Audio Version Of The Blog – 11/9/24
Posted on November 9th, 2024 at 10:55 pm
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Question: On ordinary days, our ten is always very united and active. But on special days, during holidays, and at conventions, we constantly experience disunity. What are we doing wrong?
Answer: You need to bring weekdays closer to special days, appreciate holidays in advance, and prepare to be in a special prayer to the Creator on these days.
Question: What does it mean to truly serve the Creator?
Answer: Serving the Creator means fulfilling His desires. The Creator acts however He wishes: in us, through us, and outside of us.
Question: How can we feel or understand that it is He who is acting?
Answer: You cannot. You must believe the Kabbalists who tell you this. There is no other way for you.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/24/24, “Eighth [day] of Assembly and Simchat Torah [The Joy of Torah]”
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Comment: There is a war in Israel. We are focusing heavily on technology: defense technology like the Iron Dome, laser technology, attack technologies like bunker-busting bombs, advanced aircraft, and so on.
I keep thinking that sooner or later, the other side will also acquire these technologies.
My Response: Of course.
Comment: They have plenty of funds; they will buy advanced technologies somewhere. It will be a battle of technologies.
My Response: That is the future, yes.
Question: When will there be a turning point where we start thinking about the root of the problem?
Answer: The root of the problem is unsolvable. That is why people focus on the consequences, on ways of delivery and defeat in various forms.
Question: You say it so definitively, is there no point in continuing?
Answer: Yes, of course.
Question: Why are you so certain we won’t reach the root? We won’t want to reach it, as I understand?
Answer: Do you mean the egoism of a person?
Comment: You said it yourself just now, egoism of a person is the root of all problems.
My Response: I have yet to see any method in the world that can somehow limit it. What we need here is the recognition of the evil of our egoism and an understanding of how we can be healed from it.
Question: Tell me, how does this egoism draw wars toward us? Egoism essentially wants us to feel good on the inside, right?
Answer: Yes, but the problem is that when things are good on the inside, they can be bad on the outside. We don’t understand how to control our egoism so that things are good.
Question: You have often spoken about unity among the people of Israel, unity within the nation, one heart, and so on. When you talk about this, are you addressing the root of the issue?
Answer: Yes, I am speaking about the root, about what the people can do in our time and generation to ensure that the world knows no more wars.
Question: Are you even saying “no more wars in the world”?
Answer: Yes, exactly.
Comment: You are not just saying wars will end for us.
My Response: No, that is beyond our control.
Comment: So our focus should be…
My Response: Peace worldwide.
Question: Does this depend on us?
Answer: Yes.
Question: How can we reach that?
Answer: We need to study the Torah. It is explained there in simple terms. If we want peace, we must actively make it. We have to bring peace into action ourselves.
Question: By uniting?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Is that the entire issue?
Answer: That is the issue.
Question: So when you say the root is unreachable, what do you mean? On one hand, you are calling for it; on the other, you say it is unreachable.
How do we understand that?
Answer: It is unreachable by human forces or intellect. But it is completely reachable through our inner efforts, when we can cry out to the Creator and show Him that we are ready for peace, for peace between us. From there, peace can spread throughout the world.
Question: How many wars, disasters, or sufferings are needed to reach this point?
Answer: It does not matter; maybe none at all.
Question: Can we get ahead of all this suffering?
Answer: Of course.
Question: What brings about this understanding? You say “we can get ahead of suffering.” So an inner or outer understanding can come sooner. Where does it come from? You often say that suffering moves a person forward one way or another. But here?
Answer: We have already experienced enough suffering to envision a world filled with suffering and a world without it, which allows us to choose which world we want to belong to.
Question: So is that the root of all our problems and the world’s problems?
Answer: Yes, all of them.
Question: A follow-up question then. Can we combine technological development with an understanding of this root problem? Suppose we understand the root problem and, at the same time, continue developing technology. Or is understanding the root problem enough, so everything else falls away?
Answer: Once we begin to understand the root problem, we won’t feel the need to advance technology. Right now, we think that developing various technologies can convince others worldwide that we have the strongest military and so on. But a completely different approach is needed. Everyone must realize that peace can’t be achieved through war, but only by agreeing to peace. And then peace will come from above.
Question: Agree to peace between us?
Answer: Peace between us, among all nations and countries. We can agree and achieve it without specific conditions or efforts, without any of this. We only need to recognize the difference between peace and war until we fully grasp what these concepts mean.
Question: What does peace mean?
Answer: Peace is when everyone lives together in harmony.
Question: But who among ordinary, normal people wouldn’t want this? People want to live this way!
Answer: People don’t realize that the start of a war is so far removed from anything resembling war that it seems entirely peaceful. And that is how it begins. Then suddenly everything unravels into a full-fledged war.
Question: What is this beginning like? You say the start of war is far from war itself. What is it?
Answer: It is when I disagree with someone else.
Question: That is the start of a war?
Answer: Yes.
Question: So I don’t agree, I’ve cut off ties, I don’t love them, I’ve distanced myself, is that all part of it?
Answer: Yes, small moments like these.
Question: Even between one person and another?
Answer: Even between one person with another. We need to pay attention to every one of these details.
Question: So war, in all its horror, is built from these bricks?
Answer: Yes.
Question: The outer, terrible one we know?
Answer: Yes.
Question: So peace, first and foremost, is in these connections?
Answer: Peace is a complete connection of hearts.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 10/14/24
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Kapot [pans] mean Kefia [coercion], when one assumes the kingdom of heaven coercively. This means that even when reason disagrees, he goes above reason. This is called “coercive mating” (Baal HaSulam, Shamati, 85, “What Is the Fruit of a Citrus Tree, in the Work?”).
Question: What does it mean to implement unity in the ten coercively, and how can we do that?
Answer: It is called “coercively” because we are required to achieve connection in the ten through faith above reason whether we want it or not. If we do this, everything will work out. In this connection, we will find everything.
If I have already come to connection in the ten, then from there I have a direct path to the Creator. I begin to understand what “in the ten” means, what connection is, how I can achieve it, what it gives, and how it is manifested within me. I need nothing more; through this, I correct myself.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/21/24, “Sukkot”
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We see about the citron that the adornment is in it precisely before it is suitable for eating. However, when it is suitable for eating, there is no adornment in it anymore (Baal HaSulam, Shamati, 19, “What Is ‘The Creator Hates the Bodies,’ in the Work?”).
Each of the four plant species—etrog (citron), palm branch, myrtle, and willow—has inner qualities that we must somehow identify, unite, and do spiritual work for their common connection.
Question: If a person feels the splendor of the Creator, he might think: “How can I enjoy this alone?” Should he somehow hide it from himself?
Answer: No, there is no need to hide anything. Simply move forward, invite friends and others to unite and reveal the Creator among themselves.
Question: Does the whole group need to achieve the quality of splendor where there is taste and fragrance in the spiritual work?
Answer: No, each person reaches it in their own time.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/22/24, “Sukkot”
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One should be in the form of “willows of the brook,” tasteless and scentless (Baal HaSulam, Shamati, 85, “What Is the Fruit of a Citrus Tree, in the Work?“)
The willow of the brook represents a unique state in which a person, despite lacking great spiritual attainment, continues to move forward.
Question: How can one value spiritual numbness in the work? What should one cling to in such moments to elevate oneself toward true taste, to only for the sake of the Creator?
Answer: It is precisely in such a state that you can bring yourself closer to connection with the Creator because feelings do not deceive you; you feel nothing, you do not know what it should be like, and you cannot be misled. In this state, you can be closer to the Creator.
Question: Is it possible that work without taste or fragrance can be true pleasure?
Answer: This is already a high degree.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/21/24, “Sukkot”
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One should say, “When will my deeds come to be as the deeds of my fathers?” Through it, one is rewarded with being a “branch of the holy fathers” (Baal HaSulam, Shamati, 85, “What Is the Fruit of a Citrus Tree, in the Work?“)
Question: What does it mean that a person is the result of all the fathers?
Answer: When a person is connected to the Creator, the root of all the fathers manifests within him because he reaches it in his spiritual attainment.
Question: So can I have the same attainments that the fathers had, and know and sense it all?
Answer: I do not think it will happen all at once. But to some degree you will feel your direct connection to this. First, you must simply desire to be connected to both the feminine and male parts of the global vessel (Kli), and then, as you proceed, you will discover what it means to be in mutual connection with everyone.
To be a branch of the holy fathers means that a person supports everyone, helps everyone, and draws everyone toward mutual dependence with the entire global Kli.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/21/24, “Sukkot”
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Question: How can one feel and realize in practice that each new Zivug (coupling) is not just a repetition of the prior correction but an advancement toward a deeper level of light and correction of the vessel?
Answer: We study this on ourselves when each successive step is higher than the previous one. Therefore it requires us to unite more.
Question: Do we need to return to the already corrected desire?
Answer: No, by no means; we do not touch the corrected desires.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/22/24, “Sukkot”
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Question: Is rejecting any attainment in the intention for the sake of my friend a demand that the Creator is obligated to fulfill?
Answer: No. First of all, the Creator is not obligated to anyone. Second, we need to perceive in a more clear way what joy is when we enjoy what seems to be the Creator’s game with us.
Question: How can we move from the state when there is no taste in work to enjoyment from the Creator’s game with us?
Answer: It is only when we raise the greatness of the Creator and the greatness of the friends. There is no other way.
Question: What does it mean to enjoy the game of the Creator above tastes?
Answer: Such pleasure comes only in properties of bestowal.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/22/24 on the topic “Sukkot”
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