New Life 264 – Sexual Development, Part 2
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Nitzah Mazoz

What attitude should a person establish from a young age toward others in order to build the right relationships with them and what emotion should we develop in order to succeed in finding a partner that suits us?

A man and a woman, like plus and minus, can form a spiritual connection over the opposites, above the human ego. Even during sexual intercourse, each one needs to be directed primarily at achieving the inner spiritual connection. The intensity of the joy of intercourse in the degree of the speaking is immeasurably greater than what we know of in the level of living. When I’m hungry for sex, I have to think about how I can, with the help of this urge, fill my partner up. Each one thinks only about how he or she can transcend oneself and give pleasure to their partner.
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From KabTV’s “New Life 264 – Sexual Development, Part 2,” 11/29/13

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Lesson on the Topic “To Learn From the Descent in the State of Ascent” 

Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,”  Item 50

Lesson on the Topic “Building The Future Society” 

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Question: Why can we not sense the essence of the Creator?

Answer: We cannot comprehend the essence of the Creator since we do not have the tools for this.

Similar to how an animal cannot comprehend the human level, a human cannot comprehend the Creator’s level. To do so, we lack the necessary tools, that is, qualities.

Our properties, built on plus and minus, are created by the Creator in such a volume and on such a level that we can comprehend Him, but only on the basis of those qualities in which He created us. Above them, we cannot comprehend.

Question: Is this really the case or maybe something else?

Answer: Perhaps there is something else.

When at the end of 6,000 years, and maybe even earlier, we completely correct our qualities and correctly use both positive and negative properties, then we will finally reach the level that the Creator set for us: to attain Him in these 6,000 years.

Then it is quite possible that we will discover the next volume, the next void, which we can comprehend, for we ourselves still know nothing about it. There are some guesses, but they are just guesses.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 2/24/19

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Question: If the Creator is always different for each and every person, how can He be a point of connection for people?

Answer: The fact of the matter is that connection occurs at the point of the Creator’s goodness toward us. We begin to understand that everything He does is absolutely right, reasonable, and good.

It is at this point of our impression of Him that we unite and become like Him. Therefore, this point of goodness becomes common to us.

Afterward, we again scatter in different directions, with new egoism, we hate each other again, and begin to gather again, but on the next, higher level.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 2/24/19

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New Life #13 – The Power of Love
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi

The crisis in the world today is actually a crisis in our way of relating to one another and the only way to solve it is to learn to love others. The nature of each and every one is to take care of oneself; however, the development of the human ego has come to an end. The only way to get closer to love of others is by building a strong, environmental force that will bind us in mutual love. Society needs to raise the value of consideration for others until we feel like one family and discover the whole depth and harmony of nature.
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From KabTV’s “New Life #13 – The Power of Love,” 1/11/12

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Question: Suppose one friend rose above himself, he feels the connection between us in the ten and the revelation of the Creator. The other friend, at this moment, does not feel this, he has different thoughts.

Should this happen at the same time or each one in turn; for example, today—one, tomorrow—the next one, the day after tomorrow—me?

Answer: Everyone will feel it at different times until you begin to feel the unity together, and only then does the Creator begin to reveal Himself in it. You must come to the point when inside yourself you live constantly in this collective solidarity. This is the group.

After all, a group is not just ten people sitting next to each other. The group is what they have separated from their egoism, they want to be above it, to unite in this and feel the Creator in order to give to Him, to exit themselves, but already together as one. Now, they are looking for where He is in order to give it all to Him, as if giving Him a bouquet of ten roses.

In The Book of Zohar, this state is compared to a rose among thorns. The rose (Hebrew: Shoshana) is Malchut. Shoshana is from the word “kick in the teeth” because it is very difficult to exit yourself, just as if a person gets hit in the teeth. Thorns are all the other qualities that you cannot connect to each other. In general, this is a big job.

But it cannot be that this happens today with you, tomorrow with another friend, then with a third, etc. You have to come to a state where you constantly work on it together, and your community and its direction to the Creator are the most important for you. This is the core of your existence, your life. Only this is worth living for. Everything else is as a small addition in importance!

Question: Can we discuss, in our daily work in the ten, how each of us feels about this and how to come to this?

Answer: In general, you can. Just try to treat each other with love because if a friend talks about how he wants to connect with the ten, then everyone else needs to be very careful not to take it lightly because you could cancel out the group’s combined effort.
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From the Kabbalah lesson in Russian 4/4/19

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Question: You said that when a bad thought comes to me, I shouldn’t resist it or reject it. So what should I do with it?

Answer: You have to work on it. Working on it means taking this thought with you all the way into the midst of the center of your ten, into the center of your small group, and making it disappear in your connection. Imagine you have a group where you unite as one whole, like soup cooking in a pot. When a thought comes, you throw it into this “soup” so that it completely dissolves in it.

The way it affects your group is the way it was meant to happen. The main thing is for the group to be ready to adapt this thought inside it, so that it dissolves in it completely. Then you will be able to see the right outcome of it.

Question: So, can I tell my friends in the group about this thought? Or is it enough to just think about it and it will be worked on inside the group?

Answer: You don’t have to tell them about it or you may choose to seek their advice. Gradually, based on your involvement in the group, you will see if you can consult your friends or if you still feel uncomfortable, etc…
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 2/3/19

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