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Talks about the Steps of the Ladder, Part 16
What Is “Back” or “Behind”?
When the Creator reveals His actions as if they are not in humanity’s favor, it is considered a descent. All doubts come to a person indirectly from the Creator. Just as with Moses, who asked to see the Creator’s face, the Creator responds, “I will show you only My ‘back,’ for it is impossible to see My face.” This means that revelation always happens indirectly, through the “back,” or through vessels.
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Question: The most talked-about name today either excites, terrifies, depresses, or inspires hope in people: Trump. How do you view today’s Trump? What is this phenomenon?
Answer: In general, it is not a new phenomenon and is quite known in America. He enjoys making all kinds of grand gestures.
Comment: To be in the spotlight.
My Response: Exactly. I think we will quickly get used to him, and people will realize that it’s like “letting a child play around.” That is his style, his hallmark.
Question: Why has the world reacted so strongly? How has the world changed to respond this way?
Answer: Every politician primarily thinks about how to attract as much electorate to their side as possible.
Question: So does he clearly understand that he stirs people up and wins them over in this way?
Answer: Of course. He is no longer young; he understands how this game is played.
Question: So do you think this is his strategy, that everything is calculated?
Answer: Definitely. Would he have been allowed to stay otherwise?
Question: To rule?
Answer: No, he would have been just killed.
Question: Is there a larger agenda behind this, and does someone benefit from it?
Answer: Absolutely.
Question: You said, “He is just like that.” What trait in him is necessary for the world today to be shaken up?
Answer: The need to show off.
Question: Is it that simple?
Answer: Not entirely, there are deeper layers, but fundamentally, yes.
Question: Is this what fulfills him? If we are talking about his fulfillment.
Answer: Yes.
Question: Are people celebrating him like this?
Answer: Yes, they are excited to have a presidential candidate who can “show who is the boss,” slam a fist on the table, and do something outrageous and unpredictable.
Question: Let’s be honest, he has accomplished things in the past. He did quite a bit for Israel: moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and recognized the Golan Heights. He has, in a way, proven himself as a man of action, has he not?
Answer: Yes.
Comment: I remember you said a true leader is someone who feels a sense of responsibility, as though they are caring for their own children, and who could come to the principle of “Love your neighbor as yourself”—or at least approach it.
My Response: I don’t think anyone expects those kinds of words from him.
Question: Do people expect direct decisions from him tough? And he will likely meet those expectations, will he not?
Answer: Yes.
Comment: He is also promising to stop wars.
My Response: I do not believe that. That does not depend on Trump.
Comment: Trump is known for unconventional decisions, his ability to take risks, and so on. But being President of the U.S. is not a gamble. Still, it feels like he is taking chances.
My Response: No, I do not think it is a gamble.
Question: So is he taking risks, bluffing, or not?
Answer: No.
Question: You still see calculation in his actions?
Answer: Everything is calculated.
Question: Many criticize Trump; that is well-known. What helps him ignore the criticism, the constant attacks from all sides?
Answer: What else can he do? He has to play the same game, accept their moves, and learn to respond. This is a high-stakes game.
Question: Do you think he still pays attention to the criticism?
Answer: He has a huge team of people monitoring everything, analyzing it, and explaining to him what in fact is happening, each from a different perspective. And what happens next, we will see.
Question: What would you personally, sincerely, want Trump to do?
Answer: I think the greatest thing he could do is stop the hatred between the left and the right across all countries.
Question: Do you mean worldwide?
Answer: Yes, he should try to address it. And then we will see.
Question: So you are thinking globally. Do you see this division as the root cause of all problems and conflicts?
Answer: Yes.
Question: What does the leader of such an influential country, one that the entire world watches, need to do? He cannot simply say: “Stop hating, love one another.” What foundational steps should he take?
Answer: I am not sure he has the strength to do it. But the time, the place, and the topic are precisely this: will the world continue trying to circumvent the opposing side…
Question: The right circumventing the left and vice versa?
Answer: Yes. Or will the world strive for greater balance after all? That is hard to predict.
Comment: So if he managed to lay this foundation, you would say: “This is what I would want.” To stop this hatred between people.
My Response: I think in his previous term he was more realistic. What he will bring this time, I do not know.
Question: What do you think the Creator is trying to convey to our world by placing someone like Trump as a world leader (essentially a world leader)? After all, “The hearts of ministers are in the hands of the Creator.” What message is being sent to humanity in your opinion?
Answer: That we need to learn how to live under leaders like him. I am not criticizing Trump; on the contrary, I am pointing out that we are in a unique period where we can come closer to solving our main issue. I think it is possible. Beyond that, I do not know.
He does not have any major obstacles! He can step forward and truly feel like a leader. I believe he should seize this opportunity.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 11/18/24
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Question: How does the body learn the qualities of the wise? How can we help this happen?
Answer: We help the body by trying to unite and to raise a collective prayer. This is how we attract the upper light that corrects us.
Question: Can we assume that a small self-annulment gives us the strength for the subsequent slightly larger annulment?
Answer: Yes, it always happens that way. Therefore we never stop, but we constantly clarify even the slightest problems.
Question: How do we rise above mind and reason to learn the quality of the wise?
Answer: Only together through a collective prayer to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/17/24, Writings of Rabash “Abraham Arose”
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Question: Has there ever been a time in the history of Kabbalah when a teacher had as many students as you?
I do not think there has been.
Answer: I also think it has not been, but that does not mean anything.
Question: We think it means that you are the greatest, and we thank the Creator for such a teacher.
Answer: If I am great in your eyes, then try to fulfill what I give you homework assignments.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/18/24, Writings of Rabash “Abraham Gave All that He Had”
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Comment: Scientists have concluded that by 2050, humanity will face 10 major problems: genetic modification of humans, an increase in the proportion of the elderly population, the disappearance of cities, the evolution of social networks, new geopolitical tensions, transportation safety, depleting natural resources, colonization of other planets, expansion of the capabilities of our brain, and the growing influence of artificial intelligence.
My Response: None of this is going to happen. All of our current development is aimed at bringing us to a dead end. It seems that we can deal with multiple problems, populate planets, develop deserts, anything at all. We can build, destroy, or run amok with it all. But our egoism will not allow us to do this.
It will make our lives unbearable and lead to a state of a continuous chain of conflicts between us: between family members, children, and parents, with neighbors living in the same city or in the same borough. It doesn’t matter where or about what, we will be unable to get along with each other to the point that we will end up sprinting to the bakery with a machine gun through the deserted streets. And it is going to be a dreadful life. Egoism will lead us to this.
No inventions will help us. They will not give anything. First of all, we will use them to subjugate all people, to profit from everyone, to suppress everyone. We can see how technology is advancing and for what purpose it is being used.
So let us take a look at what prevents us from being happy!
Happiness is not about inhabiting other planets, these lifeless celestial bodies, and it is not about driverless cars driving instead of us, or that we would live for 200 years. Our 70 or 80 is enough for us. There is no need for more! It is not about how long to live, but how to live! There is no way to escape death. Pushing it away is just a foolish pursuit!
We need to make it so that while we are still alive in this world, we will start feeling ourselves eternal, existing infinitely. This is the solution to the problem, not getting caught up in solving mundane problems in our own egoism. It is going to ruin everything for us anyway.
We cannot say that today we are happier than those who lived 50 years ago. They did not have the electronic gadgets that we play with now, but that did not make them any less happy.
I see from today’s statistics that people are less happy and that humanity is in a deeper depression.
Nowadays everyone is starting to think about how and where to consume marijuana or something else to escape. Why would a person need to live for 200 years?! So that he could spend 100 of them in a narcotic dream?!
We have to create a good life for ourselves. And it is achieved very simply—through kind relationships between us. Otherwise we are destined for Armageddon.
Do you know what Armageddon is? There is a small mountain in Israel (har is mountain in Hebrew) called Megido. A couple of thousand years ago, there were some skirmishes there. Since then, this figurative expression has been used: Armageddon—the end of the world.
Actually, we do not have to wait for that. You can still climb this hill and look down from it. It is not that big, only 700 to 800 meters high. Let us not push ourselves to extreme states. Let us make our lives calm, good, and happy today, not in 50 years from now.
And most importantly, with the help of the science of Kabbalah, we can begin to feel the next life, the upper world, the transition from one state to another, from one cycle to another. It is all within our power.
I wish you to discover the eternal state of growing and contented matter for yourselves.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 10/26/17
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Comment: Genetic engineering has challenged the Bible and says that Adam and Eve were not created by God.
Science has come to the conclusion that even in the formation of an embryo, as well as everywhere else, we observe a certain managing component. By studying the genome and knowing that there are managing and executing cells, it is possible to not only understand, but also to manage this process.
My Response: There are no problems in managing biological processes. But that does not mean that we create them. We interfere with their work, and that is what we call management.
Question: And who creates them?
Answer: This happens on a level above the human being. For this, a person must rise above himself.
How? Here is where the science of Kabbalah appears. Do you want to comprehend the next level? Do you want to reveal it? Please, you can. But to do this, you must seriously work on yourself and the connection with the next level—the managing one.
First of all, imagine that you are under this managing level all the time, under it. It constantly guides you and holds you. You try to get into resonance with it. You are managed by it. You agree and want to be managed by it. You do not want to act on your own—neither with your desires, nor with your thoughts, i.e., neither with your heart nor mind—not in any way!
You only want to feel this level and execute everything with your desire toward it; as it wishes, let it manage you. And you will be happy to add yourself to its governance.
This is how the next step is attained. This is called “annulling oneself,” annulling one’s egoism.
If we act this way, we will begin to feel this next level—its management, its qualities, its nature, and its intention. This is called attaining the Creator, because the next step for me is my Creator.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 6/20/18
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Comment: The popular futurist and physicist Michio Kaku, who has interviewed various scientists and researchers, concluded that thanks to technology, we are moving toward a super-future where new devices and machines can help us become better.
My Response: If we could hand out devices to everyone that would constantly make us better instead of phones, that would be great.
Comment: We are talking about the possibility of digitizing a person, digitizing their memories.
My Response: You can do anything you want. But if you do not improve people, you will bring humanity a terrible future.
Today we are on the brink, where if we do not start improving ourselves in line with our technical capabilities, we will lead ourselves to a world where everyone will want to take a pill and die.
There is an enormous supercomputer at work above us. It is eternal; it is true! It is the highest intelligence. It is the Creator, and we here are nothing and no one! Everything that happens to us is done by Him so that we will realize our insignificance and want to connect with Him and, from His level, will see our lives.
Question: What is a superhuman?
Answer: A superhuman is someone who absorbs the qualities of the Creator.
If I turn myself into a collection of all the world’s information, I will just become an idiot. Let us rise spiritually from this Earth! We will remain on it for now, temporarily, in our bodies, but let us begin to rise in spirit and in understanding! We will see another level of information and of actions, a level that does not pertain to our earthly matters. Today we can already imagine it.
Let us rise to our level of governance, where we are governed from, and start seeing everything in completely different definitions, in different volumes, with different limitations. There is nothing earthly there. And from there, we will see where we can go further. But that is a completely different dimension! Not this four-dimensional one, but something else.
Comment: In one of your articles, you write that infinity is an infinite number of connections between creation and the Creator.
My Response: It is unlimited, where there are no separate connections between the Creator and creations, however and whoever they may be, but where they all merge into one whole. Without wires, everything merges into one system.
Question: In neurons, axons serve as connectors. But what is the connecting element in unlimited connections?
Answer: There are none; they disappear. The state becomes a fusion where there is no difference between the controller and the controlled; they complement each other so fully that they turn into a single whole. It is called “One.”
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 6/16/18
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Very often we ask ourselves: What does the Creator respond to? The Creator responds to everything directed toward common correction, toward the purpose He expects from all of creation. Therefore, a true prayer is a prayer for connection.
Of course, everything else is also necessary, but it should be used as needed to ensure our requests are not overly egoistic.
The best way to turn to the Creator is when I pray for my friends. That is perceived absolutely clearly and aligns perfectly with His field, and thus, a connection between Him and me appears. This connection may not yet be obvious or tangible, but it is already a form of interaction.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”
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Question: We clearly realize that all our actions are performed from a state of Lo Lishma, and this leads us to the recognition of our own evil. Should we accompany this process with joy, knowing that we are making efforts in the work for the Creator?
Answer: A person goes through several stages in the attitude toward the nature of reception and the nature of bestowal. We need to strive to understand where we are. Of course, this is concealed from us, but gradually we can develop a feeling of it.
When performing certain actions, you must clearly understand for whom, for what purpose, and why you are doing them. Gradually, you will develop an accurate awareness of your actions, whether you are moving forward and progressing or not.
In general, we must reach a state where almost everything we do is not for ourselves, but for the Creator.
This gradual accumulation of our efforts, intentions, requests, and qualities happens, and shifts our egoism toward them and allows us to act for the Creator. That is the work of Lishma.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/15/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam, Shamati 20 “Lishma (for Her sake)”
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