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Question: In the spiritual world, there is no constant speed; there is only acceleration. How should this be understood?

Answer: In our world, you can be in a state of rest or motion, but in the spiritual world, rest is immediately zero; it simply does not exist. Just as in the micro-world, it is impossible to stop an elementary particle; it cannot remain motionless because it would immediately disappear; so it is here.

Comment: But an elementary particle has a constant speed, and we are talking about acceleration.

My Response: It does not matter; it cannot remain in a frozen state. In our world, we observe what seems to be constant motion among different objects, but in the spiritual world, there is no constancy, only positive acceleration.

Question: What is rest in spirituality?

Answer: Rest is the state of enjoying the constant application of one’s efforts and their continual increase, satisfaction from the fact that I work continuously and increasingly.
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From Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 2/25/18

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The boundary at the entrance to the degree called the “land of Israel” is called Hanukkah because we correct ourselves to a state in which we can begin to work with our desire. Desire is Ratzon, from the word “Eretz” (land); “Israel” means directed straight to the Creator.

The passage through the desert is an approach to Hanukkah. After the victory over the Greeks within us, the entry into the land of Israel begins. Therefore Hanukkah personifies the boundary between the desert and the land of Israel.

In other words, Hanukkah is the correction of egoism to the degree of an “incomplete righteous one,” when the ego simply freezes and does not interfere with us. We are, as it were, suspended in the air; below is egoism, above is altruism, absolute love, and in the middle is the spiritual quality of Bina that we have acquired, which holds us.

Therefore it is explained to us what must be done next because the work in the land of Israel is absolutely not the same as in the desert.

In the desert we had to simply rise above egoistic desires, which over the course of 40 years (40 degrees) manifested in us every day; that is, Malchut had to rise into Bina. And now, from Bina, we must rise to Keter. This is already the work in the land of Israel.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book,” 12/21/16

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Question: One of my patients had diabetes and suffered from depression. She was lonely, so she ate whatever happened to be around, never cooked for herself, microwaved ready-made meals, and ate on the go. I asked whether she had a friend, and after receiving a positive answer, I advised them to cook for each other. They followed my advice and both began to recover. Why is it that a person cannot do something for themselves, but does it with pleasure for another?

Answer: In a woman this is expressed especially strongly, because she has a maternal instinct of care, a sense of duty. A person is too lazy to cook just for themselves. It is well-known that if a woman lives alone, she will never cook. But if she has a family, she cannot allow herself to let things slide.

Why do we become healthier when we care for others? Not even because our systems balance each other, but because we enter into balance with nature, with the vast surrounding world in which powerful forces circulate that strive toward equilibrium. We exist between each other like a dipole: plus–minus, minus–plus, which begins to interact with this enormous field, with this enormous force. And since we strive to resemble it, we draw its positive influence onto ourselves, an influence that heals us.

It doesn’t matter on what level we interact with each other. Suppose two people exchange small pleasant things; it doesn’t matter what. The main thing is that an action occurs that places them in correspondence with this vast field, and then both begin to recover. And it doesn’t matter that one sent the other an apple and the other sent back something equally insignificant; that is not the point. The point lies precisely in the correspondence with the surrounding environment, with what you align yourself: either with corrupt humanity, from which you receive only negative influences, or with the positive influence of the great force of nature.
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From KabTV’s “Medicine of the Future,” 4/7/13

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Question: What does calmness and harmony in the soul depend on?

Answer: Calmness and harmony are not good states for a Kabbalist. Although according to the purpose of creation we strive toward them, for a person who is already directed toward the higher goal, calmness evokes an overwhelming feeling of aversion; he cannot bear it. Therefore, one should not think about calmness.

A person goes through different states. Nevertheless, one must not strive for rest, but for the proper movement toward the goal to constantly renew and give ever new sensations and fulfillments.

Question: But the Creator is always in a state of rest. What kind of rest is being referred to?

Answer: Indeed, the Creator or the upper light is in complete rest. The point is that He does not change and relates to everyone only with infinite love. Unchanging movement (when there is no acceleration or alteration) is also called rest.

If a body is in a state of uniform, straight-line motion, meaning it does not change itself, it is considered to be at rest; no force acts on it to slow it down or change it. The same applies here.

Kabbalists strive to constantly move forward, to change, to become filled, to increase their acceleration; therefore, we do not need rest.

In Kabbalah, movement forward without acceleration is not considered movement. You may come to the lesson every day, do something year after year; this will not be considered progress. You must strive to accelerate yourself.
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From Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 1/14/18

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