Angels said to the Creator, “Master of the world, what is a woman-born doing among us?’” (Rabash. Article 34, 1990, “What Are ‘A Layperson’s Vessels,’ in the Work?”).

Question: I get the impression that angels feel some kind of jealousy toward people. Are they some kind of independent beings?

Answer: Angels are the will to receive, which at the moment, according to the article, allegedly oppose the advancement of a person to the Creator so that he would understand better how to move forward and would turn to the Creator.

Question: Does it mean that angels are our competitors?

Answer: Angels are our helpers, but as a rule, they act through the questions. But these questions shape a person and raise him.

Question: How can we correctly interact with angels?

Answer: We interact with the Creator. Only with the Creator, but about the questions that the angels awaken in us.
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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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“Israel provide for their Father in heaven.” What provision do they give Him by which He is sustained? (Rabash. Article 34, 1990, “What Are ‘A Layperson’s Vessels,’ in the Work?”).

Question: Usually the Creator sets the table, i.e., the host invites the person. But here, on the contrary, a person prepares a meal; he is like a host. Why is it the other way around? Does it mean something?

Answer: It all depends on what you are doing it for—either for the sake of receiving or for the sake of bestowing. If for the sake of bestowing, then you feed the King. But if it is for the sake of receiving, then you are being fed.

The actions are different, but everything determines the intention. It reverses the actions.

Question: How can we control the intention? Is it through a request, or in some other way?

Answer: Only through requesting.
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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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Rabbi Shimon opened and said, “In the beginning God created.” We should consider this verse. Anyone who says there is another God will perish from the world (Rashbi, Zohar for All, “Heaven and Earth”).

In the beginning, the Creator created two opposite desires: the desire to receive and the desire to give, called “heaven and earth.” Between them is the whole creation.

The earth symbolizes the desire to receive, heaven, the desire to bestow.

Question: Wasn’t there a desire to give before that? After all, it is written the Creator is a pure desire to bestow.

Answer: Yes, but this does not apply to the creation of the world. The Creator created what is called “heaven and earth,” the desire to receive against the desire to bestow. Between these two desires is the whole creation: inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human nature.

Later it says if someone believes there is another god, he will perish from the world. This means there will not be a state where people think there is another force besides the upper force (the Creator).
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From KabTV’s “Introduction to The Book of Zohar“1/21/24

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Shulya asks:

Hello, dear Michael Laitman. I live in Israel. And like all Israelis, my life was filled with the news. I listened to the news in the car, the news at home, the news at work, and discussed them. And suddenly on October 7, this horror that happened, this shock that we all received! And I can’t listen to the news anymore! I listen to them and I’m stressed. Commentators, different opinions, tragic stories, criticism…

I started to settle for short news clips, just to keep up to date. And it turned out that most of the time that was occupied by the news was freed up. My question is: what kind of content should I fill myself with?

Question: This is really a question on all Israelis’ minds. They live on news.

Answer: Read fairy tales. Yes, fairy tales, not some kind of scientific literature. It can be a little bit fantastic. And even better, if you are able to read fairy tales.

Comment: Fairy tales are suitable for any age.

Answer: Yes.

Question: Why fairy tales?

Answer: Because we are living a lie anyway. We live in the unknown. So it is better to read what creates a good state of mind in you. You don’t work as some kind of minister or leader that you need to be clearly in a state of responsibility and objectivity. So keep yourself occupied with something more pleasant.

Comment: So this is advice for a person who is not directly engaged in carrying out the work necessary to govern the country, but an average citizen.

My Response: From what you will experience, you will not cause harm to anyone. And you won’t manipulate anything.

Comment: But a person simply cannot do without these short news clips; after all, our children are there, and there is a war.

Answer: It is necessary. We need to be aware and supportive.

Question: This is our prayer, that we only listen for a short bit?

Answer: Yes, but don’t cook in it all the time.

Question: So with the additional free time, is this how to live, as in a fairy tale?

Answer: Maybe not to do that. There are people who are doing something else. But the fact is that your experiences do not give anything, and on the contrary, maybe they give more negative results than good ones.

Question: Like if it leads to fear, anxiety?

Answer: Yes, there is no need for that!
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 12/11/23

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Question: Is it right to feel that no matter what efforts we make, it is still not due to our merit because the Creator gave it all: the efforts, the result, and all the resources?

Answer: So what? We are getting closer to the Creator, merging with Him, and He is spreading into us.

Question: If prayer to the Creator builds a connection with Him, are our actions the Creator’s response?

Answer: No, you cannot say that. Our actions are our actions. The Creator’s answer can be if you feel that He is responding to you. Do not mix one with the other.

Question: Is it possible to imagine that the Creator is the whole group, the whole Bnei Baruch?

Answer: No. The Creator is the upper force that is outside of us.

Question: You say that yet we have no connection with the Creator. And what is it when we feel a reaction or an answer to our prayer or some action? Is this not a connection with the Creator?

Answer: It is small, but it is already there.
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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: You said we must agree to the conditions for ascending to the first degree. What are these conditions?

Answer: The conditions for ascending to any degree are that a person is ready to do anything to merge with the Creator.

At the same time, one must thank the Creator for paying attention to him or her, for giving him such conditions, and for being ready to be lifted because all acts we perform stem from the Creator.

Question: What if a person is in a neutral state or does not feel gratitude in his heart? Can one rise to this gratitude?

Answer: Of course he can. After all, he is with his friends and can receive their assessment of the situation, their importance of the goal, and their importance of the state. Therefore, it all depends on how connected he is with them. If he is among friends, he can constantly feed on their achievements and thus ascend.

Question: How can I convey gratitude to my friends in order to give them power?

Answer: By example and the willingness to help them with whatever they ask for.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/5/24, Writings of Rabash “What Is ‘Do Not Slight the Blessing of a Layperson’ in the Work?”

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Question: When you work hard and receive praise, egoism clings to it. How can you lower your head and work in such a state?

Answer: When you hear praise, keep quiet and do not interrupt those who sing your praises and say only good about you. Let them talk.

Later, you must display a measure of modesty, lower yourself, continue your spiritual work, and annul yourself before the ten.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/3/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Honor”

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Elokim [God] is the upper Elokim, Bina, and he is called Elokim, in regard to MI [who] created ELEH [these]. And as MI connected to ELEH, the name always connects, and by that, the world exists (Rashbi, Zohar for All, “Heaven and Earth”).

ELEH and MI are two words that make up the name of the whole creation, Elokim. ELEH is its lower part (the property of receiving, Malchut), and the highest is MI (the property of giving, Bina). That is, these are two parts of the ten , which govern the entire universe.

The Creator created the entire universe, which is constantly moving toward manifesting itself as one unified system.

It says when these two parts come together, peace strengthens. It means that peace strengthens when there are no contradictions between MI and ELEH and ELEH and MI since both parts take care to complement each other.

By the way, Elokim and Teva (nature) have the same numerical value. The upper force, Elokim, also consists of two parts, ELEH and MI, which join together and fill the whole of nature.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction of The Book of Zohar” 1/21/24

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