In our days, the correction of the world begins with the nation of Israel—specifically with those who engage in the Torah and replace the study of its external part with its internal part.

Before the destruction of the First and Second Temples, people dealt only with the inner part of the Torah, meaning that each person, due to the “subtlety” of their soul, had knowledge of the spiritual world. And the prophets, who were in an even deeper and higher connection with the Creator than the others, served as the spiritual leaders of the nation.

However, when the downfall occurred and prophets disappeared from among the people, the era of the sages began. People began to engage in external actions instead of internal ones, and this continues up to our days.

At the end of the Introduction to The Book of Zohar, Baal HaSulam writes that now it is necessary to return from the external part of the Torah to its internal part, and to engage in those actions that can bring us to mutual guarantee (Arvut), which we once lost. This is what is referred to as the destruction of the first and second temples.

If we return to the inner part of the Torah, whose light o brings us to mutual guarantee, then we correct ourselves and merit receiving the Torah, the upper light.

Then, because this will happen with us, all the nations will join us, since after the exiles there was such a mingling of souls that if today a small “subtle” part replaces the external with the internal and merits to reach mutual guarantee and receive the Torah, then afterward the entire world will be able to join in, and through this “subtle” part receive the light of correction according to the condition of mutual guarantee. And then the upper light, the Creator, will dwell within all souls.

From this we see that the principle remains unchanged: the upper force acts upon the “subtle” part according to equivalence of form, and the “subtle” part mixes with the “coarse” part, and then brings about mutual correction.

These things are simple. In general, in the whole Torah, in all of Kabbalah, in all of reality, there is one very simple law. And it is precisely because of its simplicity that it is difficult for us to perceive it.

In its simplicity, it is very far from us, for it is simple in bestowing, and not in receiving.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/9/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)“

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Question: Arvut (mutual guarantee) is a law we neither see nor feel yet. What will give us the fuel to strive toward fulfilling it?

Answer: Essentially your claim is: “The Creator is revealed when we are connected to one another. Even the smallest connection between us will reveal Him. But right now, since we are not yet connected, we do not know that He will be revealed or what good that will bring. So there is nothing driving me to connect.”

In other words, your attitude toward connection is egoistic. It is based on receiving: “Show me that it is good, and then I will connect with the others.” Just like in times of war: no one needs to be told, “Give a soldier a ride!” Everyone’s kind; everyone’s helpful. Why? “Of course I will give him a ride! So he can go where the enemies are and protect me!”

Do you call that “kindness”? Do you want to reveal spirituality in the same way?

Advancing toward spirituality is inseparable from distancing from your ego. That is precisely why it is concealed. So do not complain that spiritual pleasures are concealed from you. If they were revealed, your ego would chase after them and you would become an even greater egoist. That would not be called Arvut. That kind of Arvut, you can arrange at a bank or with social insurance.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/8/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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We must constantly work on one fundamental principle, the principle of Arvut (mutual guarantee). Our forefathers also worked on it, but for their level of Aviut (coarseness), a special method, the Torah, was not required.

Their method was simple. They understood that it was so, and by the purity of their soul, they felt the upper just as a Bedouin living in nature feels it entirely, and senses things thousands of kilometers away. It was simply a natural connection with creation. But when egoism grows, a method and tools become necessary.

What is this method? What is the Torah really about? It teaches how to reach the same connection our forefathers had but on a different level of desire to receive. As that desire grows, more actions are needed, as well as individual effort and collective work of the entire group.

The forefathers did not need to work on Arvut among themselves. For them, it came naturally, like a mother’s love for her child. This necessity was evident through the revelation of the Creator; there was no other way to exist.

But once the desire to receive is revealed, everything changes. Aviut increases, and everyone grows distant from one another. To overcome this separation, various methods, tools, efforts, and learning are required.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/6/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)“

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Question: When a person reaches a state of adhesion with the Creator, there are no friends, only him and the Creator. How does that align with the work on mutual guarantee?

Answer: How can an ordinary, simple egoist, not particularly good or bad, who has developed a desire for something unknown, come to feel the necessity to connect with others, to become a single vessel, to correct his ego?

He is brought into a group. This does not depend on him; it is arranged from above, even if from his perspective it seems accidental.

Thanks to being placed in a group, he gradually begins to hear. Sometimes this takes several years.

There are still many people who, despite having been with us for years, do not yet truly hear.

It all depends on the surrounding light—how much it influences a person, how much the group cares about the correction of each member. If the group consists of egoistic individualists where each one thinks only of himself and the necessity for even a minimal level of mutual guarantee has not yet ignited within the group, a condition without which it is impossible to cross the Machsom, then each person will remain stuck in his private aspiration toward the Creator.

“I give, I work, I disseminate, I translate, I do everything that is asked of me, so where is what I rightfully deserve?!” And he is right to ask. “Just tell me what to do, and I will do it!” But the group has not revealed the necessity of uniting into one Kli. And without that, there is no spiritual attainment.

There may be a hundred people sitting together, but only fifteen in mutual guarantee. But if several people sincerely want this to happen, even if they are few, they will receive a relative revelation.

On the other hand, we must understand that the calculation is no longer just with us, but is with the entire world, and there are different conditions that apply now regarding how to advance in accordance with the world as a whole.

In other words, it becomes a matter of dissemination, of how much we invest in it.
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From Daily Kabbalah Lesson 5/7/2025, Writings of Baal HaSulam, “The Arvut (Mutual Guarantee)”

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Question: How is a mega-congress different from other congresses?

Answer: A mega-congress is a unified gathering of all people on Earth. We are trying to bring as many people as possible into unity—those who are unaware, in disagreement, indifferent, neutral, or far from anything spiritual—so they can discover that this exists and begin to understand the roots of their personal misfortunes and the global suffering in the world.

We want them to begin to sense the idea of a unified direction of humanity, society, and all of nature.

After all, we are entering a streak of failures that is systemic in nature, and we need to understand it. Why keep trying to run away from it? There are volcanoes here, droughts there, floods, terrorism, war, or other crises.

These problems need to be solved! After all, we are rational beings. So, let’s try to understand the world we live in.

Science has practically given up on this already. Politicians can’t do anything either; we see that from the outcomes of their summits, nor can the financiers. They are just trying to steal as much as possible before the end, while no one knows or understands what is coming next.

People have lost all sense of direction; they have no strength left to do anything. We have become ungovernable, and we no longer control anything ourselves. In other words, our egoism has ceased to be the driving force that guides us and allows us to manage our lives. Now, it no longer works.

Only interconnectedness, global unity, and the closed nature of the whole system can guide our lives now. This needs to be studied.

We must rewire our thinking, like a crew in a submarine facing danger working together to survive. They are specially trained to be united, to sense one another, and to understand that their personal survival depends entirely on the success of the whole.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Congress of All Earthlings” 8/23/10

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Question: Can an egoist that is not in spiritual attainment relate adequately to his egoism? Can he clearly see the manifestations of egoism, not fall under its influence, and regulate the process?

Answer: Yes and no. He experiences ascents and descents and even at the highest levels, the ego can suddenly take over. “Do not trust yourself until the complete death of egoism” is our motto.

Question: Can those who study Kabbalah at least somehow determine where egoism played out and where some other part is? Or is it all sheer egoism?

Answer: It doesn’t matter. But at high levels he knows, understands, and is aware of it. And still, knowing and being aware, you see how the ego plays with you. This is a study of nature, of what the Creator has made. Essentially, a Kabbalist is like a walking laboratory testing everything on himself.

Comment: This is a very interesting process.

My Response: Yes, because you include the whole world within yourself!
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. A Kabbalist Is a Walking Laboratory” 9/5/10

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