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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