Comment: An ordinary person thinks that they do everything in this world themselves: “I am so amazing, so astonishing, so wonderful.” But in Kabbalah, a person realizes that they are influenced by a system. They start to feel this system and understand that it is not them. In this way, they begin to attain themselves.

This is the huge difference between the two layers: the external perception of the world and the inner perception, which is inherent to a person studying Kabbalah.

My Response: Yes that is true. But it is difficult for me to talk about this because I perceive the world a little differently than others. Sometimes it is hard for me to connect with a person who only feels what they perceive. I can no longer imagine such a state.

I try to get closer to them to explain my philosophy, worldview, and feelings. But, as a rule, I do not succeed very much in this. It is hard. We see this with all Kabbalists.

After all, a person in our world lacks a spiritual organ of perception. Therefore, we attract them like a child with “toys,” and “sweets,” until they start to engage in the process of their own development and begin to feel the upper world within themselves.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Am I a Puppet?” 4/10/10

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From a letter:

I am a teacher with little experience and I am not Jewish. But I have always been interested in the fact that you teach your children to read from the age of three. I know that a lot of attention is paid to memorizing text.

“You” refers to Jews.

It is known that elementary school children could read the entire Torah fluently from memory. They could even tell how many times and on which page a particular word is mentioned.

I have many questions. Of course, we were taught a lot at university, but your answers are especially important to me. I take a lot from your programs. The first question is: What does starting education at three years old give?

Answer: It gives development.

Question: “What does such rigorous memorization of text give?” she asks.

Answer: It is also memory development.

Question: What is the purpose of this for the child?

Answer: So that they know the Torah well, can recall any part from memory, and quote it.

Question: Why specifically the Torah?

Answer: To develop abilities in a person that cannot be developed by anything else. By nothing else. I have talked with many people who studied the Torah this way, and they say it is impossible to convey this to those who have not studied it. The texts of the Torah “bind” a person’s mind into one harmonious whole.

Question: So in principle, is the goal to bring a person closer to this harmony?

Answer: Yes.

Question: How does a Kabbalist read the Torah?

Answer: A Kabbalist does not read the Torah, they see it. It evokes images within them. Not the ones illustrated in books. They see their own personal images behind the words.

Question: Are all these layers sort of removed?

Answer: This is impossible to explain.

Question: Another question from her: “Progress has brought us to the point where memorizing texts is unnecessary. Information can be obtained instantly. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this, in your opinion?”

Answer: The fact that we can juggle texts, books, and encyclopedias however we want, and find quotes in seconds, is natural, on one hand. But on the other hand, it extracts the soul from all this. It results in pure information.

Question: And is there a soul in learning the Torah this way?

Answer: In this way, yes. Of course!

Question: Her last question: “I have just started teaching. What is the most important thing to teach children?”

Answer: The most important thing to teach children is to have the right attitude toward the material you are teaching them. They must understand that the learning process itself develops them. Therefore, it doesn’t even matter what you study, but the process itself turns a small child into a person.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 4/8/24

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Question: Can women enter into mutual guarantee (Arvut)?

Answer: Of course they can. What is the problem? If the men enter, then you will enter. You must fully help men because the male part determines, and the female part gives its pressure—Aviut. Without proper interaction between us, we will not be able to achieve this.

Mutual guarantee is the birth of a spiritual state. It comes only from the correct correspondence of the male and female parts in the Kli.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/17/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: Can we say that we start entering into mutual guarantee egoistically?

Answer: Of course, only egotistically.

Question: How does this mutual guarantee advance us toward the Creator?

Answer: We cannot advance using only egoism. But for now, that is the only power we have. We do not have anything else yet! Do you want to immediately jump to the level of bestowal, love, and connection between each other? From where?

There is an entire ladder and by climbing it we gradually accumulate the desire for the right connection, for bestowing, when the general becomes higher than my personal “I.” This does not happen immediately but under the influence of the higher light.

Question: What is the result of the ten being in a state of mutual guarantee?

Answer: If you do not feel yourself but feel the ten, take it into consideration, think together, desire together as if you have no internal life of your own, only a common one, and when you suddenly separate from the ten you feel as if your oxygen supply has been cut off, then this is the state of mutual guarantee (Arvut).
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/17/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: What is mutual responsibility (Arvut)?

Answer: Mutual responsibility (Arvut) is when I am responsible for the whole world before the Creator.

Question: Can we, Bnei Baruch, be an example to humanity in our state and explain to them through our example about how we unite?

Answer: No, we cannot do that because we are not yet a group that can tell humanity, “You have to become like our group.” Although we are close to it, we are not in such a state yet.

Arvut is a state in which everyone connects by one force into one organism, and the Creator descends to us according to our desires. He settles in us, controls us, and fills us with His quality of bestowal. And we are connected in this quality of bestowal. That is a mutual guarantee. That is the ideal state of humanity.

But we are not there yet. We want to get closer to this state to set an example for humanity. As soon as we reach this state, humanity will begin to notice: “What is this? Why is this happening? How did they do it?” They will suddenly intuitively feel that in Arvut lies the salvation to all problems. But to do this, we must first achieve the quality of Arvut among us.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/17/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: If a friend in our ten goes through a state of descent and we feel it, how can we help him?

Answer: If a friend is going through a bad spiritual state, we must support him.

Understand that each of us experiences a spiritual state for the group and not for ourselves. We go through descents, ascents, and changes in our states only because the whole group needs it, not just one person.

Therefore, if I look at a friend and see that he is in a descent, he is not in it. The whole group, through him, must study this descent and pick it up. And so through each of us. We must perceive ups and downs as being given to the whole group together. In spirituality, we strive to be one.

How can I look at a friend and say if he is on a descent or an ascent? That is where we are! He experiences this alone because we have not yet united. And to the extent that we unite, we will feel all the descents and ascents of everyone together.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson 2/17/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: How can remote groups be incorporated into a teacher, as Kabbalists once did?
I am afraid it is possible to miss the common ark and it will sail away, and in the next life, I will have to be born again in some unclear conditions.

Answer: First of all, the fact that you are afraid of missing something, losing, and being late—this is good. On the other hand, you must be sure that if you are in this place and trying to unite with your friends with all your might, you will definitely succeed. That is second.

Third, success does not consist of what you have attained, earned, felt, realized, and seen. Success consists of trying to think at every moment about bringing contentment to the Creator.

And then you will think less about yourself, about how to succeed, and whether you will have time or not have time, or whether you will be born in this world again. All these purely egoistic questions will not worry you because you will be above them in aspiration toward the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/17/20, “Preparation for the Convention”

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Question: Do Kabbalah lessons have a statute of limitations? Why do we keep recording and updating them?

Answer: Firstly, Kabbalah is being updated with each generation as new souls descend into our world and require a suitable exposition of Kabbalah.

Of course Kabbalah does not change. The structure of the universe is unchanging. But since we are changing, we must receive an updated methodological guide to the disclosure of the universe every time. Therefore, every Kabbalist in his generation felt responsible for this and added something to Kabbalah.

Thus, a huge number of Kabbalistic books appeared, which we do not even know, because now, by a happy coincidence, all of Kabbalah has been compiled, assembled, decomposed, analyzed and synthesized for us in the works of Baal HaSulam. Therefore, we do not need to be distracted by other sources.

By the way, I didn’t know about Baal HaSulam at first. They didn’t want to tell me about him. You can’t imagine how many books I went through, what a huge library I had! And now there are only our books left. However, there are also books by Ramhal, AGRA, such recognized Kabbalists. But, in general, apart from the books of Baal HaSulam, we practically do not need anything else.

After I went through all the other books on Kabbalah, especially RAMAK and the more ancient Kabbalists, I realized that there was nothing to do. I am very glad that I discovered Baal HaSulam at the time and settled on him. And to this day, I see that this is the only source for us, not the first among the others, but simply the only one.

And we for our part must also take care of the people who come to us, because they need to adapt the works of Baal HaSulam.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Expiration Date of Kabbalah” 1/31/10

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