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Lesson on the Topic: “Holding Onto the State of Entering Ibur (Conception),” “Above All Disturbances”
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Talmud Eser Sefirot, Part 10, Item 1
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Question: What is special about the Ari’s methodology compared to the Kabbalists who came before him?
Answer: Systematization. Nothing new. No subsequent Kabbalist can add anything to the work of the previous Kabbalists other than to further elaborate on the conclusions made in their discoveries and to give a greater systematic description of what may have been described with just a few phrases. That is all.
Question: Can it be said that the language also changed?
Answer: Of course. For example, if we take a physics course written 200 years ago and compare it with a current textbook, naturally there will be a difference between them. But, in principle, the essence of the information contained within them remains the same.
That is why great Kabbalists—pillars appearing once in several generations—significantly added to previous discoveries.
Question: Did the means of attaining those discoveries remain the same?
Answer: Yes, because the structure of the upper world does not change.
There are two forces in existence: the force of bestowal and the force of reception. The interaction between these two forces forms the upper system and controls our world through it. This is pure physics—a simple mechanism of control of our world.
That is why Kabbalists cannot reveal anything new, but can only explain in greater detail what was previously disclosed. After all, that which was attained by Abraham, Moses, and the Kabbalists of the First and Second Temples continues to act and to be discovered today.
There is nothing new in the upper world. It is a stable, constant system. It is just that the Kabbalists, through their attainment, add clarification for the next generation so that it may be easier to understand. In this way, in each generation the language of the explanations changes in order to make it more comprehensible for that generation. That is why Baal HaSulam (in the early 20th century) and Rabash (late 20th century) are our closest Kabbalists.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian, 7/23/17
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Question: What are feelings from the Kabbalistic viewpoint?
Answer: A feeling is a sensation in the desire.
Desire is the matter of all of creation, and the sensation inside the desire is called feeling. Since all of creation is one differentiated, integral desire, then all that exists inside it is feelings.
We are not talking just about the universe here, but about all the worlds, about the entire, vast creation. There are two kinds of feelings found there, hatred and love, and we exist between them.
Therefore, we must see how to differentiate them, on what basis do we make a verdict: the feeling that I treat with hatred or love, whether the feeling itself is called “hatred” or “love,” or do I determine how it will be in relation to a certain sensation? In other words, it is a science about feelings.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 8/13/17
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Question: Are love and truth always inseparable?
Answer: Love exists in the heart and truth in the head. Love must come from the heart; that is, I need to change all its qualities, all my desires, in order to direct them to the benefit of the loved one. This is called “an open heart.”
I measure the truth relative to the level of a person’s development: how much is beneficial for him to hear, how much can he feel and understand, and I treat him accordingly. Perhaps I will have to hide something from him or maybe even to lie if from my loving heart I see that it will be better for him this way.
A person who seeks the truth constantly checks himself for what lie he is in.
Question: Why is a person attracted to the truth? Why does it acquire value for him?
Answer: An informational gene from the upper degree begins manifesting in him. The upper force is called truth. The word “truth” consists of letters “Alef-Mem-Tav,” that is, it covers the entire alphabet from the beginning to the end; it is the general name of the Creator, who is good and does good, absolute love and bestowal outside of Himself. We need to think how to become similar to Him, even just a little. This is what is taught by the wisdom of Kabbalah.
There are people in whom such informational genes are awakening. Apparently, in their basis, they were closer to the Creator and therefore the corresponding records have remained in them. Now these genes begin to manifest in them and pull them to reveal the qualities of the Creator.
This gene is called a point in the heart, a desire to reveal the truth. No matter what it turns out, the main thing is that it is the truth. Even if I do not like it, I nevertheless aspire to it, as it is written: “Buy the truth and do not sell it.”
Question: I know many people who absolutely do not believe in God, but nevertheless are very much drawn to the truth . Why is it so?
Answer: The aspiration to truth is completely unrelated to faith. Everyone who seeks the truth is invited to come and reveal it. The wisdom of Kabbalah has nothing to do with religion, but striving for the truth is a necessary condition.
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From KabTV’s “A New Life” 11/16/17
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New Life #386 – Living In A Cooperative
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Summary
People feel safer and more supported within loving communities. These days, our egos keep us apart and we end up experiencing the resulting lack of warmth and mutuality. In the future, communities will care for everyone’s needs just as extended families did in the past. We will create heaven on earth by connecting as one man with one heart.
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From KabTV’s “New Life #386 – Living In A Cooperative,” 5/29/14
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Preparation for the Lesson
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Lesson on the Topic: “Holding Onto the State of Entering Ibur (Conception),” “Above All Disturbances,” Part 1
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Lesson on the Topic: “Holding Onto the State of Entering Ibur (Conception),” “Above All Disturbances,” Part 2
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How can I feel two opposite states, like #joy and suffering, at the same time? To feel two states I need two Kli: my personal one, and that of the group. In my personal Kli I feel the ego’s suffering, but in the common Kli of the group I feel joy.
Man is like a child the Creator has made and is raising, wanting for him to be like the Father: independent, perfect, similar to Him. You need not give the Creator anything but the pleasure of seeing you become similar to Him. #inspiration
#Freedom is possible if I rule over desire. For as long as I’m inside my egoistic nature, I am fully CONTROLLED by my ego. The only freedom is to learn to anticipate the Creator’s desires. Then you will decide for Him, as it is said: the righteous decides, & the Creator executes
Spiritual movement is impossible under the ego’s rule, nor under the rule of the #spiritual force of bestowal, but only in the combination of these two forces. While in the ego, we don’t exist in the spiritual world—there’s nothing against which to measure ourselves.
Our world is the first degree of the great cycle. The next degree is the upper world, from which all signals that govern our world descend. Those who wish to reveal the #meaning of life—who-what-how governs it—must reveal the upper world. This is the domain of Kabbalah.
The whole world is the Creator’s manifestation. By influencing us in various ways, He addresses us. Try and you will start to sense Him addressing you. Especially in your thoughts and feelings, for they are from Him, even before you realize it. You are your reaction to this fact.
What’s ahead? Understand: we must die within and be reborn. Precisely reborn in our perception of life, death, the world. To move to an unknown coil of existence, tune to a new dimension that we cannot even imagine to ourselves at the present.
Most important is to care for the point in the heart. It must be returned to its source, the Creator. It will pull you there itself, and you must help it. The #evil isn’t in the desire to enjoy, but in the intention to act for yourself.
Everything is done by the upper light! We are controlled by His influence on us. The only action we can do is either distance or draw closer together, distance or draw closer to Him, be dissimilar or similar to the Light. This is our only freedom and chance to influence #fate…
Creation begins with the breaking of bonds between us, which r then filled with ego, rejection. We try to rebuild these bonds, the ego resists. Thanks to this, we rebuild the bonds 620 times stronger than before they were broken. This is why Creator is revealed in the connection.
Nothing exists but man and the Creator! Everything else is in you. All that you see around r your personal qualities being displayed against the Creator’s qualities. By connecting these 2 pictures you achieve the right perception of all of creation, in adhesion with the Creator.
Why did the great light dissipate into sparks? So that we would value everyone as the Creator’s part. And then we could truly join together once again into a single whole, the way the Creator has made us, and achieve our purpose–to reveal the one Creator. #purpose
Man is drawn to #truth IF it’s demanded by his POINT IN THE HEART – a desire to reveal truth even in suffering. Hebrew for TRUTH – EMET—includes the entire alphabet: E-Creator, M-Bina, T-Malchut—the Creator’s general name. Kabbalah teaches we must attain Him to be like Him
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The #ego is like separate cells, and the Light knows how to connect them. Like the particles of any substance, the way they’re arranged determines the type of the substance. Man exists above the light, because he includes the its governance within himself.
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Baal HaSulam, The Writings of the Last Generation: It is a natural law that the diligent class will exploit the backward class as best they can, like fish at sea, where the strong swallows the weak.
Today we see how the elites of all countries cannot stop in spite of the fact that they have already stuffed their own pockets. No logic can explain why a man with 50 billion needs another 50.
The fact is that the infinitely growing egoism requires this. Therefore, a person cannot do anything with himself; he must follow this. The miserable elites are also controlled by their infinitely growing egoism and are obliged to reduce the entire population to poverty, leaving them not even a crust of bread!
On the other hand, this is unnatural. Even during times of slavery, it was never like this. A slave was expensive! The owner had to take care of him, treat him well, etc.
Now we are separated from the connection between master and slave. An entrepreneur does not care that there are millions of people behind the gates of his factories. He must extract everything out of them!
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From Kab TV’s ”The Last Generation” 8/7/17
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