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Posted on July 30th, 2024
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Question: Effective altruists, on average, donate significantly more money than is accepted in society. Some of them feel they have a moral duty to alleviate the suffering of others through donations unless those donations would bring a comparable level of suffering to themselves. This is their formula.
How much do you think a person should donate? Is there any criterion?
Answer: No, there are no criteria. I think some reasonable limit is necessary so that a person does not suddenly begin to get carried away by absurd ideas and sacrifice for such things that will show their inconsistency, if not today, then tomorrow.
Question: Should we give everything that comes to us so that we simply level ourselves out?
Answer: No, not in any case! If we begin to give away what we have earned and deserve, we will turn into the same beggars with an outstretched hand as those who expect alms from us. Therefore, I think this approach is wrong.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 6/30/24
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Question: You say that when reading The Book of Zohar, we do not feel how spiritual forces influence us or how many corrections occur during its study. If a person does not feel anything, does it mean that nothing is happening?
Answer: Certainly! Do we feel what is happening in our bodies? We feel only a millionth part of what is happening, and everything else passes by our senses and thoughts. We do not catch anything, and we do not have time to process anything.
Question: I can usually judge something when I feel something. You say if I do not feel, then is nothing happening. So does studying The Book of Zohar influence people?
Answer: The fact is that, on one hand, the integral world in which I actually find myself is vital to me and not the one that seems to me. I want to know the complete picture of the world and how it affects me. And what I do not feel today, I can feel tomorrow. Therefore, first of all, I need to experience this world. Second, I work in the part of the world that I feel.
There are two worlds: revealed and hidden. I must uncover everything around me and connect with the universe entirely.
This is what Kabbalah is for. That is why it is called the science of receiving. Receiving, that is, the disclosure of the universal complete universe, so I feel myself not within the framework of our world, not within the framework of my body, but in perfection, in eternity, in complete harmony with all of nature, I feel as an integral part of it, as eternal as it is.
Question: Let’s say an ordinary person begins to study The Book of Zohar. Does even just reading a passage affect him?
Answer: It does even if he just hears and does not understand. All the same, he is in contact because everything that happens in our world is some kind of contact through the matter of our world, which is desire.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Hidden Influence of The Book of Zohar” 3/7/10
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Question: It is said that when you are given an awakening from above, you cannot comprehend the spiritual degree. And it is only through the effort of accepting the burden of heavenly Malchut by choice that one merits rising to the level of truth.
Why is it impossible to attain spirituality through an awakening from above? How can you make the right choice?
Answer: It will not work right away. First you have to draw closer to the Creator.
And in order to make the right choice in accepting the burden of heavenly Malchut, first it is necessary to open the primary sources or collection of prayers, and this will help you attune to the Creator. Otherwise, your thoughts will be scattered in different directions, and you will never achieve anything this way.
You need to direct yourself precisely, as in shooting: you direct, aim, and know exactly with what force you need to strike for the projectile to hit the target. Everything must be weighed here; that is why it takes time and habit.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/12/24, Writings of Rabash “Man’s Greatness Is According to His Work”
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Question: I often notice that you close your eyes when you want to convey a specific spiritual picture. Why do you do this?
Answer: To focus. In principle, whether my eyes are closed or open has nothing to do with the sensation of the higher world.
Concentrating on the students and conveying information to them is necessary because it is challenging to bring it out from the inside and clothe it in some earthly form. You need to concentrate so you are not disturbed by images, sounds, or smells. Everything gets in the way!
I remember when an ambulance passed near the place where we were studying with Rabash, he got switched off. If a tractor was working quietly somewhere, emitting a distant, monotonous sound, it was difficult for him to concentrate.
And I have an even bigger problem. First of all, I am not him. He was huge on the one hand. On the other hand, 300 students are in front of me. I must feel them, but feelings still include earthly sensations too.
It turns out that the slightest sound, some kind of knock, someone said something, someone misunderstood something, and I already start to lose my intention, my concentration. Therefore, I need it to be quiet. Even the smell of something is distracting.
It seems to us that the Kabbalist withdraws into himself and plunges inside like a yogi. No. His immersion coincides with the intensification of all earthly senses, I can’t even tell you how much!
For example, while we are walking and talking with Rabash, a small pebble the size of a pea suddenly got into his shoe and prevented him from concentrating. This doesn’t fit at all with how we are used to thinking about the upper world.
To the Kabbalist, all this appears as one whole, and he becomes sensitive to everything. He does not leave, does not float away somewhere; on the contrary, every particle, every connection in the world becomes very important to him. He sees this unity and mutual influence. This whole world is what he needs.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Kabbalist’s Super Senses” 3/11/10
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Question: Why don’t you periodically shout “Attack!” at a convention so that the entire convention would instantly unite in one intention?
Answer: The fact is that I cannot be the commander-in-chief. This is not a spiritual approach.
The only thing I can say is that it is useful and good if you do this from time to time. Not to overuse it, but to unite in an attack during critical moments when you feel the spirit of unity fading or, on the contrary, at the peak of feelings and aspirations.
But it is not about shouting. It should be a quiet, but very sharp internal surge. So I will not shout anything.
I can shout, swear, and get upset when we deal with corporeal problems. But in the spiritual realm, different laws operate.
Question: What if you mentally command us to attack?
Answer: Then you will rise and follow me into battle. I will command you. I promise.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/23/20, “Preparation for the Convention”
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Question: It is said that we should not receive any support from yesterday. But we cannot forget and erase everything indiscriminately. We have the experience of past states. How do we properly use it in our work?
Answer: Continue, what was yesterday, you continue today.
Question: What if we realize that some experience weighs us down, and we do not know how to make it better and the tension remains?
Answer: You need to learn to erase it and start the next day anew because you do not want to carry all the various burdens that have remained in your heart from yesterday or from past times with you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/4/24, Writings of Rabash “And You, Israel”
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Comment: You said that if a friend joins the group, he thereby obligates himself to follow its laws, and we can judge him by the group’s laws.
On the other hand, you say we should not pressure him, he should do as much as he can, and you advised us to show him an effective example.
My Response: From the friend’s side there is an obligation to completely annul himself before the group, gradually, not from the first day. And from the group’s side, there should be an understanding that this is done gradually, not immediately. And in this way it influences everyone.
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From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/8/24, “Equal as one: There is no strong friend, there is a strong society”
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Question: How can a ten come under the rule of one?
Answer: First and foremost you need to unite among yourselves and become like one person with one heart. Then you will be able to approach the Creator and see how similar or different you are.
Question: We gather together, seem to unite, work together, and raise a prayer. What does it mean that we come under the authority of one?
Answer: By annulling yourselves before each other, you become equal with the Creator and cling to Him. By nullifying your desire to receive, your egoism, in relation to Him, you become one.
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From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/8/24, “Equal as one: There is no strong friend, there is a strong society”
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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Letter 18”
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