Question: How do we and should we try to overcome the situations when we feel physical hostility, apathy, indifference, and the desire to be just an observer during the congress?

Answer: It all depends on the mood. How can there be a physical aversion, for instance, to your child? Someone else could dislike him but for me he is my own. A woman understands this. So, it all depends on what we will tune ourselves to.

There is no concept of “physical hostility,” there is just the goal. And to the extent it is important to me, I begin to perceive the means to achieve this goal with the same value and greatness of glory as to the goal itself. If for the sake of the goal I have to get close with someone, talk, hug, and feel that we are together in a unifying action, then I do not look at the person.

And generally, what does something external mean? After all, it’s not people I am shown but my attitude to them, my own reflection in a certain image. By observing this person, I can discern how much I need to work on myself and he or she has absolutely nothing to do with it. It is not a person but my own egoism I am seeing in such a form. It is like a mirror in which I view myself. It is a whole system, as stated in one of the Shamati articles: “The Creator is Your Shadow.”

So, how can there be rejection? On the contrary, what puts you off is exactly the most efficient method, a possibility to converge, to rise above yourself. Try it and you will see that this is so. And throughout, it will be tormenting you inside, throwing you back, but you should keep going forward. Do not waste your time! It’s a shame to be losing it. See everyone, try to annul yourself, and then you will be taken by the flow into oneness with all.

I would encourage all women to ask each other’s forgiveness before the congress, forget the old stuff and start at a whole new level. Try to rise above yourselves a little; otherwise, what are you doing studying Kabbalah? You cannot always watch your “self”. On the contrary, you should stamp your foot on it and grind.
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From the Virtual Lesson 1/6/13

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Question: What prayer should come from a unified woman?

Answer: One unified prayer should come out from a unified woman to a unified man with the purpose of further unity! And nothing more. And the same thing is from the man because through the unity between us we will attain what is called “Adam” inside which the Creator will be revealed, as it is said: “Man, woman, Shechina between them.” We need to reach such a state when the right and the left lines join into the middle line and the Creator will be revealed in it.

So now both women and men are preparing: the women at their convention and the men at their convention at the end of the same week. And then we will see what to do; I think that we will be able to create such desires when the women’s unity gives us a unified image of the woman and the men’s unity a unified image of the man, and then we will able to start uniting spiritually. We will begin to feel how much we miss each other in spirituality, to feel as the property of reception and the property of bestowal begin to connect mutually, and the Creator will be revealed between us. This is what we must achieve.

So, the general woman’s desire (Hissaron) is manifested when rising above ourselves to adhere to the Creator we feel that on the way to the Creator, we need to find our match, the men’s part.

This is the ultimate connection! You will feel how it fills you with joy, the highest ecstasy, its fulfillment! It’s impossible to put into words! Imagine various pleasures of this world, gather them together from all the people on Earth for millions of years, and you will feel this powerful pleasure a billion times more. There is no comparison, and it is only the Light of Nefesh de Nefesh, the smallest spiritual light.
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From the Virtual Lesson 1/6/13

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Question: Should a mother of young children make efforts to be physically present at the convention?

Answer: I would recommend that women with young children not attend the general convention, but take part in the mirror congresses, which are held locally, in the same city, so that they can get home in an hour and a half.

If you have very small children, then it is better for a few women to unite at someone’s home, not tearing themselves away from the children; otherwise, they would feel restless at heart so it isn’t worth risking that. If children are the age that they can be looked after by a husband or family member, it is another matter.

You should not come to the convention at any cost. We will organize such gatherings, and you will have an opportunity to participate in them because by that time the children will grow up a bit.
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From the Virtual Lesson 1/6/13

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Question: What is the power of mirror conventions?

Answer: If a good group of women, strong, cohesive, sincere, and open gathers at a mirror convention, then it should feel unity in their getting close to each other. They are not just getting together to look at us; they should unite with each other. Then they will have an “antenna” with which they will pick up what is felt here. Otherwise, the convention will be an ordinary performance for them: They will listen to the lectures, watch workshops and presentations, but they will not feel the internal pressure, charge, warmth of love, the Light that in principle should bring us closer, break and destroy all the walls that divide us. If they do not strive for unity among themselves, they will not be able to catch this wave from us.

The most important condition is to create, where you are, the same atmosphere we want to create at our general convention. Then according to the law of equivalence of form, you will not feel the distance, and you will “flow” in the same state with us.

Question: How can I create an atmosphere of joy and seriousness at the mirror convention?

Answer: It doesn’t matter. You will feel exactly the same thing as us: the same state, the same spiritual intensity and sensation of ascent. We need to understand that the world is accelerating, as predicted by Kabbalists; everything comes true precisely. We should definitely rise to a good level because the world demands it. It has lost its control, it has nothing to aspire to, nothing to live for; it’s as if in a suspended state.

And here we must show the world our strength, our drive to move forward and that there is a goal worth living for; there are wonderful intentions and possibilities; in fact, a bright future is open before us. Whether we can realize it depends only on us, not on anyone else! Unlimited possibilities are open before us. After all, only we are the masters of our state, and the whole world follows us.
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From the Virtual Lesson 1/6/13

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Question: How can you “exit yourself”? Do you connect with everyone through internal concentration, in thought, or by physical contact and interaction?

Answer: Everyone is different, but rejection is manifested in everyone according to his egoism, and according to this, he is given the opportunity to make efforts. You should not think that it’s easier for someone and more difficult for someone else. Even if everything comes easy for someone, it’s only at the beginning. So, nothing comes easy to anyone; it’s weighed out equally for everyone.

There are people who are more open and expressive, and conversely, some are more reserved and introverted. But in the end, no one can say that he should make more or less effort than the other; this measure is equal for everyone; there are differences only in the expression, in the style of the external manifestations, but not more. That’s why there is no one we should be envious of. According to the nature of man, with the conditions that are always set for him from Above, he is given strength and ability to overcome obstacles.
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From the Virtual Lesson 1/6/13

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Question: What kind of inner preparation needs to be done prior to the Women’s Convention?

Answer: In order to break the barrier between us, to somehow soften the situation, we need to hold a workshop with the group or some kind of event, in order to feel that to some extent it is possible to facilitate the trend towards building a relationship: not to sit distanced from each other and delve within yourself, but to exit yourself, somewhat rise above yourself, outwards towards the others, and then we will find our spiritual vessel, Kli.

It is a clear female emotion when I am inside myself, “I within myself.” With the men it doesn’t stand out so much. On the one hand, women overcome this with more difficulty, and on the other hand, more easily, since it is easier for them to determine where this “cocoon” within them is. A woman feels very clearly that it is “I within myself,” whereas a man doesn’t. Until a man reaches this “cocoon” a lot of time has to pass.

Thus, I suggest for women to hold several meetings, discussions on this subject. It could be a workshop. I think it will be enough to at least begin to exit ourselves. And afterward, during the convention, we will talk about it and deal with it.

Question: What would you advise women who understand the importance of their presence at the convention, but prefer not to physically go there? How is it possible to help them overcome this “cocoon”?

Answer: I think one simply needs to decide and to work on yourself without paying attention to those around you: “We must do this now!” and begin to operate, constantly trying to break through the shell of isolation. You will see how much, on one hand, it is difficult, but on the other hand, the constant blows from within from this “cocoon” will break it in the end. But inevitably one must do it! Without that, we won’t feel that we are in the spiritual world that is found outside us, beyond the boundary of this “cocoon.”
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From the Virtual Lesson 1/6/13

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Question: Why is the upcoming women’s convention called “One Global Woman”? What does “global woman” mean?

Answer: There is only one soul in the world, a unified desire that was split into two complementary parts: male and female. They, in turn, were broken into a huge number of individual desires.

Our job is to gather the female and male parts together. At the same time, they rise above their routine earthly desires, correcting the desire to receive to the desire to bestow, and then two desires emerge that, on the one hand, are opposite, but on the other hand, are spiritual. And then both parts begin to connect with each other into one unified, common creation that is called Adam. In principle, this is what we have to do.

Men will gather at their convention a week after the women’s convention. And before that, we will discuss with the women how it is possible to unite into one unified women’s desire. I hope that we will succeed. At least, this is very important for the men and for all of us. We have never done this before, and now the time has come.

I never do anything in advance. When there is a need to realize the next state, I talk about this and then we begin to think about how to implement it. Now we have come to the state when we really need to get together and try to unite into a single woman’s desire.

I congratulate all the women in the world with our great internal holiday. We will try to make it important, light, serious, and at the same time fun!
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Question: How can I correctly prepare for the women’s convention?

Answer: First, we should review the materials that relate to women’s work.

Basically, in our time, there is not much difference between men’s and women’s work because a gradual convergence is taking place. We see how the women of the world occupy leadership positions, are heads of state, ministers, and managers of various companies. Today, they are equally involved with men in all the spheres of activity.

Although women are inherently more inclined to something specific, standard, stable, and not the activities that constantly demand drastic changes, the time has come when both desires—male and female—come together in our world and in the spiritual world. This occurs in accordance with the spiritual roots, and thus it is necessary to think how to bring them together even closer. This is what we are going to be engaged in at the convention: The women must understand the goal before them.

Never before have women become united together. We had all sorts of attempts to unite in groups, during general conventions, but there wasn’t such a convention to make the desire of all the women as one woman’s desire, to create a unified image of women’s desire.

That is why the preparation for the convention is to think more about it, read, clarify the questions on this topic, and upload all the questions and answers on the website.

The most important thing is to be in a good mood, good spirit. Those who come here will inevitably enter this atmosphere. Those who will be connected to us should be prepared to get into it: They should be free of all their activities and feel as though they are here with us. I think we will give them the feeling of complete presence at the convention.
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From the Virtual Lesson 1/6/13

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During our studies of the wisdom of Kabbalah, we shouldn’t pay attention to how much we understand in the books of Kabbalah. The Sefirot, Olamot (worlds), and Partzufim aren’t important because we still haven’t attained the spiritual worlds and don’t know what is going on there. We are just juggling words.

However, the work in the group is first and foremost; the connection between us leads to the correct studies in which we, like children, want to rise to the next level. Some kind of mutual desire for the next level attracts the upper Light onto us, the force that develops us.

It develops us to the same extent that we yearn to be above. That is the only law of nature. Thus, we need to operate within this law and not forget that we unite and connect in order to discover within us the connection between us and the upper world, the Creator, in at least at the initial, minimal manifestation.

The great students of Rashbi, before they began to describe their feelings and the discoveries in The Book of the Zohar, felt such a great hatred between them that they were even prepared to burn each other. This means that they were at such a high level of attainment where the left line, their ego, manifested in such a terrible way. We need to grow a lot in order to reach this.

Thus, before us there lie many more great trials, and if we aren’t ready for them in the correct manner, then we simply will leave this way. Some of our friends have already left the way, and more are likely to drop out. Thus, we must always remind each other that we are involved with the Creator who gives us all kinds of states and determines all the relationships between us, along with the hatred, and if we ask, also the love.

The main thing is that the group must take upon itself the commitment to remind each friend before the lesson about what to concentrate on. What was discovered today in our relations concerning one another? Apathy? That’s good, and tomorrow it can be that we will reach such a state where we will begin to feel rejection for each other. This means that we understand that everything comes from the Creator, that purposefully He reveals our ego and the intellect within us! Just a small person is given small opportunities so that he won’t deviate from his path.

If people, leave the group anyway, it’s a sign that it didn’t work enough, that we didn’t explain to others the method of advancing in two lines: “We must advance in spite of the growing ego. In the end, we will rise together with it and transform, on the one hand, from being completely opposite to the Creator according to our developing ego, and on the other hand, to receive His same attributes.”

This means that there will be seemingly two states within us: one that is opposite to the Creator and the second that is similar to the Creator, and together they will stand facing each other, to be more precise, one under the other. Below, there will be the vessel, the Kli, that is completely under Tzimtzum Aleph (the first restriction), and above it, we will build the second vessel, Kli, the attribute of bestowal, and in this way, we will work with it.
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From the Novosibirsk Convention 12/8/12, Lesson 4

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On the 13^th of January, there will be the first global women’s convention. Our entire world group needs this special awakening on the part of the women. I am very happy that the women are enthusiastic and understanding regarding this special event. They are ready to do whatever they can, and I hope it will bear fruit. I advise every woman who can come from overseas and from Israel to register, and not to miss this meeting. The registration ends on Wednesday January 9^th.

We expect this convention to be a great ascent that will provide all of us with a new deficiency. In every family, the woman “fires up” her husband, and we want that this flare up to be a million times more intensive and that a real burning fire of desire aimed at the goal will surround us. The women are ready and able to do that.

On the whole, a purposeful woman is more than 90% of the success. It isn’t by chance that we say that behind every successful man there is a woman. It is true. Here in spirituality, it is 100% true. I can hardly imagine a man’s success along the spiritual path without female support. So, why do we need all these hardships if we can connect according to the law of root and branch? It is written, “A man and a woman—Divinity between them.” The connection begins in the family and continues in the group, and it reaches the connection with the Creator. So, eventually, we will resemble Him as one image of one man.
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From the 4^th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 1/6/13, “Body and Soul”

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