Question: Why did the Creator arrange it so that a person cannot connect suffering with the path of Torah (the path of correcting egoism)? Does it mean that it is impossible to do so? In the mind, one can somehow connect this; a person hears something, reads something. But not in the heart. I do not see that if I did something wrong I suddenly get punished for it.

Answer: If we were to receive immediate punishment for our bad actions, it would not be freedom of will, our consciousness, or choice, but simply coercion. We would be compelled to act in a certain way, and there would be nothing free about it. People would not have any opportunities to act differently.

Question: I understand that this would deprive us of freedom of choice. Yet, if you were to go out into the streets of any country in the world and poll a thousand people: “Can you say that all the suffering of humanity arises from our lack of unity, lack of love for each other, and from our bad behavior?” I am sure that people would not say: “Yes that is the case and that is the reason for natural disasters and catastrophes.”

That is, they do not connect these things together. And this is after thousands of years of human development. Why?

Answer: Because they do not want to delve into the nature we exist in. It is easier for them to justify themselves and act as they see fit.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states” 3/14/24

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Question: If there is such an awakening from above as the desire to cling to our teachers Baal HaSulam and RABASH, what kind of awakening is expected from us from below?

Answer: Desire and prayer. The desire to find out what our teachers have bequeathed to us and to fulfill it.

Question: On one hand we must use the methodology we are studying, and on the other hand we want to get what the Creator gives you. How can we combine our work and the expectation that only He gives anyway?

Answer: We must do everything we can and expect the Creator to make His distribution. But in principle, only the Creator determines everything.

Question: Can a friend artificially create conflict in the ten by criticizing another friend or rudely addressing her, motivating this with the desire to give the group a reason for internal group work?

Answer: It is forbidden to criticize anyone in the group.

Question: What does it mean the Creator chooses the lot?

Answer: It comes down from above.

Question: What happens to a sinner in Purim?

Answer: Purim is just a holiday. In general, what happens to all of us is what the Creator decides.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/22/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Lot Is an Awakening from Above”

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Question: Do we already have Kelim of Haman, or do we still need to grow them?

Answer: We do not need to grow anything; we only wish to receive these Kelim of Haman and the Light of Mordechai in them.

To do this, we must look for ways to unite, although we are all egoists. By turning to the Creator with a request for unity above egoism, we will be able to receive a common Kli, a common desire, suitable for receiving the upper light. It is our work.

Question: What do we lack in unification to come to this request, and would the Creator raise us?

Answer: Together you must compress into one common whole. Strive for a single desire that you could direct to the Creator so that He would correct it and fill it with the light of Mordechai.

There is nothing complicated here. Connect your desires and ask the Creator to fill them with the highest light.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/24/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Haman Pockets”

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“A man and a woman, if they are rewarded, the Shechina [Divinity] is between them.” We should ask, If they are opposite, how can there be peace between them?

It is specifically when one becomes worthy, when he inverts reception into bestowal, called “receiving in order to bestow,” there is peace between them. Otherwise, they are in dispute or that one yields before the other. Yielding is not regarded as love in wholeness, for the one who yields always waits for when he will regain the power of control (Rabash, Article 240, “Discernments in States”).

The state of peace between a husband and wife, striving together to build something common does not consist of one plus one, but is a single whole. This state is named divinity since the Creator resides in it.

One common whole is reached when each spouse completely tunes in to the other and understands that they make up a unified entity that never exists separately.

Question: So I should not even consider myself a separate category?

Answer: Never! It is an inner feeling for both of you. There is no one without the other or each of you separately. And when you come together in this way, then in this unity, you feel the presence of the Creator.
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From KabTV’s “Man and Woman” 3/19/24

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Question: How can one figure out where that boundary between speaking up about someone because you want to improve the connection with this person and slander? For example, you often say that the people of Israel are not good because they do not fulfill their role. However, this is not slander. Or in any work team, people often discuss a coworker because of his actions or personality. Is it slander or not?

Answer: Slander means that a person expresses his negative opinion about someone who is absent.

However, if you discuss another coworker at work with your manager and emphasize that his qualities do not fit his function, it is not slander.

Slander is a general term that must be clothed in some specific actions and expressed somehow. But here you are not merely sitting and talking about someone because you have nothing else to do, which is called gossip or slander. Rather you are giving objective feedback about the abilities and functions of a person.
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Comment: As far as I understand, the path of suffering is a natural process of human development.

My Response: It is we who consider this path natural because this is how we behave. But why should it be natural?

Question: Could our reality be different?

Answer: Of course. Why do we not do what is acceptable in the eyes of the Creator and our feelings?

Comment: But each of the eight billion people understands the “eyes of the Creator” in their way.

My Response: We must understand and accept that the Creator’s desire is bestowal, a connection between us, and good actions. We must learn to appreciate the good we receive from others and do the same in return.

If we do this, we will begin moving our development along the right path. And if not, then our development will happen under the lash, with blows.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states” 3/14/24

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Question: The difference between criticism, which is sometimes helpful, and slander is a fine line. How can one clearly understand what is slander and not criticism?

Answer: Slander is the lack of a correct justification for what was said.

In this case, it is necessary to scrutinize it, bring it to public judgment, and so on. But, in general, this is the difference between slander and criticism.

Question: Could the criterion of difference be the intention with which a person says something?

Answer: This is very difficult to verify. Where do we find the answer to this? A person cannot check himself. But still, he should be afraid to say certain things about another, even if he thinks it is criticism on his part.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual states” 3/7/24

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Question: How can we not make mistakes and choose only what the Creator gives?

Answer: Always stick together, strive to the Creator, and ask Him to govern us.

Question: How can we bring Him contentment?

Answer: The Creator chooses you according to your actions. He is guided by nothing else.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/22/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “A Lot Is an Awakening from Above”

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