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From a viewer:
I recently started studying Kabbalah because I was seriously ill. I was looking for any means to get out of this. Today, during the lesson, you said you could read The Book of Zohar to get well. I am very sick. The doctors gave up on me a long time ago. Should we read The Book of Zohar? What should you think about it? About your recovery?
Answer: Certainly. Read it and get better.
Question: You said The Book of Zohar is like a Segula (remedy)?
Answer: Yes, it is magical.
Question: What happens when you read it and want recovery?
Answer: You attract the upper light to yourself; it descends from top to below, passes through all the Sefirot, and reaches you. With this, you heal.
Question: Why The Book of Zohar, and why do you insist on it? There are many books.
Answer: This is the most potent remedy for our soul. Great Kabbalists wrote it at the highest levels of connection with the Creator. Therefore, this book carries a mighty charge of spiritual power.
Question: Does it matter what language you read in? It is in Aramaic and Hebrew.
Answer: It is in Aramaic. There is nothing you can do about that. But after Aramaic, of course, Hebrew, because they are practically parallel languages. And those who know Aramaic understand Hebrew. Anyone who understands Hebrew, in principle, understands Aramaic.
Question: What if it is in Russian? We also have translations into Russian.
Answer: Let him read in Russian.
Question: So basically in your language, in the language the reader understands?
Answer: Yes.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 4/1/24
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Question: Can each of the stages of spiritual development (revelation of evil, do no harm to others, love your neighbor as yourself) take decades?
Answer: Today it takes much less.
Question: How can this be; we are all so different? There are people who may still be at the first stage and there are those who are already at the third stage.
Answer: This is the same as in our society; there are different people: rich and poor, smart and not so smart, and so on. That is, they always complement each other.
Question: Baal HaSulam explains that when a person acquires the altruistic property, meaning, the ability to unite with others and not use them for one’s own benefit, he immediately begins to feel the upper force according to the law of equivalence of properties.
He writes that contact with the upper force is the most natural state for a person. How can you explain this?
Answer: It is a return to our root, the root we came from.
Question: Is it natural for a person to be in connection with the Creator? It is certainly natural for us to be egoistic.
Answer: But our egoism also comes from there. The Creator created everything. He created evil and gave us the opportunity to correct it. In this way we move toward good.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation” 5/9/24
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Question: Faith becomes reason after attainment. How can one convince oneself that faith is infinite?
Answer: You do not need to force yourself. Gradually you will come to realize this on your own.
Question: How can we perceive the attainment of friends, through faith or through reason? How do we attach this to ourselves?
Answer: Through connection.
Question: But if we see a friend’s attainment, do we take it as faith or as a fact?
Answer: We take it as a fact and include it in ourselves.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/24/24, Writings of Rabash “Mind and Heart”
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Question: It is said that Napoleon was passing through Paris with his retinue on the 9th of Av. This is the day when the First and Second Temples were destroyed and other tragedies of the Jewish people occurred. When Napoleon entered the Jewish quarter, he was surprised that the streets were empty. He entered the synagogue and saw it filled with people sitting on the floor. Napoleon asked the Rabbi: “What happened? Perhaps one of your leaders died or a pogrom occurred that I am unaware of?”
“Worse,” replied the Rabbi,” our Temple was destroyed, and we were expelled from our homeland.” “But that happened 1,800 years ago,” said Napoleon. “No,” said the Rabbi, “it happened just an hour ago.”
Could you please comment on such a response? It is as if history has not moved since the destruction of the Temple.
Answer: Yes. It is believed that time has stopped and we only live until it starts again and we begin to rebuild the Temple.
Question: So does this mean that all of this life is just waiting to return to the state of the Temple?
Answer: Yes, that is how it should be. The state of the Temple is the connection with the Creator. Every person could turn to the Creator and feel that he has connection, he could ask and receive answers. People were at that level. And then there was the destruction of the Temple, meaning the destruction of this connection, and that is it!
Question: Do we have a record that we were at this level?
Answer: Yes, there is a record. It is deeply hidden within us, but it manifests from time to time.
Question: So, we lost this direct connection with the Creator? And so, as it is said here, “lost life” as a result?
Answer: Yes, spiritual life.
Question: It is also said that Napoleon exclaimed: “If the Jews still mourn for their Temple and homeland, they will surely return to their land and rebuild the Temple.” What do you think of Napoleon’s response?
Answer: It is natural; the Temple must be rebuilt. The point is that people regain the connection with the Creator, a continuous, clear connection in their hearts.
Question: So then there is the question of what comes first starting to build the Temple or sensing this point within us?
Answer: Sensing it is most important. Gathering stones and building a structure with them is irrelevant.
Question: So everything will proceed automatically?
Answer: Even if it does not, it does not matter. People will start to feel that they are in unity with each other and are building a place for their upper force.
Question: Since we have touched on this question. Two Temples fell and we are talking about the Third Temple. It is said that the Third Temple will be built by the whole world. What does that mean?
Answer: The whole world will decide that it is necessary to achieve such a level among people—harmony, connection between them—when they are all united under the common force of the Creator.
Comment: Usually all unions happen after major tragedies.
My Response: Yes.
Question: Like the League of Nations after World War I, the UN after World War II. What needs to happen for people to suddenly come to this decision?
Answer: Apparently, the world must experience a serious shock. And after that, a desire for the revelation of the Creator will awaken in the nations. And it will end with the fact that indeed the Creator will be revealed in people, in the hearts of people. This will prompt them to connect with each other, and by being ready to connect with each other correctly, with kindness, in one heart, they will invoke the revelation of the Creator within them.
Question: And naturally, they will start to build the Third Temple?
Answer: That will be the Third Temple.
Question: Why is it said that the Third Temple must be built specifically in Jerusalem?
Answer: Because Jerusalem is such a place where all hopes, thoughts, and desires of people converge. So it is not a physical place.
Question: Then what will happen to the 9th of Av, on this day?
Answer: It will become a holiday.
Question: From a day of mourning it will become a holiday? Is this the right transition?
Answer: That is right. That is how it should be.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 4/8/24
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Question: It is more or less clear what it means to go against the mind. But what does it mean to go against the heart?
Answer: It means to go against one’s feelings. A person is guided by how much he can elevate himself above both the mind and the heart. This is what constitutes his spiritual state.
By rising above these two points: Mocha (mind) and Liba (heart), a person reaches a spiritual state.
This should be felt in a person’s feelings. The mind alone is worth nothing; feelings are what matter. Thoughts and reason are secondary to desire.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/24/24, Writings of Rabash “Mind and Heart”
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Question: Was it up to you that you became a famous Kabbalist, or did you just have to come to this?
Answer: This is very difficult to explain. On the one hand, everything depends on the Creator, but on the other hand a lot also depends on a person.
As a rule, when everything has already happened and remains in the past, we say that all this is from the Creator, and the next moment I must say that everything depends on me.
Question: You are the only known Kabbalist today who can convey certain spiritual information. Is this your mission?
Answer: Rabash knew that I would not leave him. It was out of the question. But I went through very difficult, terrible, sharp states of disobedience and objections. Sometimes, I was very uncontrollable. I could not have behaved differently.
Yet, even in those states, I tried to do everything possible for him. I loved my teacher very much, but on the other hand there were moments when I hated him. It is not that I hated him. I just did not understand: “How can this be?!” That is natural.
Question: Rabash knew that you had a different soul. You probably feel the souls of your students in the same way. Among them, are there people with such a soul that must do something in the future? Does this depend on them or…?
Answer: Of course it depends on them and no one else. It did not on Rabash; he gave everything he could. Everything! What I could take at that time, I took from him. What I could not take, he instilled in me potentially, and it manifested later.
He has not been with me for many years, and all these years, what he instilled in me continues to manifest. I feel it. It is only his light. That is how a Kabbalist works.
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From KabTV’s “I Cot a Call. How did You Become a Kabbalist? “ 2/4/10
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Question: When we say that there are phenomena that can destroy us, that is, the Creator gives some kind of exercise that I have to disagree with, how can I not get confused here?
How can we on one hand agree and accept, and on the other hand to disagree with something that destroys us. What kind of support and priorities can there be?
Answer: The most important thing is that there should be no mutual hatred. That is, work on what attracts you to each other.
And then gradually the negative qualities themselves will move away from you, and the positive ones will manifest themselves. That is the way to act.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/24/24, Writings of Rabash “Mind and Heart”
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