After the exodus from Egypt, which symbolizes the beginning of the spiritual development of a person, there are 40 years of wandering in the desert. This wandering happens with the help of the light, with the help of the quality of bestowal, and constant resistance of egoism.

On the right side is the quality of bestowal, the Light—the revelation of the Creator—and on the left side is egoism, the Pharaoh, who is always resisting, and you are constantly restoring the control of the quality of bestowal, altruism, and love for others over the quality of egoism, self–love, and hatred for others.

Being inside Egypt is a state when, in general, you feel good in absolutely everything, except that egoism rules over you.

Today in our world we are experiencing the birth pangs, and therefore we begin to feel bad in corporeality. In principle, we go through a qualitative recognition of evil when everything is fine, but still we cannot put up with it. “What are you missing?! It seems like you have enough of everything. Some people have nothing to eat, but what is wrong with you?!” “No, I cannot stay with this. It is better to die than to live like this.”

This is the recognition of how unbearable the control of egoism is that we should feel. Then we will perceive the control of altruism, bestowal, and love as a way out toward freedom.

It cannot be expressed in words because we are talking about completely different levels of nature, different dimensions when we begin to feel everything that is happening in a completely different way.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Miracle of Birth” 4/21/12

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There is a connection between the root and its consequence. Even at the lowest level here in the land of Israel, there is a special force because spiritual forces are in a very small form, but still are projected onto it. Each part of the Earth has its own properties. Therefore the spiritual world is divided into parts of the Earth.

For example, according to the influence of the upper force in the spiritual world, there is such a division as the land of Israel, then Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Babylon, and the rest of the world.

The greatest force is felt in the land of Israel, even stronger in Jerusalem, even stronger on the Temple Mount, and even stronger in the place where there was a special room in which only the great Cohen entered once a year on Yom Kippur. This is all a set of all kinds of external attributes that speak of the very highest force and its so-called conical end.

It is impossible to describe in detail the difference, say, between Moscow and New York; both are considered to be practically on the same level regarding spirituality.

With regard to spirituality, only this difference is considered: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Babylon. They are different from all other geographical places.

As for Egypt, this is the lowest place in the world in terms of the influence of the upper force. And in the future, of course, it will manifest itself in this way. Syria, Lebanon and Babylon (Iraq, Iran) will be opponents, but then all this will smooth out.

Therefore if we look at the forces that affect these lands and take them into account, then in the future we will have a completely different political alignment.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Uniqueness of the Land of Israel” 4/7/12

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Question: You say that transitions from stage to stage are adaptations for receiving the force of bestowal so that it does not feel like hell to us. Does this period of preparation give us the ability to withstand the upper light that may seem terrible to an unprepared person?

Answer: Yes, of course. It seems terrible because it is the light of bestowal, the light of love. It is very difficult to bear.

Would you not run away from too much love, even if it is egoistic? It is very difficult to bear it. It takes possession of you, puts pressure on you, obligates you, and you are not able to just be “under it,” as they say. It suffocates, conquers, and deprives you of your freedom. We prefer freedom above love. Why do we need a love that takes away our freedom?

On the contrary, in spirituality there is no freedom without love and no love without freedom. After all, by connecting with everyone in common love, interconnection, mutual assistance, and complementarity, you gain unlimited freedom in this new connection.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. All Suffering Has a Purpose” 2/11/12

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Comment: Every person has his own natural qualities. You said that if a person is prone to violence, then he can use it in the right way, for example, in becoming a butcher.

My Response: All of our qualities can be aimed in the right direction. That is why I say correct egoism, but do not to destroy it, ask the Creator to correct our bad desires into good ones. That is, the desire remains the same but its usage changes.

Question: What are other examples in our life when a negative quality is used positively?

Answer: There are no such examples in our world. It is not about examples to other people.

When a person changes his qualities, he begins to feel the next level of creation, the universe, and exits squabbles with other people. Questions emerge in him of a different, universal type, which deal with eternity, perfection, and attainment of the harmony of nature.

Completely new depths of nature are revealed to him. While in this world, he begins to feel other worlds: transparent, extended, even I would say, the main ones. And our world as the smallest.

A person begins to penetrate into this and see the whole world in the form of forces and qualities. This is such a huge, three-dimensional, holographic mural in which he himself participates, and simultaneously creates these worlds and realizes that they are all inside him. After all, there is nothing else besides him.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. From Killer to Peacemaker” 3/31/12

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “How do I activate the energy of success?“

Getting the energy to succeed depends solely on the importance of the goal.

That is, if you want to achieve something, you will have the energy to achieve it.

Most importantly, you need to understand what your goal is, and that you have to achieve it, and then the energy for achieving it will come.

You can the also increase the importance of the goal by choosing texts, media, teachers and a group of people that you surround yourself with who share the same goal.

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Comment: Let us say that a person encounters hatred for others for the first time, ie., hatred for friends, and this blinds him.

He does not understand anything and does not know how to act. After going through this state several times, he understands that there is no need to do anything unnecessary here, and it is better to be silent and not interfere with anyone, otherwise you can cause harm.

But at the same time, it is slipping out of his control, and he still wants to vent his aggression. There are times when the mind understands, but the feelings experience something else.

My Response: This is how you go through these states. Trust me, you will pass them and will not remember.

Question: What is the next stage of the Kabbalist’s work? After all, you implement these states somehow.

Answer: I am trying to determine errors, obstacles, and opportunities for correction in these states. This is my work: to search where I can add and not lose the desire for getting closer to the upper force. In principle, this is my concern, fear, and inner worry: how to not lose any opportunity to advance a little more.

Question: What is the feeling of a person who is on the next degree? If we take your Kabbalistic past and the layer that you have accumulated, you perceive these states completely differently.

Answer: I perceive them as states of growth without which I would not be able to be who I am now. Therefore, today I look at others as an adult looks at small children.

Question: Did you remember this force when you were in these states?

Answer: Yes. Therefore, I calmly experience all this in others. I know they have to go through this, and I am waiting patiently: another 10 years, another 15 years. Of course, they are impatient like a small child who wants to be grown up. However, I understand that it will take another 10 years to do this.

Question: How is it possible to tolerate this?

Answer: This is like communicating with children.

Comment: But many do not tolerate children in their manifestations.

My Response: It means that they are unreasonable, ill-mannered parents who were not taught philosophy or understanding of what growth means. This is a problem of education.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. When You Cannot Control Hatred” 4/10/12

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Question: When you were looking for Kabbalah, were you a rather egoistic person that counted on great attainments?

Answer: Naturally. Am I going to waste my life on the cheap stuff? I was interested in a very serious goal: what is it that is worth living for?

To be a millionaire? I’ve seen a lot of people do that. And what’s next? I realized very early—such is my character and such is my fate—that there is no purpose inside this life. Although I love all its manifestations: delicious food, watching nature, listening to music, etc., but above this, not in spite of this, but above this, there was an absolutely clear confidence that whatever is in this life, good or bad, there is no purpose in it.

So where is it?! Our very existence indicates its aimlessness. Every moment we just burn our life and that is it.

So if this is the essence of the existence of protein matter, to live a certain number of years and then turn back into inanimate matter, then go and enjoy yourself. There is nothing else to be invented here.

But what if it is still possible to figure out the meaning? After all, nature makes sense or it should, at least! It cannot be that all this greatness, such a powerful, intelligent system, has no purpose.

So look for it to the maximum, what have you got to lose? That you won’t think all the time about how to stuff yourself with some pleasures.

Allocate the time to find meaning! It is also an occupation, not at the animate level, but a little higher. Of course you will be in relative restlessness, in search. But it still ennobles and gives you a sense of your own importance.

That’s how I was looking for it. It is fate.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Who is He–Laitman?” 3/13/12

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Question: When people living in Israel come to Jerusalem, does the upper light influence them there?

Answer: Of course, I feel it very much. Baal HaSulam also wrote that he was proud that he was able to choose Jerusalem as the place where he lived and taught Kabbalah.

He emphasized that no Kabbalist before him since the ruining of the Jerusalem temple, when the pure, altruistic force disappeared and an impure, egoistic force appeared instead, could establish his own school there.

Today Jerusalem represents the lowest, most egoistic force in the world. But at the same time there is also a positive, altruistic force. Both of them, as if from above, are in a constant battle over this city.

Therefore, Baal HaSulam was proud that he was able to create his own Midrasah (Beit Midrash) and school there. None of the previous Kabbalists could do this since Rabbi Shimon, who was forced to leave Jerusalem. The greatest Kabbalist of the 16th century, The Ari, did not succeed either. None of the great Kabbalists could do this except Baal HaSulam. At the same time, he pointed out that this place is still very egoistic, anti-spiritual, and it is felt through people.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Jerusalem Syndrome” 4/7/12

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Question: There is a parable about a carpenter who arrived in heaven. He met God there and got into conversation. God said: “How I envy you!” The carpenter replied: “Why?” “Because your chairs do not run after you and do not constantly ask: “Give me money, give me health, give me happiness!”

The question is why does the Creator get annoyed with a person who asks: “Give, give! Give, give!”?

Answer: He gets annoyed by the wrong requests.

Question: Is it wrong to say: “Give health! Give me happiness!”?

Answer: No. Everything is a consequence of the good deeds of people. Therefore, if they would have asked to draw closer to each other, they would have had everything. And they ask for what they have to earn themselves.

Question: So, you are saying that, in general, there have been prayers for millennia, people have been praying for millennia, and they were not praying correctly? Incorrectly, actually? Because we do not have much happiness, we do not have much money.

Answer: Yes. We are gradually, gradually maturing over the millennia to the state where we finally understand what the real correction is. And it is not asking for anything, but using what is there already. All the conditions exist to correct the world. And they are all about treating each other with love. If you cannot do it, really cannot do it, then you can turn to the Creator.

Question: Is that a prayer?

Answer: Yes. And there is nothing else to ask for. Give me the opportunity to treat another with love as You treat us!
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 12/15/22

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