Him. When we have some kind of relationship with Him, it means that we are close to Him. At this time, you must definitely turn to Him and raise your requests.
Question: The article also says that if a person does not take advantage of the opportunity, he remains as before. What does it mean to “not take advantage of an opportunity”?
Answer: If you are given the opportunity to ask the Creator to draw closer to Him and did not do this, it means you did not use it.
Therefore, you must constantly tune your heart to turn to the Creator, especially together with your friends, and then you will definitely have the opportunity to contact Him, and an answer to your request will come from Him.
You must always try to feel as if you are tuning into this wave with your heart, and your request will not be sent into the void.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/2/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Call Upon Him When He Is Near“
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Question: On one hand, it is said that sometimes a person is rewarded with finding mercy through prayer, through Sgula (a miraculous remedy), because it can replace the effort.
On the other hand, it is said that although a person is worthy of finding mercy through prayer, nevertheless, then he must pay a measure of effort. What does it mean?
Answer: It means that the person receives an advance. He has not yet earned spirituality, but he has already received some portion, and therefore, he must continue to make efforts to earn the advance.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/3/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Concerning the Giving of the Torah – 2“
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