You should always remain in the middle line, instead of jumping from one extreme to the other, from exhilaration and euphoria to utter dismay and criticism. That is not the right approach. I can remain joyful during a big descent and calm during a strong ascent because I keep holding on to the goal.

My mood is determined by the extent to which my states are aimed at the goal. Therefore, there cannot be powerful mood swings if everything is connected and leads to one goal. I am then safe from sharp mood changes, like a child who either laughs or cries, but I constantly check my states as to whether they are serving the goal.

If we hold on to the goal, then during good or hard times, we would not succumb to the momentary moods, we would feel about the same level.

In honor of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Israel, we remembered a lot from our great history. But I would have celebrated this holiday differently, not delving in the past, but emphasizing the future, showing that the State of Israel is a symbol of a new beginning for all of humanity, the unity around the idea of attainment of the Creator that refers to absolutely everyone the same way.

This is exactly what the people of Israel returned to their land for. We are celebrating the fact that we and all of humanity received an opportunity of a new beginning, a new renaissance. This is what we want to show ourselves and the world; this is the real holiday, not the suffering that we’ve endured in the past.

We have to advertise not our past, but our future that belongs to the entire world. Israel is a special country, unlike any other. So we should not pride ourselves too much on our material achievements in high tech and agriculture. The main thing that brings us joy is the ability to guarantee humanity a happy future. That would be a real holiday and a lift in spirit!

The science of Kabbalah is an ancient science with thousands of years of history. But the main thing is that it guarantees the world a good future. ¹
From the 1^st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/20/18, Lesson on the topic of “Discovering the Creator’s Force in the Ten” (Preparation for the Convention “All As One” in New Jersey 2018)
¹ Minute 1:45

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Malchut of the world of Infinity (Ein Sof) decides that it must become like Keter, the root phase. And so, it makes a restriction (Tzimtzum) to fulfill its desire, its goal.

Now everything will be determined not by the desire to enjoy contained within her, but she, above her own will, will want to establish the goal of her development. As the Creator wanted to do everything for her, for His creation, so she wants all her thoughts to be aimed at bestowal.

The realization of this goal is called the screen (Masach). The thought is called the reflected Light. The first action needed here is restriction (Tzimtzum). From now on, decisions are made not by my desire to enjoy, but by the screen.

The transition from a personal screen to a common one is called crossing the Machsom, the border of the upper world. The first time we act within our desire covered by the common screen is considered as crossing the Machsom.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/25/18, Talmud Eser Sefirot, Part 2

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New Life 977 – Is Lust Good Or Bad?
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Nitzah Mazoz

Lust is neither good or bad. The question is: how do we use it? When we use lust or our desire to receive for the benefit of others, it is good. When we use it at the expense of others, it is bad. We use envy correctly when we take on the desires of others as our own. We are subsequently elevated to the unlimited spiritual world of eternal love, pure giving, and perfect enjoyment.
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From KabTV’s “New Life 977 – Is Lust Good Or Bad?” 3/11/18

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Giving of the Torah,” Item 13

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Attainment of the Creator—
Lies in achieving independence from egoism,
This is fulfillment!

The Creator exists
In degrees of attainment
Of “There’s none else besides Him.”

Spiritual work is difficult until you acquire spiritual qualities because you’re working against egoism. But after acquiring the will to bestow, the work starts to be for the sake of your beloved, a pleasure. You gain freedom and it’s easy to bestow.
#SpiritualWork_ML #Kabbalah

An overall #economic #recession is underway. Living standards are falling. Many industries are operating at a loss. Our incomes are reverting to the mid-20th century.
Development can occur if there’s a spiritual component. When it matches the corporeal one, corporeality can then grow.

By differentiating us from #ego
The Creator extricates us from it—
And ego doesn’t notice us!

Our connections are so important,
Forming one desire of the soul.
This connects me to my soul!

We can’t come out of ego alone,
We need an external force,
The Creator will bring us out of the dungeon.

The great #migration of nations,
#Egoism pushes us to mingle with other nations since it must connect with other manifestations of egoism. The law by which this migration happens is that broken desires must unite and become internally included.

I recommend that the entertainment industry’s Jews work on creating a new social vision, one of a positively connected future where we and humanity as a whole will succeed to connect above all of our differences.
#NataliePortman #GenesisPrize

My post about #NataliePortman and the #Genesis Prize:
If we’re speaking about Jewish people in the entertainment industry, then I would expect them to portray an authentic representation of the #Jewish essence. >>>

Jews aren’t a nation, but a collection of people from all 70 nations of Ancient Babylon in whom a “point” of connection with the Creator is revealed. It’s dormant in the rest. Hence, by uniting, as a converging lens (pipe), they can transmit the Creator’s Light to all the nations.

The world is what I see inside me, a reflection of my desires, my qualities.
The reality I feel is necessary to begin existence, a starting point.
Suffering is the expression of an unrealized desire.
Pleasure is the process of realizing a desire.
#Reality_ML #Kabbalah

Outside of me there’s the Creator. But I attain Him with my qualities, bit by bit.
#InspirationalQuote

If you want to reveal the world, build it in you (the same as the world you feel now). #Kabbalah is from the word “to receive”—to receive the sensation of what’s actually happening, the Upper World

#Reality
We can only research what happens in our feelings, desire,
If we feel what happens in the intention of receiving—the sensation is called Our World.
If we feel in the intention of bestowal—the sensation is called the Upper World. Both are felt inside, not outside of us!

A good intention is what turns #ego into a soul
#egoism #SelfImprovement #kabbalah

The soul is the intention to do “for the others’ sake” that I got from the Creator.
The intention “for others” is called the Soul.
The state where I work for myself is egoism.
The state where I work for others/the Creator is #altruism or a #soul.
#quotesforlife

#Scientists say: 42.6 million Americans over 45 suffer from chronic #loneliness. Over 1/4 of the #population lives alone, over 1/2 is not married.
#Egoism locks a person inside himself, like in a jug. We are free from each other —and not needed. What next?
#society #Statistics

There’s no state worse than not thinking about the Creator.
When we cling to Him and demand help, we give Him joy.
Most importantly, the plea must be for correction.
There’s no greater delight for the Creator than our realization that He’s the source of creation and the only force.
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My heart breaks when I see that I am incapable of achieving a single spiritual action of bestowal with my own strength. I understand that I do not have any connection with spirituality and I am not ready to unite with the friends. In other words, I feel myself as a simple animal or even lower than that.

And from this state I need to awaken. If prior to this we made a covenant of mutual guarantee to act together within the group, it will help me. Then I feel that I am not alone and that it is not about people, but about the mutual connection of desires, intentions, thoughts, and efforts; then based on all of this, I can act.

We lack the sense of a common Kli. It is not I suddenly fell apart independently of the others, but our connection exists. It is not affecting me because right now I am in a descent and disconnected from it, but it still affects the others, and they save me.

Due to this act of each one being saved from a descent in this way, he turns into a main Sefira, Malchut, adding his desire to the upper nine Sefirot. In this way, a Kli that is able to address the Creator appears.

What does it mean that the friends throw him a rope and pull him out of the river? They turn to the Creator with a plea for him because he is incapable of doing it himself. Each prays for the other, and in this way, all are saved.

If, however, from your broken heart you turn to the Creator with a plea for yourself, then He does not hear you.¹
From the 3rd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/21/18, Writings of Rabash, Vol. 3, Article 877 “Three Prayers“
¹ (Minute 23:45)

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New Life 982 – Building Connection Between Our Differences
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Tal Mandelbaum ben Moshe

On the corporeal level people are similar in their development, but on the human level they are very different from each other. Every person has his own inner world, his own opinions, etc. Each person is born different from the others so that a powerful, whole system can be built through the contrast. Every person has a root of their soul as well as their own innate inclinations, education, and environmental influences. If all people received a similar education, there would be mutual understanding of the value of this root of their soul. Instead of trying to change others, we would see how to attain the highest value of connection above our differences.
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From KabTV’s “New Life 982 – Building Connection Between Our Differences,” 3/20/18

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Giving of the Torah,” Item 10

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