The second commandment of the Torah is the commandment of love for the Creator. That means that we feel, attain, and define the Creator as an absolutely good force that holds the whole world and all of humanity. Therefore, if we want to be closer to the Creator, we must behave like Him with good to everyone.

It is said that even if the Creator takes away a person’s soul, one still needs to love Him. In other words, even if you see something in nature that seems wrong according to your understanding, you must understand that this is how you perceive reality.

All the laws of the Creator are good and are dictated by the absolute love of the Creator for the created beings.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction of The Book of Zohar” 12/10/23

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Question: In the amplitude of the race of our ten and the Creator, He is constantly ahead. Even if we descend, He is still ahead of us down there. How can we outrun Him or at least stick to Him?

Answer: Why should we overtake Him?

Remark: But we have to defeat Him; we are His children.

Answer: It is possible to defeat the Creator only if we lower ourselves. The more we annul ourselves, the closer we get to the Creator.

Question: How can we lower ourselves so we end up at the top?

Answer: To do this, we must completely annul ourselves as if we do not exist in desires, intentions, actions, or anything. And then we will be able to cling to the Creator, and be at the highest and, at the same time, the very bottom.

Question: Is it possible now, in our condition?

Answer: We must try. We are trying to do all these actions and movements. And when will it work out? I think maybe soon.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/15/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “In the Place Where You Find His Greatness“

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Question: What happens in a person when the attainment of truth comes to him? What is attainment?

Answer: Attainment is a certain feeling of the Creator. Whatever we feel is only the Creator. There is none else besides Him.

Comment: When He brings us down to a low state, awareness always plays a big role. But even this does not help us rise. What does is a feeling of some kind of guilt in front of Him.

My Response: I don’t think we need to delve into the feeling of guilt toward the Creator. This will prevent us from being in love with Him.

We need to get closer to each other and to the Creator as much as possible. This is the main thing that will help us rise.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/15/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “In the Place Where You Find His Greatness“

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Question: In which cases should we turn to faith and in which cases to reason? How do we define this?

Answer: It is natural. Everyone can tell what they are working with now: faith or reason. Faith is Malchut, which gives you the opportunity to feel, and reason is the first nine Sefirot, which reveal the spiritual structure. Therefore, it is clear to a person what he is working with.

Question: In which cases do you need to work in faith, and in which cases do you need to use reason?

Answer: It is necessary to use both. It depends on what inner necessity you feel. You can work with both reason and faith, explore yourself, the ten, and the group.

Do not confuse reason with what we define in everyday life. You cannot do anything without reason. You cannot lock away either faith or reason and work only with the latter.
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From the Daily Kabbalah lesson 12/18/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Difference between Faith and Intellect“

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Michael Laitman on the Times of Israel: “The Allegory of the Four Candles: Peace, Faith, Love and Hope”

Four candles flicker softly in a room. The first whispers, “I bring peace, people don’t know how to protect me,” and it goes out. The second declares, “I am faith, people don’t need me,” and extinguishes. The third laments, “I embody love, people don’t appreciate me,” before vanishing.

Suddenly, a small child enters, frightened by the growing darkness, and begins to cry. The fourth candle speaks, “Do not weep. I am hope. As long as I shine, you can relight the other candles through me.”

As long as hope persists, life endures. It guides our path toward growth. Hope compels people to traverse vast oceans, seek new lands and make new discoveries. It embodies the essence of dreams and fuels the spirit.

But how does one sustain hope amid the absence of peace, faith and love? When all seems lost, we surrender to life, to nature, or to a higher power, placing complete faith in them. Each candle fades to enable a crucial moment—just before complete darkness—to grasp the thread that links us to our source, i.e., that which connects us to the source of our lives, the force of love, bestowal and connection. We can then continue our journey together with that force.

Hope serves as the tether between humanity in the physical realm and the higher spiritual world. It remains eternally lit, symbolizing the everlasting connection. So, if hope momentarily fades, it is a sign that we need to realign ourselves: to acknowledge the harmony, happiness and peace ahead when we connect to our lives’ source force of love and bestowal, and this should give us the strength to move forward.
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It is said in the Introduction of The Book of Zohar that there are three types of fear and only one of them is real.

The first type of fear is when a person keeps the commandments in order to be protected from bodily and monetary punishment in this world.

The second type is fear of punishment in the future world. But real fear is the third type when a person is in fear before the Creator.

Since the Creator is a common force that includes and holds the entire universe, fulfilling the laws of the Creator, that is, His commandments, is the most important task of a person. By this, he not only ensures the correct state for himself, the people, the world, and the entire universe, but also looks into the future, sees, and attains everything that can happen, and corrects it.
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From KabTV’s “Introduction of The Book of Zohar” 12/10/23

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Question: When a person is impressed by spirituality because he somehow frees a place within himself to receive this feeling, it is like a gift for him. But when he turns on his mind, he falls out of this feeling. In this case, how does one regulate the balance between feeling and reason?

Answer: This is all done by the Creator. There is nothing we can do ourselves except to ask Him not to move away and to bring us closer to Him. We can connect and thus convince Him not to leave us.

He must do everything based on what each one needs: give someone an understanding, give someone else a feeling, and so on. The only thing we should do is ask to be connected with each other and come closer to the Creator. Understanding and feelings will come by themselves.

Question: Is it necessary to force the brain to receive vitality from spirituality or should it be a natural process?

Answer: I do not think you should do it. This is a natural process. We should only think about our connection, and coming closer to each other in tens, hundreds, and thousands. If we come to this, then together we will get closer to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 12/17/23, Writings of Baal HaSulam “The Action Affects the Thought“

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Question: The cat said, “Rabbits are unworthy of being taught. I’m offering cheap mouse-catching lessons, and not even one rabbit was interested.”

In principle, the entire system of education is built on this. I am a “rabbit,” and I am constantly being poked and forced to study things that do not suit me at all. I don’t need anything.

How should the education system truly be structured? As a “rabbit,” what should I be given? Should I learn how to get cabbage and carrots correctly, or should I be taught how to catch mice? What should I know?

Answer: First and foremost, you should learn to exist safely. This is the most important thing for a living organism.

Look at what animals teach their offspring, exactly that. So should we provide such knowledge to the new generation: what to defend against, how to defend, why defend, and so on. That’s the first priority. The basics should be there.

Question: What’s next? Where am I heading?

Answer: Next? Multiply and provide for children, if this is the philosophy of a rabbit.

Question: We always talk about the goal and where to go. Should I somehow be guided toward it?

Answer: Of course, they should always show you your new goal—more detailed, higher, and so on.

Question: Should I be prepared for some lofty goal?

Answer: In principle, I think it’s not necessary. I believe that problems start when you chase after this lofty goal. We try to push our loved ones into it, and overall it doesn’t lead to good.

The most important thing for us is to provide people with knowledge, confidence, how they can safely build a family, and surroundings in which they can exist.

Question: What about the lofty goals you talk about all the time? Connection with others. Or does that fall under safety? Good connections with others and so on.

Answer: But that is not a lofty goal; it is a necessity for existence.

Question: So is this what we need for existence today? Good connections with others. Where is the supreme governing force in this whole system? Where is the Creator?

Answer: Where it is necessary, you will find it.

Question: So should I come to the necessity of the Creator in my life?

Answer: To some extent. Not excessively. If you promote the Creator and the connection with Him, you will run into very big troubles. There is no need. As much as a person can live peacefully and exist in his small circle, that is what he should be given.

Question: What’s next?

Answer: There is no next.

Question: Just to live according to these goals?

Answer: Yes. Who are we that we need something more?

Comment: We are thinking, conscious beings after all.

My Response: All our thinking and all our actions are only to start dominating others. So I don’t think it is a good path. It is an unsafe and generally harmful path that leads to destruction.

Comment: That is, when you talk about safety, you are saying that destroying others cannot be a safe path.

My Response: We must understand that a wise person is one who knows how to be content with the normal fulfillment of oneself and the surrounding society. That is, if we come to the point where only the necessary is enough for me, everything will start falling into place.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 11/9/23

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