Question: Why should one be engaged in correcting this world? Why should one aspire to improve life, happiness, and goodness if according to the wisdom of Kabbalah, this entire world is an illusion and imaginary emptiness?

Answer: This illusion was given to us so that we would get rid of it! We do not correct this world, it does not need correction! Also, there is nothing to correct our existing in this situation in the world.

We must transcend this world, taking ourselves out of it to the next trajectory, to the next level, to the level of the upper world. This world is the most insignificant and darkest; there is nothing to correct in it; it exists only to transcend it.

Question: Is it possible to be happy in an imperfect world?

Answer: Such a thing is possible because it makes no difference whether the world is perfect or not; it is up to you to use it correctly to become a partner of the Creator, to give enjoyment to the Creator.

When you reach this state, you will see that basically there is nothing unfortunate in this world. For our system of perception, this is a paradox, but when we enter the sensation of the upper world, we begin to see that the only thing that exists in the world is the upper Light that fills everything; there never was anything and there have never been any problems or unhappiness in this world.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 6/19/16

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Question: The secret of happiness is the internal connection of the hearts into one whole, but what is the internal connection? How can you describe it? What should I yearn for?

Answer: Internal connection is possible only through the group. In a friends’ meeting, for example, you should imagine that you are in a corrected spiritual state. For this purpose meetings with friends are held to create this state inside you, to sculpt it, and to remain in it for a whole week until your next gathering.

The whole Kabbalistic method is aimed at recreating the proper structure of man, which means that everyone should connect wisely, emotionally, consciously, consistently, by trial and error, in an attempt to resemble the Creator.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 6/19/16

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#Love cannot manifest in the absence of the opposite feeling—hatred. They can only exist concurrently, as per the rule “Love covers all transgressions.” However, this is only possible to the extent these qualities can be acquired by practicing Kabbalah.

#Kabbalah proposes a compromise between a “Nation’s right for self-determination” and “Preserving sovereignty”: 1. Independence of every nation with 2. Maintaining good connections between them. This is only possible with education, as Kabbalah proposes. The alternative is war.

Freewill is felt in the choice: to submit to the ego’s or the Creator’s rule? Always remaining in the state of choosing one’s path is where man develops spiritually, by attaining “There is none else besides Him.” #spirituality

The yearning for #purpose isn’t a dream or self-delusion, but self-programming, motivation that predetermines your future.

Freewill begins with us wanting to unite into a group with our points in the heart and searching: Where is our free choice? We want to establish a field of connections at the place of breaking. This field, made by our connections, is where freewill exists. #freedom

When we correct the state of breaking, we enter a new domain that has never existed in nature—the domain of our freewill. This is why it is critical for us to find this point of freedom, from where we can escape into a new dimension. #consciousness

Kabbalah explains that our world achieves complete #freedom and permissiveness so that everyone could make the conclusion that the right form of human #society is one of unity.

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Preparation for the Lesson

Lesson on the Topic: “The Ten As an Embryo” (Preparation for Convention in Arava 2017)

Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 174

Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Peace,” “Necessity to Practice Caution With the Laws of Nature”

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The three days of the World Kabbalah Conference in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, brought about a change in the hearts of hundreds of Europeans who came to experience what the wisdom of Kabbalah is about.

The slogan of the conference “From Chaos to Harmony” said it all: in the face of the growing ego that separates us and creates a chaotic world, a method is needed to connect us and raise us above our ego, to build a network of positive connections and to discover the harmony that already exists between us.

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New Life 912 – From Chaos To Harmony
Dr. Michael Laitman in conversation with Oren Levi and Nitzah Mazoz

If we examine the general system, it is possible to see that there is completeness and order in its general laws. According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, we exist in an infinite world, in a steady, perfect, and orderly system; but in contrast to that, we are constantly subject to internal changes, and so it seems to us that the world is changing.
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From KabTV’s “New Life 912 – From Chaos To Harmony,” 10/24/17

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Question: If we remove all of the lies from history, it will not mean that we will be left with the truth; in fact, we may end up with nothing at all. They say that history is written by the conquerors. Is that so? If we studied the history of those who were defeated, would it look completely different?

Answer: The fact of the matter is that there is no history. There is a fixed state in the beginning of creation called Malchut of the world of infinity, which contains the initial substance of all of creation. All the worlds and everything inhabiting them exists in Malchut of the world of infinity.

Kabbalah studies the four phases of the expansion of the direct Light. Everything starts with the Light or the Creator. The Light is called the Creator because it creates or begets. This physical substance it the quality of bestowal.

The Light, expanding from above downward, builds a desire that matches it; this is the first phase. It then evolves into the second, then third, and finally, the fourth phase, called Malchut. This completes the expansion of the four phases of direct Light.

All the rest takes place inside Malchut, which is an enormous will to receive.

Malchut, perceiving itself distant from the Light and opposite to it, does not agree to remain in this state and performs a restriction. After that, it decides that it necessarily has to be equivalent to the Light, meaning to perform certain transactions with it. That is how it gradually grows closer to the Light.

The most important thing about Malchut’s development is to build a state called “world” out of itself—and this does not mean our world, within which it builds creation, say, man. Let’s call him Adam.

The problem that Malchut wants to solve is: How does it juxtapose Adam with the world in a way where his entire volume (the yellow in the image) will be filled by the upper Light?

This is implemented by people who in our world try to become similar to the Light. They create a common desire that is similar to the Creator and reach the state of the full correction, called Gmar Tikkun.

This comprises all of human history.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 7/16/17

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Torah, Deuteronomy 33:01: And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel [just] before his death.

There is no person more exalted throughout history or the spiritual planes than Moses. The blessing of the Creator always flows through him. And the Creator always communicates only through this level.

The Creator cannot address us directly. It is the upper Light that has no particular form. However, when it goes through the spiritual degree called Moses, it acquires a certain form through which it can influence our qualities, our desires. Therefore, everything we receive comes from the quality called “Moses.”

It is written that Moses blessed the children of Israel before his death because that is where his function in relation to the lower levels or parts of the souls that he corrects is terminated. It no longer functions, which is called death.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 2/6/17

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Question: What is so special about today’s ecological situation? What is the difference between an earthquake or volcanic eruption that occurs today and the ones that happened a thousand or two hundred years ago?

Answer: The reason for these natural cataclysms is different. A thousand years ago, the cause of an earthquake was in the natural process of evolution that sought to advance us and for all of nature to balance.

The cause came from the force of nature itself, and now the cause is in our own negligence. Instead of bringing all parts of nature to connection, a person causes universal separation.

Until now, nature itself exerted pressure on us in order to develop all its degrees—inanimate, vegetative, animate and human—to a certain level. Presently, we have already reached this predetermined level of development and entered the stage of so-called “integral humanity.”

The world turns into a small village where everyone is connected with each other, and now we ourselves are responsible for maintaining the balance in nature. It turns out that each problem caused by a lack of balance points to our incorrect behavior.

If previously hurricanes and earthquakes forced us to advance in developing technology and economy, today, they simply humble us. It is not enough to react to the blows of nature by the development of technology; today, social changes, and the correction of social connections are already necessary. If we do not react correctly, then we aggravate the situation.
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From KabTV’s “A New Life” 10/10/17

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