Question: If I understand there is none else besides Him, why do I feel sadness and panic?

Answer: Because you do not feel there is none else besides Him. If you really felt that, you would have no higher, happier, lighter, eternal feeling. Because then you will not be afraid of anything.

If there is none else but the Creator and only He exists, controls, and fills everything, then to be in Him means to be in eternity, in infinity.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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Question: Is it possible to reach a state where you no longer need to rise above anything?

Answer: Yes, this state is called the final correction.

If you have corrected everything, you have nothing to rise above. We always rise above our flaws, above the hatred of others.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19 on the topic “Questions and Answers”

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Comment: During the day, when working with the friends, I discover new areas where I am not connected with them whether in thoughts or desires, and I understand I have no inner strength. So I turn to the Creator, but it requires time for a new connection to be made in me where the connection was disconnected, was torn.

These steps seem like small steps that require time, but I feel that I fall deeper into these states and discover new aspects there.

My Response: Do not be afraid; fall in them. They only advance you.

Comment: If there are states where I feel pain or unpleasantness, I can work with it. But I am not comfortable when I think I hurt my friends with my actions.

My Response: It only seems so to you. Keep going forward, and do not be ashamed of feeling yourself with them in one desire.

Question: And when I feel that I did not finish something and something happened because of me, is this a wrong attitude?

Answer: That is not important. Anything is possible. The main thing is that you together with your friends want to reach such a desire that will correspond to the Creator.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/22/24, “The Study of Seven Ushpizin”

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Preparation to the Lesson

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1st part of the Lesson — Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Introduction to The Study of the Ten Sefirot,” Item 126

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2nd part of the Lesson — Lesson on the Topic “Parashat Lech Lecha“

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Question: Should our country be strong?

Answer: It should take care only of those citizens who according to the state policy must live, exist, and be protected here.

We have no other land! We have no other place! We have no other state! We must have our own—our strong army and our place on this planet. And although everyone will encroach on it, we must tell everyone the truth directly: “This is ours! It was, is, and will be.”

Question: How long will this position hold, as you have described?

Answer: Until the final correction of human egoism across the entire planet.

Comment: But you constantly speak about connection, about the unity of people…

My Response: That is what we will achieve along the way.

Question: So by remaining this strong camp, this fortress, will we still move toward the unity of all humanity?

Answer: Only! Only on this condition! Set an example and lead the way.

Question: Are you not bothered by the combination of these two poles? One pole is a strong, powerful state ready to fight against everyone etc., and the other hand there is unity, connection, and a warm state?

Answer: That is correct, and it is precisely thanks to being a strong state.

Question: Should we radiate this warmth, one way or another?

Answer: Yes, without concessions whatsoever!

Question: And what if we declare that we want to rely solely on ourselves?

Answer: Yes. Is that not exactly what is happening?

Comment: But we do receive assistance.

My Response: Yes, but regardless, we rely on ourselves.

Question: And is that right?

Answer: We accept the help, all of it, but we still count on the strength we have. We do not sign any agreement and then sit back and rest.

Question: So you think if some conditions come like, “We will help you if, for example, you establish two states here”?

Answer: No! That is all entirely ruled out. Any compromises or agreements of that type are excluded. We do not owe anyone anything, we are not obligated, and we will not concede.

Question: And must this state, in the end, as you said, radiate warmth, connection, and love for its neighbor?

Answer: Yes, a light for all the nations of the world.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 10/13/23

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Question: When we feel no taste in spiritual work, it is as if we are in the shadow of the Creator. He creates this shadow, but are we supposed to find magnificence even within the shadow? How does a Kabbalist lift himself out of this state?

Answer: The Creator lifts a person. The person initiates this action from the Creator by proceeding with faith above reason.

Question: How can we influence the Creator to create the power of elevation within the group?

Answer: You must pray. You must ask. Lift your friends and they will lift you. Together you will all ascend to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/22/24, “Sukkot”

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Question: In corporeal life we feel tastes through our senses. Where do we feel spiritual tastes? What does the taste of the Torah and the taste of the commandments mean? When you bestow, you get used to it. You really like it even if it is bestowing for the sake of receiving.

Answer: We receive and bestow in our spiritual actions just as we do in the corporeal world. So we should pay attention to this and ask for the ability to carry it out.

Question: Is this some kind of data bank that is constantly accumulating and we return to it, add to it, our taste increases, and so we grow?

Answer: Yes.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/20/24, “Sukkot”

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Where do we begin to correct the collective soul if we do not know the overall function of this system, cannot see its gears, meaning the individual souls, and do not yet understand the role of our own “gear” in this mechanism?

We need to find the general formula, and we will be able to determine all the components from it.

Therefore, we are required to go through many states, and in each of them there will be some unknown. When we connect all these states, all the unknowns, into one system, we will be able to find the key parameter on which the entire result depends.

In other words, everything ultimately depends on the proper connection because this machine needs nothing else. If we can identify this key parameter—the main secret of the system—everyone will find peace and achieve total unity and harmony that will allow them to continue indefinitely.
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From the 2^nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 10/13/24, ““Hitkalelut” [Mingling/Inclusion]”

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Question: What is a group? After all, groups are different. There are groups of people with a point in the heart. They know about Kabbalah, and I enjoy talking to them and interacting with them. And there are people with whom I just have friendly relations. Is this also a group?

Answer: A Kabbalistic group is a group that preferably consists of ten people, who, together with you, are striving for such a connection that the Creator will be revealed between you.

It has nothing to do with other groups. That is, you must organize relationships between you that are similar to the qualities of the Creator. Then the Creator will reveal Himself according to the law of equivalence of form in your relationships with your friends. That is it.

And all sorts of fabrications—some other group or something else—is all nonsense. They only distract you, and you will achieve nothing here or there.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/28/19, “Questions and Answers”

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