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Posted on June 22nd, 2026
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Comment: You say that history has nothing to do with spirituality.
My Response: I was never particularly interested in history, and I absolutely hated it in school. The only aspect that eventually interested me was when I began to understand history from the perspective of the development of the human egoism, the force that determines everything. But this is not what is taught in school.
For example, human egoism drove people to invent the plow, and this enabled a person, through his own labor, to feed not only himself but another ten to twenty people as well. As a result, farms expanded, villages grew, and cities emerged. Then came the invention of the forge, the furnace, and many other things.
Each time human egoism invents something, it turns out to have a profound impact on psychology, sociology, politics, the restructuring of society, and other aspects of life.
What interests me is the interconnection of our egoistic growth in all its manifestations in culture, science, technology, human psychology, family life, urban settlements, and so on. When all of this is viewed as one unified system—why things happen this or that way, stemming from one cause or another—then it becomes truly fascinating.
You begin to see a closed picture within which there is only one changing parameter: egoism. It gives rise to an enormous variety of expressions. Suddenly, printing appears. New musical instruments replace the old ones. Medieval songs give way to new forms of music.
People begin to live differently. To listen to music, one had to go to the theater. There were no tape recorders then, and a person knew that at a specific time he had to arrive at the theater to hear his favorite aria. Then, suddenly, everything changed. This approach to history was what interested me.
Why did geographical discoveries suddenly begin to take place? Why did some countries decline while others flourished?
When you see this dynamic unfolding on completely different levels and realize that there is only one parameter driving it—egoism—it teaches you everything.
First and foremost, it teaches you that the cause lies only in the ego. Therefore, I must get hold of it, work only with it, and pay no attention to anything else. Nothing but egoism can change. It changes everything.
But who can change it? Who created it in the first place? Where did it come from?
There is a parameter called the light that created egoism. It sustains, raises, lowers, and develops egoism. Therefore, I somehow need to influence the light. When it shines more strongly, egoism grows; when it shines less, egoism subsides and fades.
How can I reach the light? I cannot reach it directly at all; it is a substance completely detached from me.
However, it is possible to influence it. There is a kind of diaphragm that opens and closes regulating how much light shines upon my egoism. And what is this diaphragm? It is a connection with others like me, bestowal, and love.
It does not matter whether you truly love them or genuinely bestow upon them. If you want to draw the influence of the light upon yourself, then try in some way—even artificially, even just a little—to come closer to such a connection with others. That is why we gather in a group where all of us ask the same question: How can we draw the influence of the light upon ourselves?
It is very simple. Let’s start coming together, talking to one another, inspiring one another, encouraging and spurring each other on toward this, and the light will begin to shine upon us more strongly. The egoism within us will start to stir. It will bring about ever greater changes, and we will begin to run, to roll forward. That is all there is to it.
If we could explain everything in this simple and beautiful way to other people, to our children, and to ourselves, then… . You see, it takes five minutes to tell the whole story.
After that, there is no problem either. Just continue attracting the upper light through ever greater unity among friends who share the same goal of drawing the influence of the light upon themselves.
For what purpose? We want to develop. We want to rise higher. We want to accelerate our process. We do not want to remain in this dreadful, slow process that simply frays our nerves. Another day passes and another while we remain in a terrible depression, in a kind of unending sleep.
That is all. Gather together, make the effort, draw upon yourselves the influence of the upper light, and move forward.
Question: And where does it all end?
Answer: Draw enough upper light, not merely to further develop your egoism further, but to transform it and make it like the light itself. Then you will cross the potential barrier and ascend to the next level, just like an electron, under the influence of a photon, jumps to a higher orbit.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Kabbalah for 5 minutes” 10/11/10
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When the upper governance influences us in a form that is unpleasant for us, bad from the perspective of our feelings, we do not feel spirituality and do not remember that the Creator exists. We think that this happens because pain clouds the mind, and we therefore forget that everything comes from the Creator. But this understanding is incorrect.
The fact that the Creator conceals Himself, when He seemingly does bad things to us, is not so that we will curse Him, forget about Him, and simply suffer. Why does He act this way?
He does it so that you will correct your Kelim and bring them to a state where it no longer matters whether you feel good or bad. The main thing is that He does not leave you. You will no longer be concerned with whether you feel something as sweet or bitter but only with truth and false, whether He is concealed from you or revealed, whether you feel His presence within you or not.
Then you begin to judge your state according to the presence of the Creator within you. If you feel a connection with Him, then sweet and bitter no longer matter.
Therefore, we say that the Creator never appears as one who does evil, because when He is revealed, it is impossible for you to feel bad. Even if you experience pain, it is perceived as something purposeful.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/9/26, Rabash, “Man Is Rewarded with Righteousness and Peace through the Torah”
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A human being is built of the will to receive and is essentially nothing more than a sensing cell; all intellect, knowledge, and decisions stem from what he feels.
Therefore, one can bring oneself closer to the goal only by means of ascents and descents. That is, drawing closer to the Creator happens through descents, through distancing oneself from Him.
A person is distanced from spirituality, pushed back, and shown how opposite he is to the goal; his own evil is revealed to him. We call this the recognition of evil. A person sees that he cannot do anything on his own, and is unfit for holiness. From all these sensations, a state eventually matures within him where he realizes that he has no choice, he must go above his own reason.
How does he reach such a state? Only after numerous falls, one following another, similar to the example in the Study of the Ten Sefirot of the man who strives to reach the King’s palace with all his strength while guards and sentries push him back, bar his way, and he tumbles down the mountain on which the Creator’s palace stands.
But each time that he is thrown down, he nevertheless rises and returns. He is pushed back even more forcefully, and he rises again and moves forward with patience and persistence. Ultimately through all these clashes and periods of distancing from spirituality, he builds a real desire to attain the goal within himself.
His passionate striving toward the goal is what subsequently triggers a sense of rejection. It always works this way—through opposites. From being rejected, he develops an understanding of the importance of the goal. Each thing gives birth to its opposite.
Therefore, if he does not have deep, sharp, crushing falls that bring disappointment and despair, he would not be able to truly value the goal. On the other hand, if he does not apply enough effort to come to it, even when it seems to him that just a bit more and he will attain the goal, only to fall again and again, he will not find out how far in fact he is from it.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/13/26, Rabash, “And the Lord Appeared to Him at the Oaks of Mamre”
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If you see that something in the group does not align with the goal, or does not lead to adhesion with the Creator, you should carefully analyze this situation point by point, find quotes, talk to your friends, and bring the matter before the group. If the group sees that this can lead to improvement, it will accept the suggestion.
We must clearly and logically show everyone what needs to be improved and why, and invariably link it to the need to achieve adhesion to the Creator, but in a plain, practical way.
What does practical mean? Rabash writes that abstractions can destroy the whole world. Abstraction is a form not clothed in matter. You cannot say, “You must be altruistic; whoever is not altruistic should be kicked out of the group! There is no place here for the biggest egoist!”
We must follow the path of form clothed in matter and act only in accordance with a reality that can be realized and embodied, and which defines everything for us.
It is written that just as a donkey is blindfolded and walks forward, so must you close your eyes and walk. How can you close your eyes and go? Only if the group pulls you along. Clearly, you cannot walk that way on your own. You still do not know what spiritual forces influence a person.
I know this from my own experience. There were times when I would sit at home, and Rabash would call and shout: “Come over!” But I sat there and sobbed into the phone: “I cannot come! I feel a force stopping me.”
Therefore we must determine in advance how to proceed. A person does not join a group on the condition that he accepts some of the group’s laws but not others, and signs under this condition. He enters the group and signs everything; among the points is one that authorizes him to act according to the group’s rules regarding modifying any points.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/1/26, Rabash, “These Are the Generations of Noah”
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Don’t look at others! Not at all. You have a different soul; you cannot be Like them and they cannot be like you. So pay less attention to everyone else. Would Einstein have achieved anything if he had kept looking at others? It is impossible! You should only listen to yourself. Even if I make a mistake, this is me.
Question: What if we apply it to an ordinary, everyday person?
Answer: What does ordinary mean? Everyone can be extraordinary. Let them listen to themselves, heed their own inner voice. This is what I can do, this is what I want, and this is what I believe. It is not contrary to others, but it is coming from inside of me.
I have to pull my “me” out of myself. Then you will feel very comfortable with it, even in mistakes.
Comment: I am trying to apply this to myself now, but this is not so easy!
My Response: Just close your eyes, and you are alone! But you are with yourself; you are still not running away from yourself. This is all.
Question: And should I live this way?
Answer: Yes
Question: Is this your advice?
Answer: This is my advice. Then in order to realize it you will have to create a special environment for yourself, and so on. But this is still you alone.
Comment: I am thinking about my own experience. If I feel that “this is mine,” you say I have to grasp it and that is all. Now I have felt once: “this is mine,” for sure I have felt…
My Response: This is what I am realizing.
Comment: And do I go this way? That is it! And on the way there will be squalls and waves…
My Response: It does not matter; it will make me even closer to myself.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman,” 4/24/26
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