Alina writes:

I was raised by my parents in such a way that I was always to be blamed for everything. And I absorbed it like a sponge. And it got worse over the years. My husband and children all pointed out to me that everything was happening because of me.

That is how I live, blaming myself and thinking about how guilty I am. I am eating myself up today and I cannot get out of this hell. I am still relatively young. I want to live without this pain and guilt. Is it possible to get out of this?

Answer: Of course! Because the Creator sends it to you.

Question: How can I escape?

Answer: Rise up, rise above your self-esteem.

Question: That I feel it is my fault? “Everyone pointed out that I was to blame, and I got used to being the one to blame,” she says.

Answer: This is not true. A person is not guilty of anything at all.

Question: Should one come to this?

Answer: Yes.

Question: Can you give any practical advice to Alina so that she feels an answer that she can implement practically? What steps should she take to break out of the fact that she blames herself for everything that is happening all the time?

Answer: This is because she did not reveal that there is only one force in the world that creates everything, controls everything, and determines everything.

Question: Is it as if she does not act, but this force acts through her?

Answer: Yes. Through her. This egoism of hers plays with her in this way.

Question: What about the fact that her relatives, parents, husband, and children act on her in such a way?

Answer: It is all wrong; it seems to her.

Question: Is this really how the Creator works with her?

Answer: She attracts such relationships to herself. And it is not her fault at all.

Question: So her only action is to understand that this is how the Creator works with her? And that all is Him?

Answer: Yes. And that all is Him.

Question: Is it possible to understand it on some mechanical level by repeating it?

Answer: Turn it back to the Creator all the time.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 1/8/24

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The thing is that one should do all of one’s work by way of “If I am not for me, who is for me,” that no one can save him, but “by your mouth, and by your heart to do it,” that is, a discernment of reward and punishment (Baal HaSulam, Shamati 217, “If I Am not for Me, Who Is for Me?”).

Question: What is the heart, and what is doing it with the mouth?

Answer: This means addressing the Creator both out loud and internally. It means expressing it internally and with our lips in all our opportunities to talk with Him.

Question: What is goodness for the Creator? What must we constantly think about to be His sons?

Answer: The main thing for the Creator is whether we are getting closer to Him. The ultimate goal of spiritual work is the revelation of the Creator to all of us. We must constantly think about this.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/2/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “If I Am Not for Me, Who Is for Me?”

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Question: What does it mean to feel a separate Sefira?

Answer: The Sefirot are qualities.

When we approach the Creator, we begin to feel these qualities, and with their help, we hold on to the Creator more and more.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/6/24, Writings of Rabash “What Are ‘A Layperson’s Vessels,’ in the Work?”

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Question: Sometimes, a friend who is highly critical of himself underestimates his contribution to the group, and his natural reaction is to reject praise. What should be the approach to it? Should we show respect for his contribution to the group?

Answer: Usually, we tend to reject signs of respect and recognition, but this is just to somehow give back.

Kabbalists write that this is not necessary because when we do not push away but, on the contrary, thank and exalt our friends for appreciating us so highly, it develops a bond in the group.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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ZAT are incorporated in one another, and in each there are seven Sefirot HGT NHYM, which are also found in Malchut. In the lower land there are seven lands, as well: Earth, Land, Arka [Earth in Aramaic], Valley, Oblivion, Aridity, and Universe. Our earth is Universe, the highest among the seven lands. Arka is the third among the seven lands (Rashbi, Zohar for All, “Heaven and Earth”).

Question: We know that “earth – Eretz” comes from the word “Ratzon – desire.” What are these seven kinds of desires?

Answer: These are the seven symbols that represent the earth. According to what kind of power we want to distinguish, is what we call it.

Question: Should I discover these seven kinds of desires in myself?

Answer: No, we are not dealing with this. The study of Kabbalah touches on this a little, but, in general, we do not operate with these names.

Question: So when a person enters spirituality, one discovers such parts in his or her desire and corrects them?

Answer: Yes, but those are already high degrees.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction to The Book of Zohar” 1/21/24

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Question: Is there a difference between integrating with the friends or allowing them to integrate with me?

Answer: Both should take place at the same time. You must give your friends a place in your heart and at the same time get closer to them to be present in their hearts.

Question: Where does the “angel of death” come from if there is none else besides Him?

Answer: This is the opposite side of the Creator.

Question: What should be the actions of the ten so that what is written on the common heart is not erased? Or can it be erased and written again?

Answer: Yes, it can, but first of all, we must ensure that what we want to receive is preserved.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/4/24, Writing of Baal HaSulam “Freedom”

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Michael Laitman on the Times of Israel: “Alexander the Great’s Meeting with Shimon HaTzadik That Saved Jerusalem”

It is written in the Talmud about a significant historical encounter between Alexander the Great and the high priest Shimon HaTzadik. Alexander, having conquered half the world, marched on Jerusalem. The Talmud recounts the moment when, under torchlight, Shimon HaTzadik, accompanied by elders, confronted Alexander, and the formidable conqueror knelt before the high priest and abandoned his planned assault on Jerusalem. From that moment on, the name “Alexander” was included in the list of Jewish names.

Alexander the Great felt the higher power. After his many conquests, he never became blind to it and when he felt that power in this elder, he thus climbed off his chariot and bowed before the great wisdom that he felt in this man.

Alexander the Great was a noble and smart man who did not just seek to conquer the world. Rather, he wished to fill the world with science and enlightenment, and to do so first and foremost in those cities through which his troops passed. He did have a wish to make the world Hellenic, but as a means of raising the pagan world to a level of enlightenment.

The high priest had an obligation to remain in Jerusalem. He had nowhere else to go as his mission was completely different: to fill the earth with spirit. The meeting of the high priest and Alexander the Great was a meeting of strength and intelligence, where with mutual understanding and respect of one another, they decided to save Jerusalem.

What is the spirit that Shimon HaTzadik had the mission to fill the world with, and which Alexander the Great recognized? It is the higher force of love, bestowal and connection, the source force that dwells in nature above and behind our inborn egoistic forces. It is a force that any person can access depending on how much we wish to elevate such a lofty spirit above our innate self-serving one. For instance, we could say that Hitler was incapable of doing so, but Alexander the Great could. Therefore, to this day, Jews often call their children “Alexander” in honor of Alexander the Great. It is indeed a unique case like no other in history.
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Question: The Creator gave us tablets and engraved the word “freedom” on them. This means that the heart is identical to the tablets. But I cannot do this engraving on my heart myself. How do my friends help me do this, or do I help them?

Answer: We work together to accept with all our hearts what the Creator wants from us. Thus, we engrave the words of the Torah on a living heart.

Writing on my heart means that I write on my feelings. Just as letters are carved on stone with a hammer and chisel, so do we. The deeper we can carve them, the more justified our existence becomes.

Question: But what is written on our hearts is erased. Is there anything we can do to carve the words of the Torah once and for all?

Answer: No, only if we are connected with the friends, then the records on our heart will be preserved.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/4/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Freedom”

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