We will have a grand convention, and many friends in the tens will be in different parts of our planet. It is very important that everyone not just arrive or come to the convention, but that each will bring all the force of their ten to pass to the connection of the convention. Each friend should be perceived as a representative of the ten and will also give strength to his ten.

Based on this, we will gather in a mass in quantity and quality in which the Creator will manifest.

If a person comes to the convention himself, he has one small force; he cannot annul his egoism. But if he comes with the strength of ten, he already annulled his egoism and comes to the convention ready to unite. It will be a huge force.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/27/23, “Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress”

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In the article “The Donkey Driver,” a sage named Elazar talks about the six days of the creation of the world: each day is a revelation of the special power of the Creator.

The power of the Creator comes from the first three higher Sefirot—Keter, Hochma, and Bina, and then develops inside a person in the six lower Sefirot—Hesed, Gevurah, Tifferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and in the final Sefira Malchut, which collects all the properties of the previous six Sefirot, and thus reveals the Creator within himself.

There are five levels of desires, which symbolize the five days of the creation of the world. The sixth day is Yesod, a collective action that mixes all the previous properties. The seventh day is already the filling of the corrected Kli with light; therefore, it is not customary to do work on Saturday, i.e., correction.
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From KabTV’s “Preface to the Book of Zohar” 9/3/23

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Question: The spiritual teacher is waiting for his student and preparing himself for him. Is this his life?

Answer: Yes, of course! Baal HaSulam writes this! The teacher prepares for the student to come, and he will pass on the method to him.

When I studied with Rabash, it was absolutely clear to me that I had to prepare to teach. I immediately began recording lessons on a tape recorder, drawing diagrams, and writing what Rabash told me when we were walking in the park. I began to systematize these materials and put them in order.

I knew for sure that I would have to take the method from him and pass it on. I had a clear feeling that I existed in order to receive it from him.

I did not know how many years I would stay next to him, because he was a 70-year-old man when I came to him, but I was sure that after all my ordeal in search for a teacher, I should receive the method precisely from him.

I just did not see anyone else, although I knew many people and was looking for a teacher. But Rabash, in spirit, in approach, in source, in character, in desire, and in readiness, was wholly directed toward spirituality. Therefore, I knew that I was receiving this media packet from him and would have to pass it on. He knew it too. Thus, his entire archive, his whole legacy, was passed to me.

After Rabash died, I immediately opened it to everyone. If someone else had it, he might have kept it and not given it away. Or he could give out one portion at a time for personal reasons, in order to feel that he has it, he is special.

No, I immediately gave all his students copies of the originals so that they could use them. After that, I felt calm; Rabash’s works were not lying inside my desk. I fulfilled my duty to my friends. I gave them everything.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 2/12/10

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Question: I feel like I am constantly working for a reward, but I understand that I just need to continue. How should I react correctly to such a state?

Answer: You need to be more integrated with the friends and then gradually it will be possible to move from corporeal work for a reward to spiritual work.

You can strengthen your intention to work for the Creator with all your might only through connection in the group. When the entire group unites with each other and is directed at the Creator, then we can already act. That is, we must connect all the previous pluses and minuses in ourselves and turn to the Creator.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 8/27/23, “To Criticize Oneself”

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Michael Laitman, On Quora: “How would you describe the world today in one sentence? Why?“

The world today is being expressed as a single unified, interconnected and interdependent global system, and since we wish to remain as our individualistic egoistic selves while the world becomes more and more connected, we experience such tightening connection as suffering.

This is why we need to infuse a new form of education and upbringing into our lives, so that we develop new influences that will promote and guide us to positively realize our increasing connectedness, with mutual consideration, support and encouragement in our connections.

Based on the Daily Kabbalah Lesson with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on May 28, 2012 on the article, “600,000 Souls.” Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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Imagine that you open your hearts and let all the participants of the convention in. In this way we will unite with our friends in the ten, then in tens, in hundreds, and in thousands.

And the more we connect, the more we will feel the common Kli, the upper light that will come to us through all the friends.

All I need to do is to connect with everyone and carry through myself all this upper light, energy, and love for absolutely everyone.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/27/23, “Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress”

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Question: How do we awaken love for our friends?

Answer: If I think about it for a long time, if I try to connect with my friends and realize that otherwise I will not achieve the goal of creation and love for the Creator, then my heart gradually opens up, and I come to love my friends. We have to work on ourselves. It’s not easy.

Question: How can we plunge into the ocean of love at the convention, among so many friends and dear hearts where we all see and feel each other?

Answer: There is no hardship here. You just have to imagine that each of you opens your heart and lets all the participants of the convention in.

Question: Usually egoism does not allow us to accept love. How can we set our hearts to accept the love of our friends, to give them the opportunity to be bestowers?

Answer: This is a problem because in this case we feel obligated to others. This is what egoism resists.

Question: There is a powerful connection around the center of the ten. It is like a sphere in which the greatness of the Creator is revealed. When we move away from the center, connection is felt less. Is my task to feel the boundaries of connection and how to narrow or expand them?

Answer: No, by no means. You want the whole ten to be like one single whole.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/27/23, “Preparation for Opening the Heart at the Congress”

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Question: When we pray together with friends, we can hear each other’s aspirations. But how can I hear my friends when in silent prayer?

Answer: Listen to the heart of your friends, and in this silence you will hear what the heart wants to express.

When there is silence, when we are not pronouncing words, then you can hear the heart.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 9/18/23, “On the Merits of Silence”

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