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Question: If a person constantly has problems and constantly turns to the group. Where is the threshold of the attitude of using the group?
Answer: The difference lies in understanding that I turn to the group precisely to allow it to unite more, to reach connection, and to rise because of my problems rather than to solve them.
Question: But you say if there is an obstacle preventing advancement toward the goal, it should be eliminated. At the same time, we are given these obstacles to rise above them rather than cancel them. Where is the truth, then?
Answer: A person discovers the truth in the purity of his attitude to the purpose of creation: it is worthwhile to look at it one way or another, to rise above it and not bother others, or, conversely, to puzzle them with this problem to unite everyone even more. You cannot know in advance.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Ask the Group” 6/15/10
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Question: What is the meaning of unconscious development?
Answer: Unconscious development means the preparation an animal to become a human, since from the very beginning, from one cell, from the point of desire, from nothing, it is necessary to develop such a device, such a being, who would be absolutely similar and equal to the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Unconscious development” 7/23/10
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Question: What is truth?
Answer: Truth is the upper light that covers all the differences and disagreements that exist in the Kelim. The light of the Creator in its pure form, before it passes through the Kelim, is called truth.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/22/25, Writings of Rabash “What Are the Light Mitzvot that a Person Tramples with His Heels, in the Work?”
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We are working and preparing ourselves to ascend to a spiritual degree, but all we can do is apply effort and nothing more.
The actual action is performed by the light; I do not have the strength to rise above myself. I cannot grab myself by the hair and pull myself out of the swamp of egoism!
The result of all our efforts is called “He labored and found,” because the action is performed by the upper light.
The exodus from Egypt happens through the awakening from above, due to the revelation of a very great light, GAR de Hochma.
It is called the darkness of Egypt because the light is revealed, but we have no clothing of Hassadim to perceive it.
That is why it is called night and not day, and not an ascent through spiritual degrees but rather an escape, a leap. Pesach comes from the word “to skip” (passover).
This ascent occurs in a person as a single impulse beyond time, motion, space, or any human evaluation.
Everything happens through the force of the influence from above. That is why we must be prepared for this exodus.
It comes suddenly, in haste, and the moment before it happens, a person cannot even imagine that they are standing right at the threshold of exiting Egypt that it is about to happen.
It occurs completely unplanned. And it is said about the transition itself that when the Creator does this to us, we experience it as if in a dream.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/31/10, The Zohar, Chapter 166, “Bo”
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We think about changing the world all the time. This is the ultimate egoism.
Comment: We do this all the time. But these media outlets will not be destroyed, the government will not be overthrown, and the bosses will not be replaced.
My Response: None of that is necessary. What we need is to try to show the whole world that its very nature—whether still, vegetative, animate, or especially human—is absolutely egoistic. And it is this nature that we must correct. Moreover, it is corrected precisely from the degree of “human.”
Question: So I always start with myself?
Answer: You start with yourself and with others, with the connection between us, with the connection between people. And then nature will change on all levels. From the top down, it will extend to the animate, vegetative, and inanimate world.
Question: If I, an ordinary person, start with my connections with loved ones and try to make them good no matter what, despite any conflicts and so on, will I begin to change the world?
Answer: Yes, of course!
Where is the methodology for correcting the world? It is in the correction of the human being. But not by simply shouting and pressuring others, but through a methodology of education, refinement, and transformation of the person.
Question: If I start to change, what do I see?
Answer: If I start to change, I begin to see that this is exactly what the world needs. And the world will change accordingly along with this. I will see more and more goodness in this world. And so through our attitude toward the world, not just mine alone, we will bring the world into a state of proper balance.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 1/3/22
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Question: A person often has a state where he tries to avoid transitioning into the spiritual. That is, his egoism pushes him away, and makes him take some steps of retreat. How can one avoid making a mistake here and still go against his ego?
Answer: This must be done in advance. The moment you miss it, nothing will help. Egoism will still trick you, drag you in, distract you, and you will not be able to escape it. Therefore you must always protect yourself in advance, like a climber who is in a rope team with others. Without this you cannot do anything; such a connection is essential.
Moreover, it must be constant, every second. In Kabbalah, you fall every second, and without this connection, you fall into the abyss, and then you have to climb back up. This takes a lifetime. That is why a person does not manage to achieve spirituality, let alone advance through 125 steps.
Everything is created very clearly and logically when you act correctly. It is the law of nature. There are no concessions from the Creator here: “You are so small my beloved; I will make everything okay.” No! Here the force of bestowal and the force of reception are opposed to each other. And you must find the right connection between them and act clearly. This is the law!
It is not like in our world where from our weakness we constantly create anti-natural conditions for ourselves. Nature has no mercy as we imagine it. To receive what I do not deserve is what we call mercy, but this is wrong. Why should it be like this? “Because I am so beautiful.”
If we understood the essence of nature and how we should behave with it, we would truly succeed, justify the Creator’s actions, and not wait for some favors. It is exactly like in the saying, “We should not wait for favors from nature.” We should not wait for it to show mercy toward us, but we should study its laws and clearly reproduce them within ourselves. And then there will be no problems. We will see how perfect and eternal it is and become similar to it.
Question: What could be the solution for a person to prepare himself in advance?
Answer: It is only in connection with others, only in a state of mutual guarantee. And this is given.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. How to Deceive Egoism” 5/18/10
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And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?” And he said, “I seek my brothers. Tell me, I pray you, where they are feeding the flock?” (Genesis, 37) (RABASH, “Love of Friends – 1“).
At the point a person collects all one’s previous searches, doubts, regrets, and aspirations within oneself reaches a state called “Yosef” [Joesph] in their development. The word “Yosef” is derived from “asefa” or “osef,” meaning “to collect.”
At this point, Man, with a capital letter, appears within a person and asks: “What are you really seeking?” This marks the beginning of one’s spiritual journey.
Before this, one was internally torn and did not know where, why, for what purpose, or how to proceed. Even now a person does not really know, but the “Man” emerging in him or her from within begins to explain the purpose of life, what path one should follow, what to dedicate oneself to, and what to achieve.
Then he asks himself: “So what do you really want?” And Joseph within him answers: “I seek my brothers.” This means that a state of truth has manifested itself within him and reveals the true purpose of creation. Now he takes a direct path to Egypt into the heart of egoism, toward Pharaoh, in order to explore his nature, and by correcting it achieve the purpose of creation.
It is precisely after his brothers, i.e., his internal qualities, betrayed him, sold him, and reduced him to nothing, that he begins to understand that only by annulling himself can he unite with them and truly feel his nature—everything that is within him but has not yet emerged—and attain the Creator from it.
He feels that all his qualities or “brothers” are against him because their true egoistic nature is now beginning to manifest itself.
Therefore from the point of bifurcation that he has passed, he connects with them by annulling himself. From now on he can incorporate them all within himself, i.e., become Joseph, by gathering all his previous qualities within him: Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, and Hod. He himself is Yesod, the last of the six Sefirot.
Joseph does not have a quality of his own; he can only collect together his previous qualities, everything he aspires to and is capable of, what he is suitable for, and what he lacks. This is his mission. Only then can he correctly connect with egoism, with Malchut, in which Keter, the quality of the Creator, will manifest itself.
Comment: You claim that Joseph must annul himself before his brothers to include them within himself. But the article says that they must annul themselves before him.
My Response: It is stated this way because his brothers are his qualities that he must gather within himself. Initially, they exist in him in an egoistic form, and therefore, when they sell him into slavery, he changes his attitude toward them, toward how he should gather these qualities.
Initially he has an aspiration for attainment, for the Creator, for the meaning of life, but it is still clothed in general egoism. But when he is thrown into a pit and then redeemed, he already forms a correct attitude toward his mission. He must rise above himself. If earlier he believed that everyone should egoistically unite within him, he now understands that only self-annulment is necessary.
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From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The Last Generation” 6/21/18
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