Question: Does man, a collection of atoms called the body, carry a force called the soul for ages?

Answer: No, the body has nothing to do with the soul, and initially no one has a soul.

A soul is the acquisition of the attribute of love and bestowal. If a person acquires this attribute, it exists in him and not in the body.

There is no physical place in which this attribute can exist; it actually is felt outside the coordinates of our world. This attribute called a soul suddenly is revealed in a person and exists regardless of the body.

A person begins to tie himself gradually to the soul, exist in it, identify himself in it and through it, feel the worlds and his incorporation with others to such an extent that his attitude to his body becomes like to a pet living by his side.

When the body dies, he doesn’t feel that he loses anything because the body was given to him only in order to use it to acquire the soul, and then he doesn’t need the body anymore.

Unless a person acquires his soul and is fully incorporated in it, he needs his body because it is through it that he connects with objects in our world. But when he can operate through the soul, he influences others by it.

Question: If we have no soul initially, what is it that undergoes changes through our reincarnations?

Answer: It is informational data called Reshimo, my spiritual self. However, the Reshimo doesn’t exist in the system of coordinates that the body is in. The body has six directions—north, south, east, west, up, and down—and there is no soul in this system. The soul exists in another dimension.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/8/15

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Question: Is there a law of fate, called Karma, that depends on the actions of a person in this world?

Answer: A person indeed can influence his fate, but not on the level of Karma, but only through his own aspiration along with those like him for greater unity. Then his influence will be positive. However, if he does not act according to those opportunities that are given to him for unity, his influence will be negative.

In this world, we are very limited by our philosophies and inventions. We have only one possibility: to unite and create a connection between us or not. Accordingly, we are either cut off from the higher forces and discover negative influences, losses, and suffering on all levels, or we make it possible for them to pass through us and create a positive influence.

Question: Is the attainment of wholeness and transition to a higher level a common inheritance, or will some of us not merit reaching this?

Answer: We are involved in everything that is required to hasten the spiritual development of the whole so that each one will take his place within spirituality and all of us will reach the final state through the good and rapid way, not the slow way of suffering.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/8/15

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Torah, “Numbers,” 22:18 – 22:19: Balaam answered and said to Balak’s servants, “… Now, you too, please remain here overnight, and I will know what the Lord will continue to speak with me.”

What this is talking about is that not only does the ego not refuse to participate in the process of correction and restrict itself, but it also includes itself in this process and begins to work with bestowal. It means that the desire to receive now works like the desire to bestow, receiving for the purpose of bestowal.

Question: But why did Balaam say, “Now, you too, please remain here overnight, and I will know what the Lord will continue to speak with me.”

Answer: It is because this is not a direct action by the ego. Rather, the ego is beginning to act against itself. There is a state of bestowal for the sake of bestowal, which is the characteristic of Bina that is built above egoism, and there is a state of reception for the sake of bestowal, which is the next level that is built in cooperation with the ego.

Question: It follows that the first reaction of the ego is a full Tzimtzum (restriction), when it says, “I won’t have anything.”

Answer: Everything begins with the Tzimtzum, and this state is called the state of Katnut (smallness). Then Baalam said, “Now, you too, please remain here overnight, and I will know what the Lord will continue to speak with me.” This means that the work with the ego has begun.
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From KabTV’s “Secrets of the Eternal Book” 8/12/15

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Question: From the point of view of the wisdom of Kabbalah, are there sins for which it is necessary to give a death sentence?

Answer: There are sins for which it is worthwhile to end the life of the sinner and not allow him the possibility of moving from our world to the upper world because, in any case, it won’t help.

In the ego of the sinner, there are such transgressions done against humanity that he cannot cover over in this life and go out to a higher dimension. If a verdict of death is obtained correctly, then according to the wisdom of Kabbalah, it is not a death sentence, but a correction for the person.

Question: Does visiting graves help spiritual development?

Answer: No, Kabbalists relate to this with great indifference and perform this more as a ritual. A yearly visit to the grave of a family member or a teacher is nothing more than a tradition.

I was convinced about this according to the conduct of my teacher, Rabash, and according to my feeling that there is no meaning or reason for visiting graves. Meeting with the spirit of my teacher while studying his writings has had a much closer meaning for me than when I have stood before cold stones.

Question: Is a tragic death a punishment for sins?

Answer: For the most part, this is so.

Question: Is it possible to compare crossing the Machsom (Barrier) with death?

Answer: Crossing the Machsom is the birth of the soul! This transformation of a person in which he begins to work for the sake of bestowal and love.

Question: Are you afraid of death?

Answer: No, I think that there are many people who don’t fear death. On the contrary, many would want it.

Question: Do you know when your death will happen?

Answer: What for? If a person is found beyond his physical state, he accepts the death of the body calmly. He knows how to plan his way in the world, his way with his students, and this helps him. If not, then knowledge of the time of death would pressure and overwhelm him. Therefore, it is preferable not to know.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/1/15

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Question: What happens if a Kabbalist acquires a soul and begins to work on the correction of his desires, but his corporeal body dies at a certain point?

Answer: Everything happens for a reason; everything happens according to the system in which nothing is accidental. Everything happens at a certain moment according to the general predetermined plan that includes all the souls, all the bodies, all of time, the whole system of correction according to which the body of a certain person dies.

Question: Does he continue his correction from where it stopped or does he have to start everything from the beginning?

Answer: His correction is already included in the general system and therefore continues, not from the moment he stopped; he doesn’t start everything from the beginning, but from the next level, which is certainly higher than the previous level. The system continues its motion and he is included in it.

Question: But the soul still needs a corporeal body, or is it possible to correct yourself without the corporeal world?

Answer: There are cases in which the soul needs to be intentionally dressed in a body both for its sake but mostly for the sake of others. These people come into our world not because they need it but because others need them. On the whole, the soul rises from one level to the next in the next world not in the corporeal body.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/01/15

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Question: Is the déjà vu experience a manifestation of the higher power, or is it our choice?

Answer: There are states where a person receives particular influences from the underlying integral system in which we exist.

Sensations of being within the system suddenly could pass through him, the ability to predict the future or a feeling of being in another place. This is a temporary, superficial, physical state and is irrelevant to the higher state.

Kabbalists don’t pay attention to it at all because entry into the higher management must be conscious.

Question: Could memories of past lives arise in a person?

Answer: In fact, there are no so-called past lives because in the upper world, in which we actually are even now, we are in a completely different state than that which seems to us as reality now, as a dream.

When a person is thrown into an unfamiliar place and a feeling arises in him that he has been there already, this indicates his heightened sense of what is happening.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/8/15

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Question: If in a previous life a person was involved with the wisdom of Kabbalah, what does this give him in the next incarnation?

Answer: If a person in physical life already had a particular spiritual level, it means that he doesn’t need to return to an earthly state any more.

But in case he has a particular task regarding other people, he can return here. This is already a matter of the higher management.

A person who is on a spiritual level, when he returns to this world or even if he doesn’t return, as a general rule he continues his ascent by connecting with other parts of the common soul, the overall system.

Question: Should he be concerned about not coming back?

Answer: No. Understand that when we see the true system of management, we agree with it absolutely; there is no possibility that we will haggle. We see that everything is happening according to correct, just, and absolute laws.

The only meaning for physical life is to reach the next level of existence, ascending to it to attain eternity and wholeness while still in this life.

First, this state cannot be compared to our present existence.

Second, our world (“Olam” from the word “Alama” – concealment) is imaginary. It exists thanks only to concealment. It is as if the true picture of creation is concealed from us and we are shown something that is in the shadows. In fact, our world doesn’t exist; the moment that we correct ourselves, we no longer require a state called “earthly life.”

Moreover, we change our earthly state even within this life, without limiting ourselves in any way, without risking anything, and simultaneously attain the next higher level. And as long as our body is alive, we exist in the two worlds. And when the body dies, we respond to this with complete serenity, because we are already in another world.

As my teacher Rabash would say: “Just as you take off a shirt at night and throw it in the wash, so you throw your body in the wash.”

Question: What will happen to the physical world after all the souls become connected with the Creator? How will our planet Earth appear? Will there be money, banks, and skyscrapers?

Answer: None of this will exist because our world exists only in our imagination. This is an imaginary reality that is given to us in our current senses and is produced only within our desire. But outside of our desires, it doesn’t exist. There is only one general Light that can be perceived only with new senses that are developed accordingly.
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From KabTV’s “News with Michael Laitman” 11/1/15

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Question: Is it possible to transcend the Machsom (Barrier) at the moment of death?

Answer: Of course not. We are all on the animal level. So, in what way does an animal change when it dies a natural death or when it is killed? What does it gain from death?

From this perspective, man is not better or worse than any other animal. However, while living in the corporeal world, he can ascend above his animal level and acquire an additional level called a soul.

However, if he doesn’t acquire this new sense, he has no soul, so when he passes away, his corporeal body passes away.

Question: Why do we perceive death as such a tragic event? Why are we afraid of death?

Answer: Fear drives us to overcome death. It spurs in us the egoistic desire to attain the upper world. When a person leaves the feeling of this world and reaches the feeling of the upper world, he ceases to fear death and continues to live in this world only in order to ascend higher in the spiritual world. In any case, he is already on the level of the next dimension.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 10/11/15

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Question: What is the meaning of the verse “Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves,” according to Kabbalah?

Answer: It means that a person has to be careful not to fall into his egoistic desires.

He has to make sure that he is constantly surrounded by the right society that will keep him in the correct altruistic direction and make him feel that developing in spirituality is important. The environment will always make sure that he perceives the feeling of the Creator in the Light of Hassadim, which is a very special force, the attribute of bestowal.

If a person continuously renews this force inside him, he will begin to ascend in spirituality and will feel the Creator at every moment, closer and stronger. This is called, “Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves.”
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 10/11/15

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Question: It is very difficult for us to bear the death of relatives. How do people who are involved with spiritual development relate to this?

Answer: Shortly after I began to study with my teacher, it so happened that the mother of three of his students died. I went for to express my condolences and was very surprised to see that they behaved as before, talking calmly with each other.

As time passed, I understood that this is precisely what the relationship to death should be.

Why do we perceive temporal, petty, insignificant existence, that amounts to only escaping from suffering, as so special? What is it?

After all, this life amounts to attempts to place ourselves in a more comfortable situation every moment, to suffer less. That is what life is! Why should I grieve if people are moving away from this?

There is a particular animal fear of losing even this tiny speck of life, even though according to the wisdom of Kabbalah it is not even called life; it is a kind of inner illusion!

We were originally created to begin from this state, to search for the true meaning of existence. If a person doesn’t use the opportunities that are given to him in this world to go out to a higher state and continue his life from there, then there is nothing to be done. Naturally this will continue until all of us achieve the feeling of the upper world.
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From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 11/1/15

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