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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We need to understand that we are governed from above, and it is like a game. Right now, I feel that I am the most important element in reality. But this sensation is nothing more than a predetermined program.

There is actually nothing special and significant about me. I was created this way so that I naturally take care of what feels “inside me” as something very important, even though this inner perception is actually more alien to me than what appears externally.

There is a built-in program inside me that keeps me focused on myself all the time. I operate automatically worrying only about myself, almost like a robot. Therefore the task is to discern this inner program, to see how opposite it is to the truth, and then to try to switch to an external program that we build consciously through effort.

This means that we return to the act of creation and, instead of the Creator, with the power of His light, we begin to reprogram ourselves in relation to our external desires (Kelim), just as the Creator programmed us in relation to our own present desires.

In this way, we perform the same action as the Creator. We study the Creator’s work, attain control over reality, acquire wisdom, and begin to perceive reality as the Creator perceives it.

Although this work is called “above reason,” it does not negate reason. On the contrary, I am constantly checking what the Creator has formed inside me, and then I apply this same form outward. But first I must carefully study my ego step-by-step because it is precisely from within reason that I can rise above reason.

The Creator programmed me to think about myself all the time. But now I check and reveal how artificial and unfounded it is, how it brings no benefit, and even causes harm.

From here I learn how to invert the direction of the program, from inward reception to outward bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/1/10, Baal HaSulam, Shamati 86, “And They Built Arei Miskenot“

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You will not break natural egoism with artificial means such as public opinion or education. There is no cure for this but a natural religion (Baal HaSulam, The Writings of the Last Generation).

Baal HaSulam believes that neither education nor public opinion will help humanity, only religion will, that is, enlightenment, which is absolute and unlimited. By religion, Baal HaSulam means the science of Kabbalah, which reveals the upper force, a system through which this force, from its highest point in the world of infinity, governs all the worlds, the system of governance, and us in our lowest world.

Without understanding how this system works and adapting to it from our side, from the bottom up, we will not be able to attain the meaning of life. At the same time, we do not attach any philosophical connotation to the concept of “the meaning of life,” because without an understanding of life’s true essence, we cannot function normally.

We are moving to a state in which any of our actions that align with the direction of development toward the goal of creation are beneficial to us and yield positive results. If the action is not directed precisely toward the goal, if it does not move us closer to it, it yields a negative outcome, and we suffer. Moreover, we may not know which actions produce which outcomes, as we are not familiar with this system.

In order for us to know exactly what to do at this point in our development, to stop standing still or going backward, falling, getting bumps, and moving from crisis to crisis, we must understand what the science of Kabbalah says.

It explains which system a person lives in and which worlds surround him, how the upper force, the Creator, governs us through these worlds in the lower world, how we should respond to the Creator’s governance, and what we should come to, which is complete similarity, alignment, and adhesion with the Creator.

Nowadays, the science of Kabbalah is becoming very relevant because we see that today, none of the global rulers, neither philosophers nor scientists, have a good idea of where we are, how we conduct ourselves, or how to manage ourselves to ensure a more or less tolerable “tomorrow,” rather than head toward destruction.

Today many are increasingly aware of this, but people still do not understand that there is a system of knowledge known as “Kabbalah.”

In general, we call religion the study of the upper force, not just faith in the upper force, but the study of it. That is, the science of Kabbalah is the science of the upper force. If the upper force governs us through a system, then we can study that system. It may be impossible to study the upper force itself, but at least its effect on us can be understood, investigated, and applied.

Kabbalists, those who have mastered this system in the past, write to us from the depths of time that the desire of the upper force is for us to reveal it, understand its goodness, eternity, perfection, and strive to be like it.
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From KabTV’s “The Last Generation,” 7/3/17

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Question: Does the science of Kabbalah allow us to predict the future?

Answer: The science of Kabbalah knows all of nature’s plans, that is, the Creator’s, the whole path we must go through. After all, the balance of positive and negative forces at all levels follows the formulas known in Kabbalah. But there is also one small factor in these formulas: human freewill.

This means that we can influence these formulas now and in the future and determine how we will transition from the present to the future.

At each moment, which instantly renews and becomes the past, I can determine how I move from state to state in the next moment or over a more extended period.

Our states must progress toward the general balance we need to achieve among us. All of nature strives for balance, including the human system, humanity.

But how exactly to move toward this state of equilibrium, which is called the final correction of humanity, depends on us. We can approach it positively or negatively, depending on our involvement.

Question: Is there a certain amount of time allotted to achieve the final correction?

Answer: The time limit is 6,000 years, and we are now in the year 5776 [in 2016]. That is, humanity has 224 years to correct itself and balance the forces at play within it: good and evil. These two forces only need to be balanced. There is no evil force and no good force; the only bad thing is a lack of balance between them. We, the people, are obliged to balance them.

But we do not have to wait 224 years; we can do it much earlier. It is possible to balance the forces operating within humanity within months. The power of evil is a vast force; it is our evil nature, egoism, which prevails in our every action. The power of good is very weak. It only softens our egoism a little, which allows us to somehow coexist without killing or devouring each other. But in essence, we are all driven by our egoism, and everyone wants to rise above the other, to be taller, stronger, richer.

First we need to recognize that egoism is our main enemy and it must be balanced. There is a good force in us that can balance our egoism; we just need to develop it.

The power of good and the power of evil must be properly balanced, and reach the what is called the “middle line,” so that we are balanced between good and evil. Through the balance of these two forces, we come to a balanced, benevolent world.

All of nature is based on two opposing forces: light and dark, day and night, plus and minus, cold and heat, electrons and positrons. There is no force in the world without a counterforce.

We just need to find a point of balance between these two forces in all their manifestations, and we will feel good in it to such an extent that if we balance these two forces, we will feel that we live in an eternal, perfect world, in the Garden of Eden.
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From Radio Station 103FM 12/11/ 15

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Question: What is spiritual rest?

Answer: It is said that there is no rest in this world nor in the world to come. We must constantly move forward without interruption. And when we attain complete correction, that is, when we finally rise above our egoism into the absolutely full attainment of the upper world, then everything will indeed come to a state of complete, eternal rest.
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From Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/19/17

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