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Posted on September 18th, 2024
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I asked God to punish my enemy. And God said to me, “No. He is destined to become your best friend” (Author Unknown).
Question: What should a person ask for if there is an enemy in front of him? How can it not be asking for help to destroy it? Please explain.
Answer: I don’t think it is necessary to ask for it, of course.
Comment: But this is an enemy.
My Response: This is only if it is a global enemy.
Question: Who wants to destroy me?
Answer: Not just me, but in general, to destroy everything around me.
Question: The Creator answers here: “He is destined to be your best friend.” If I keep this in mind even though I have an enemy in front of me, what is going on then, can you tell?
Answer: You are slowly adjusting to the fact that you can get closer to him.
Question: Is this the right way?
Answer: Yes.
Question: That is, over this hatred, over this whole situation, what he has done to me, I kind of forget everything and say: “You will be my friend”?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Can this be called a prayer?
Answer: Yes, it is a prayer, and it will happen.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 7/1/24
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Thus, the craving of the lower one, the female, is included in the craving of the upper one, the male, and the two souls become one, without separation (Rashbi, Zohar for All, Vol. 2, Lech Lecha, “Like an Apple Tree among the Trees of the Forest” #205)
Question: What determines that the lower part is the female part?
Answer: This is determined by the presence of the attribute of bestowal in the male part, which, in principle, is much stronger than in the female part.
Question: Does the female aspect have the attribute of bestowal at all?
Answer: Of course it does. This is very important. Otherwise, if one is only receiving and the other is only giving, there would be no connection between them at all.
If both are receiving and both are giving, then it turns out that the male part is primarily the giver, and the female part is primarily the receiver.
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From KabTV’s “Men and Women” 8/20/24
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Question: When you were studying with Rabash and had certain complaints toward him, he would say: “Why didn’t you ask?” Is it the same request every time? Or does it change? What did he mean when he asked you that?
Answer: He meant that one must always turn to the Creator but only after properly clarifying the issue. That is, when I want to achieve such a connection with my friends that the Creator is revealed within it and by doing so I will give Him contentment because He desires to dwell within and fill the creation with everything He has.
This state is compared either to the suffering of a cow bursting from excess of milk, eager to give to everyone but no one is taking, or to the agony of a woman in labor who wants to give birth, but the moment of birth has not yet come.
Such a state is very intense. It is an inner state that the Creator experiences because the desire to bestow is much stronger than the desire to receive.
We need to imagine this state of His and prepare ourselves to ask, not because we want it, but because He needs it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/28/20, “Questions from World Kli”
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Question: How can one constantly remain in mutual responsibility so that the Creator does not remind us of Himself with obstacles like accidents, courts, or health issues?
Answer: I do not think the Creator reminds us of the lack of mutual responsibility in such a way; these are your assumptions. We cause all the problems with our increased egoism, not by not participating in mutual guarantee. Do not think of the Creator’s governance in this way.
We have a system of self–management in our hands, partially of course, but still in our hands, and therefore we must be fully oriented toward the Creator.
But in no case claim that because I am not in mutual responsibility a brick fell on my head. No, don’t do that. Otherwise, you will wander off into very bad philosophies.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/28/20, “Questions from World Kli”
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I asked God to spare me and my loved ones pain.
And God said: “No.”
He said it is not for Him to take away, but for me to give up. …
I asked God to spare me pain,
And God said, “No.”
He said, “Suffering draws you apart from worldly
cares and brings you closer to Me.” (Claudia Minden Weisz, “And God Said,’No’”)
Question: These quotes seem to say that God does not give direct answers to straightforward questions. He does not say: “Take it, please.” He says: “No, you have to do it yourself.” Is this our work?
Answer: Yes, this is our work.
Question: So does He constantly give us work? He does not give us direct gifts, right?
Answer: He specifically created obstacles for us. After all, egoism is the main obstacle.
Comment: Here a person asks to be freed from pain. Is pain necessary.
My Response: Yes, of course! If there were no pain, you cannot imagine what we could do!
Comment: But when I am in pain, I naturally ask: “Free me from pain!”
My Response: That is exactly what is needed—for you to feel the pain and ask.
Question: Is this called rising above the pain?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Is it possible to reach a state where one does not feel pain at all?
Answer: If you could foresee and know in advance how to act, you would not act in a way that causes pain.
Question: So is it possible to rise above the pain somehow?
Answer: I think that through internal efforts a person can rise above all illnesses.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 7/1/24
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Question: How can a person determine in which desire they acted as a righteous person and in which as a sinner?
Answer: They must feel it. If they do not feel it, they should perform actions characteristic of a righteous person, see whether they can actually carry them out, and ask the Creator for help.
Question: Can one trust their inner impression in this process?
Answer: No, they cannot.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/27/24, Writings of Rabash “Righteous and Wicked”
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A righteous is someone who wishes to justify the Creator in all His actions. They may not yet be fully capable of justifying Him, but they already have the desire to do so to some extent. A person cannot immediately feel oneself as righteous; he always starts from the opposite state, as wicked.
You must clearly feel what you receive from the Creator, what your desires and intentions are, and where they are directed, and you will feel yourself to be even more wicked and only wish to receive for your own sake.
Question: What do we do with the wicked within us?
Answer: We wish to turn them into righteous.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/27/24, Writings of Rabash “Righteous and Wicked”
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Question: Can there be a state where we feel a strong connection with the Creator but simultaneously feel a sense of lack?
Answer: Yes, that can happen.
Question: How can this state be characterized? As a preparation for the next leap forward?
Answer: It does not matter, even if you cannot explain it. Do you truly understand the inner forces at work in such a state? The main thing is that we remain constantly directed toward the Creator through our connection with the friends.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/1/24, Writings of Rabash “The Creator Is Meticulous with the Righteous”
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Question: When we unite with friends from other groups, we feel the emergence of new connections, and due to the growth of egoism, some resistance arises. How can we understand what the Creator is pointing out to us now?
Answer: This can only be understood through our work process. It is impossible to explain it verbally. These feelings must develop within us, and we need to realize them.
Question: What is the inner network that envelops us and elevates us?
Answer: It is our connection with one another.
Question: When we make efforts, ask, and pray, should we feel suffering that nothing is working out?
Answer: No, there should be joy in moving toward correction.
Question: If there is an impression that before the congress that the Creator adds obstacles to connection, how should we correctly respond to such pressure from the Creator?
Answer: Accept it with gratitude.
Question: How should we enter the ten’s internal state so we can feel the connection between us?
Answer: Ask the Creator for it. Constantly ask.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/31/24, “Preparation to ‘Growing Stronger in the Ten’”
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