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Posted on April 14th, 2024
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Question: Can we say that the path of Torah accelerates the process of human development?
Answer: Yes, the path of Torah corrects and accelerates the development of people because they do not have to spend a long time in a period of suffering. As a rule, suffering on the physical level lasts a long time and is less effective for human development than if it all happens at the level of thoughts and desires.
Question: How can we increase our sensitivity to suffering?
Answer: We can increase sensitivity to suffering by talking about it, discussing it, and trying to somehow support each other. Then these sufferings will look more significant in our eyes. We will really begin to want to get closer to them in the sense of eradicating them, making sure that they do not appear in our world.
This can be compared, for example, to smoking. Let us say a person smokes for decades and after 30 to 40 years begins to feel unwell.
If he reads several books about the dangers of smoking and attends several sessions where they explain to him that smoking is bad for health, then he will understand everything himself, and he no longer needs 30 to 40 years to experience this himself and contract the related diseases.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states” 3/14/24
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Question: It is said that prayer is connection between us and the Creator. What is special about this connection? After all, we feel connection with Him when we study, unite, and disseminate, do we not?
Answer: What your heart desires at every moment is prayer.
Question: Should we constantly focus on this, or are these individual efforts within the group?
Answer: Prayer can happen at any time both within and outside the group. The main thing is for each person to try to be directed toward the Creator. But if prayer goes through the group, it is much stronger.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/26/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “After the Tzimtzum”
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We will succeed in destroying the Jews because they are separated from one another; hence, our power against them will certainly prevail (Shamati 144, “There is a Certain People).
Question: What is our power?
Answer: The thing is, egoistic forces want to enter our environment and divide us so that we are not united among us. In such a case, they distance us from the Creator and can do whatever they want with us.
But if we unite among ourselves and with the whole world, then our collective power will represent the spiritual force. We need nothing else beside that. Our strength lies only in unity.
Question: What do we lack for such unity to become an example for the world?
Answer: We lack coming closer to each other and attempts to eliminate all bad thoughts and desires that flow from one to the other. We must rapidly gain strength and speed of unity in order to dispel all opposing thoughts and actions.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/21/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “There Is a Certain People”
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Question: Receiving the light of Hochma is the purpose of creation. But the Kli decides not to receive this light directly but only through the light of Hassadim. Why does it make such a decision?
Answer: Because it is impossible to accept the light of Hohma otherwise. If the Kli wants to receive the light of Hochma without clothing itself in the light of Hassadim, then it shatters. That is, we should always think about how the light of Hochma should be clothed in the light of Hassadim so we could take both lights into ourselves.
Question: How do we clothe ourselves in the light of Hassadim in practice?
Answer: When we work for the sake of bestowal to each other and all together for the sake of bestowal to the Creator, then this is the clothing of Hassadim.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/24/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Haman Pockets”
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Question: Is there any remedy for slander? Other than prayer, what can help here? How can a person stop himself?
Answer: Take care of yourself, your correction. Guide yourself toward the right goal. And then you will have not time and thoughts to slander someone, condemn them, or discuss them. All this will be removed from your desires.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states” 3/7/24
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Question: Different types of suffering exist from large-scale disasters to various diseases. Can we say that there are certain types of suffering for each desire?
Answer: No, that is not true. But you can generally say so in terms of quantity, quality, and type. We do not do this because we must act to eradicate all suffering.
Question: What do earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters have to do with relationships between people?
Answer: In human understanding, natural disasters have nothing to do with our relationships. But let’s reduce everything to a common denominator—nature. We can understand, guess, and even foresee that such and such actions may be the consequences of such and such relationships between people.
The destructive relationship between us is the cause of all suffering even on the inanimate level.
Explosions on the Sun, or explosions of stars, storms at sea, typhoons in the ocean, etc.—all this has to do with human actions.
Question: On what basis do you claim this?
Answer: Based on the fact that all nature is global, interconnected, integral, and there is nothing that does not influence everything.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states” 3/14/24
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Question: There is an opinion that women tend to gossip more than men. Does this come from them being more egoistic, or is it just the female nature?
Answer: For men, this manifests itself as a motivation to action, and for women, it manifests itself simply in conversation. That is why women do more harm.
Question: Does this mean they have more work with the vice of slander?
Answer: No, working on oneself is when a person works against his vice but they do not do it.
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