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Posted on December 15th, 2025
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Question: Can you give an example of how to rise above an egoistic state?
Answer: The most common state a person goes through is when something “unpleasant” is orchestrated from above, some kind of negative incident, and then they are manipulated, supposedly revealing it to the whole world. Because of this, a person finds him or herself in a constrained, intensely anxious, stressful state, terribly afraid for their good name.
They are pressured from above to show how much they love themselves and how unwilling they are to sacrifice their ego for any thoughts about spirituality, how they are even ready to run away from spiritual work just so they would not be exposed or revealed in any way, so that their insignificance would not be shown. These are the usual exercises carried out from above on our egoism.
But it is easy to talk about this, and when you are actually in such states, living through it is almost impossible. A person constantly wavers on this borderline, back and forth: either spirituality is important to me, or my ego, my shame. They keep examining and re-examining this. This condition is given so that they constantly try to understand that they must follow the path of bestowal and rise above their shame. This cannot be ignored.
I believe that one day films and books will be created on this topic and the time will come when it will be published, not only in a purely instructive format as it is today, but also in more popular styles accessible to many.
We know that today our sources are understood by only a small percentage of the population. Therefore, (just as Baal HaSulam dreamed) we will have to write new books, create new films, and new media tools that will emotionally bring a person into these states, because reason alone cannot achieve much. These tools should prepare a person through feelings, inner definitions, and inner analyses for the perception of spiritual influences.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Over the Machsom” 9/12/10
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Day and night can be defined by sunrise due to the Earth’s rotation. But what is the day of the Creator and the night of the Creator? How do I check where the day and the night are? Of course, this has nothing to do with astronomy or the physical world because forces of the inanimate level operate in it.
The day and night of the Creator refer to the states one goes through. The more one advances and identifies oneself with the Creator, the closer a person gets to Him, and accordingly feels what day is and what night is for the Creator. A person feels the changes of states accompanying this process. There are no changes in the Creator; it is the person who decides whether it is the night or day of the Creator.
There is no day without night and no night without day. The Torah, of course, talks about days and nights in the spiritual sense, about the day and night of the Creator. We need to delve into these concepts and begin to live according to spiritual days and nights and realize the whole process of our development and the endless evolution of the eternal spiritual nature.
In our spiritual work, a person must come to the point where darkness shines as light and evening and morning become one day.
During the day of the Creator, all prayers are answered because at that time I am close to the Creator and in direct connection with Him: I am to Him, and He is to me. This is called the day of the Creator. Then the Creator accepts my prayers, and I understand what the Creator is addressing me with. In fact, we are always in connection with the Creator, but I do not understand it, nor do I realize that I am in contact with Him.
Waiting for the day of the Creator means striving for faith above reason, for the qualities of bestowal. Faith must become so strong that we can clearly see the Creator’s benevolent governance of the world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/14/20, Baal HaSulam, Shamati 16 “What Is the Day of the Lord and the Night of the Lord, in the Work?”
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Question: Is everything we do during the preparation period aimed at becoming disillusioned with our abilities?
Answer: Of course! The first phase is necessary to confirm that my entire being is singularly egoistic in all my thoughts, actions, and desires.
This egoism disconnects me from the Creator; that is the main point. I am not just an egoist, no. The egoism disconnects me from the Creator so much that I start to get angry at myself, at others, and at Him, and wonder why this is happening. I am in a struggle between Him and me and don’t know whether to justify Him or not for what is happening to me.
The most unpleasant, terrible things, happen to me with such inner scrutiny and analysis that an ordinary person does not face. To show me the lowliness of egoism, I am given situations in which I am terribly embarrassed in front of society and very afraid of “exposing” my bad thoughts and desires so as not to be judged or marginalized.
Such sensations are deliberately sent from above to shake a person so he would rise above his states, will not treat them carelessly, and would realize they are all products of his egoism. That is, in order to be in the property of bestowal, you need to think not about yourself, but you must be above yourself, not to avoid shame, but to truly reveal that the property of bestowal is worth paying anything for.
Thus, there are such internal scrutinies that you cannot describe. I believe that, in the future, there will be works of art that describe what Kabbalists discuss in their articles, but in a more artistic, psychologically detailed form.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Over the Machsom” 9/12/10
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Why is the young generation so problematic?
It is because we are meant to rise to the next level of human development.
And truthfully, even if all the parents, the government, the UN, and UNESCO engage in an educational program, nothing will come of it. I am telling you this as a Kabbalist.
We must understand that the next generation is obligated to be on a different level of development. And this does not mean being more educated, knowledgeable, or successful. It means developing new instruments of perception.
The kind of communication that exists today between people is destroying us. Children connect with one another through computers; they have no need to know anything, they freely draw any information from there. Humanity is obligated to rise above all this and reveal a new world.
And as always, when transitioning from one degree to another, every generation becomes disappointed in everything it has achieved, in what can no longer satisfy it, and wishes to rise above it. And then we trample everything we have and move on to the next level.
So now, too, we must rise to a very important and special degree, to the revelation of a new world. Therefore, first of all we are forced to become disappointed in everything we have in this world. What is most precious to us—our children, grandchildren, the next generation—we see how empty they are, and we have nothing to give them.
We have prepared death for them. Everything we built for the future generation—10, 20, 30 years ago—has turned the world into a place unfit for living. And that is why our children are as they are.
This decline will continue further and further until humanity understands that there is no choice but to rise to another level of perceiving reality and another level of existence. And then they will destroy the entire old world; they will no longer be able to bear it or live in it.
They will throw away all the computers, screens, and mobile phones when they feel that none of this can fill them. For now it still seems to them that it fills them, but gradually they begin to grow tired of these games that are imposed on them. This pain, suffering, and disappointment, the hopelessness of the present state must accumulate to the limit, and then this generation will break all former values and will desire to reveal a new world.
And the revelation of the new world is exactly what the wisdom of Kabbalah speaks about. I very much hope that this will happen soon, and that I will still witness it in my lifetime. I appeal to all parents: we must think about this, and prepare this world, this foundation, from which it will be easier for the young generation to rise to the next degree!
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From Kab Radio Station 103FM, 1/8/16
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