The great Kabbalist the Ari and his successor Baal HaSulam described the entire structure of the universe. For them, it was a reality they attained and for us, these upper roots exist as if in potential.

When we begin to read the texts of The Study of the Ten Sefirot with the correct intention and correct approach to the study, we invoke the forces that are embedded in these states. They are not embedded in letters and words but precisely in these states. This is how this book influences us.

Therefore, Baal HaSulam compiled a dictionary for each part of The Study of the Ten Sefirot that we must constantly use to remind ourselves of the correct definitions of each Kabbalistic term so that we do not have material images.

Question: Is that why Kabbalah was concealed? Because there was no correct approach to it until the Ari and Baal HaSulam explained it.

Answer: Yes. Before the Ari, Kabbalah was practically concealed. Starting with the Ari, Kabbalists appeared who studied and wrote all kinds of comments on his works. Since that time, Kabbalah is already being heard in the world.

Of course, for 400 – 500 years from the Ari to Baal HaSulam, many things happened. But only Baal HaSulam managed to really disclose the Ari. We will talk more about the way the soul of the Ari appeared in him, seemingly incarnating into him, and therefore he was able to create a commentary on all the works of the Ari.
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From KabTV’s “The Study of the Ten Sefirot” (TES), 8/14/22

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Question: What is a Klipa in spiritual work?

Answer: Klipa in Hebrew means “peel.” Let’s say that if we want to get to the center of some fruit, we need to clean its outer part, which is called a Klipa or peel.

It is not just a peel. It allows the fruit to grow, mature, and become fit for its intended use. If there were no Klipa, then the fruit would rot; it practically would not grow at all.

Everything starts with the Klipa. It grows and devlopes, and only in its last stage does it form as a thin shell, inside which there is a sweet fruit.

Question: In principle, the literal translation of “Klipa” is a “peel” or “shell,” but the semantic one is impure forces, right?

Answer: It is forces. Do not immediately call them impure, because they help the fruit to ripen. They surround it and ensure that all sorts of pests do not eat it. That is, the Klipa preserves the fruit.

Once the fruit is fully ripe and ready for consumption, the Klipa reveals that there is good, delicious, sweet fruit under it. Then a person can pick it, clean it from the Klipa, and use it.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States”, 8/21/22

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Question: When does faith turn into attainment?

Answer: If it is faith above reason, then it becomes a vessel (Kli) for attainment. After all, the light of Hassadim is called faith.

Faith above reason is a quality of bestowal that reigns over the will to receive. The will to receive with the intention to bestow becomes a vessel (Kli) for the light of Hochma.

Then the light of Hochma, clothed in the light of Hassadim, reigns inside the will to receive, and this is attainment.

Filling the light of Hassadim with the light of Hochma is called full or complete faith (Emuna Shlema).
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 11/25/10, “Introduction to The Book Of Zohar”

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Question: Is there any similarity between the Tu B’Av holiday and Purim?

Answer: Yes, of course. Both holidays speak of the highest possible condition.

Question: Could you give a short formula of love?

Answer: The formula of love? Don’t know. I think it’s H_₂O.

Question: Just like that?

Answer: Yes. The most important thing in love is the justification of the other. Permanently! Give in to the other all the time, justify him or her all the time, and tell him or her more compliments.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 8/5/22

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Comment: I have seen how people who study Kabbalah change. They begin to look at the world more broadly, understand its interconnectedness, and treat the world as a laboratory.

My Response: Sure. The paradox is that we are not moving away from the world. On the contrary, we go into the world, we get closer to it. Through wanting to rise up, we approach, if I may say so, the lower, ordinary people; we go out to them. We don’t fly skyward and we don’t go up to some closed abode, nothing like that. on the contrary.

Comment: People who study Kabbalah seem to develop patience. But, sometimes it happens that you can’t stand all sorts of nonsense, ie., when someone starts telling you about aliens. You realize that you don’t want to talk about it, but he tells you: “Can you imagine… .”

How should you respond to it? You don’t want to offend people because this is their understanding. But poking around in this is also impossible.

My Response: I have a simple answer to this: “I’m not interested in it.” That’s all. When it is absolutely provable, then we will talk.

Here are the ancient Egyptians, aliens, flying saucers, Bigfoot, and whatnot, especially on the Internet! So people like to engage in it, it fascinates them and brightens up their lives. You tell them that you need to aspire to something, reveal something, but here it seems to exist around us and now; if I squint a little, I will suddenly see it.

People need all this, and the press supports it. After all, you need to sell something, you need to entertain a person.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. How Сonsciousness Сhanges from Kabbalah” 3/8/13

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People who are revered as gods lose their human features over time (Jerzy Stanislaw Lec).

Question: When we worship people as gods, what does it do to people?

Answer: By doing this, you are doing them a very bad service: you harden the heart and egoism increases. You as if convey your egoism to them, impose an additional burden on them in all their views on the world, on others, and on oneself.

Question: So it’s a bad service if I honor a person like that?

Answer: Worshiping is very bad.

Question: And here he wrote very beautifully: “Then this person loses his human features.” What are human features for you? What is a human?

Answer: Tied to the flow of life, fulfilling one’s duty to society and to others and wishing to find service to the Creator in this. That’s all.

Question: So, as a result, one does everything not for oneself, but for people?

Answer: Yes, but calmly without eruptions or screams from an “armored car.”

Question: And when do you put someone in an “armored car,”  on a pedestal?

Answer: It seems to me that you are very much spoiling someone by doing this. At least, you make it difficult for him to work in this world many times over, difficult to annul himself and manifest himself only through other people and the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 6/2/22

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “Why is gratitude so powerful?“

Research has found that people who write a few sentences of gratitude for what they feel grateful for on a daily basis become more optimistic, energetic and happier. Also, they were found to be more generous toward others and suffered less from illnesses.

Indeed, gratitude has an immense positive effect, and we would be wise to do such actions on mass scales: that entire countries would take a break for a few minutes in the middle of the day or twice a day, and each person would write positively about others, about what they are grateful to others for.

In short, gratitude is of utmost importance. When we speak favorably about others, and hear positive statements that others tell us, we infuse our lives with a positive energy that makes life happier and brighter.

Based on the video “The Power of Gratitude” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Oren Levi. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.

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Lesson on the Topic, “Unless the Lord Builds a House, Its Builders Labor in It in Vain” 

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More and more problems are revealed in the world as a result of the lack of communication between us that is revealed from above. The upper governance wants to show us how our connection is flawed and how insufficient it is for the revelation of the upper light, the upper force, the Creator between us.

The Creator is a consequence of our connection. The more we connect with each other, the more the Creator is revealed between us. Therefore, the Creator is called “come and see” (Bo-Re). After all, by coming closer and connecting with each other, we build Him, as it is said: “You created Me.”

And if we are not connected with each other, it is as if there is no Creator, there is no one to turn to. The common force that we want to reveal in the connection between us will be the Creator, to whom we can turn for help.

For example, now when there is a threat of famine and many countries realize that they need to work together, this will bring them a blessing. But don’t think that it will go so smoothly and easily. At the same time, there will be many countries that do not want to cooperate and they will raise prices and will burn the harvest.

We are entering a period when the actions of nature, meaning the Creator, become very direct and purposeful in order to force us to feel and understand His intentions, as if to stand right in front of Him. The Creator requires us to behave correctly and we must respond to this demand.

The duty of our world Kabbalah group is to manage the correction process without remaining passive. We can turn this movement to the left or to the right, promote connection, and explain to everyone what to do like a captain standing at the helm, commanding the sailors, and explaining how to act at every moment.

That is how we need to explain to all mankind where we are and how we can be saved from the blows of the waves so that everyone can dock at the quiet, promised shore.
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From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/18/22, “The Ways of the Lord Are Straight”

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