World Kabbalah Convention In Moscow – 06.12.11
Posted on June 12th, 2011
Question: Feeling hatred towards others, I feel as if an “animal” is hidden inside me, which is stronger than me. How can I gain power over this “animal”?
Answer: Gaining power over our ego is possible only under one condition: that we see how much we lose because of that “animal” that controls us. We are ruled by our ego, and it does not allow us to achieve an eternal, perfect life in a good, kind world.
If I saw how much my ego steals from me, how much it has taken from me and does not give me, then I would hate it. But I do not hate it and I even love it; I identify myself with it because my entire life is, in fact, to fulfill it. How can I feel that my ego is death for me?
The most important thing that I can do is to enter the group, the environment, so that it raises the importance of spirituality for me, the importance of bestowal and unity with others because thanks to this in particular I reveal life at the human level. If I am impressed by the environment and it can influence me, then I attain enough strength to overcome my ego.
All our work and efforts are necessary to reach the realization of evil, our egoistic desire. Today, it seems useful for me: The more I desire, the more I earn, gain power, or steal. More, more, more…. In our society, those who have a big ego appear to be more successful.
I have to convince myself that obtaining a good life in this world deprives me of a spiritual, beautiful life and lies to me by depicting a good life here, in this world. This is only possible in an environment that can “brainwash me,” influence me, persuade me. The opinion of the environment can work on me so much that I want to rise above the power of my egoism.
Then, I will begin to experience life at a different level which I did not feel before. It happens instantly; there is no transition. I immediately feel that there is life outside of me, not inside me, when I constantly wanted to fill myself as much as possible. On the contrary, I sense life when I exit this “animal” which cannot absorb anything.
By doing this first step, I reveal the upper world right away. What is “the upper world?” The reality where I live now is called “this world.” But the reality which I feel outside of myself, in the connection with my friend, with a fellow human being, is called “the upper world” because it is the human level which is more exalted than the animate one.
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From Lesson 1, Convention in Spain, 6/3/2011
“Unity – the Future of the World,” “The Human Soul and Its Correction,” Lesson 3
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“Unity – the Future of the World,” “The Internal Basis of the Group,” Lesson 4
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“Unity – the Future of the World,” “Surety Group,” Lesson 5
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The wisdom of Kabbalah explains that if we want to return to our root (which is exactly what we aspire to since it’s what is important for us), we have to rise above our universe to the higher dimension, above the Machsom (the barrier separating us from spirituality). In other words, we have to perform an action opposite to the breaking of that uniquely created desire: We need to connect with each other again.
Our egoism does not disappear in our connection; rather, we gain the strength to overcome it. Thus, the force of our unity is 620 times greater than it was initially, at the time of our creation, and that is why we feel and understand ourselves, reality, and the Creator the way that they are. This is why we grow in our world and develop from the still to the vegetative, animate, and human levels, where the human level implies similarity to the Creator.
We developed for many years at the human level until our ego became so huge that we could not get along with each other as before. In the previous generations, we were connected with each other. Each felt like he belonged to a family, had a home, parents, children, and grandchildren. He knew that he had relatives and friends who could help him in difficult times. People were attached to their families, and they lived in large families, clans, and tribes.
Today, we quickly become disconnected from our close ones, and our children grow distant from us even faster. The connection between us is lost, and we feel no need for it. Family does not seem something mandatory. It does not matter that we are alone; we feel free that way. Our egoistic desire has grown so much that we do not care about our relatives, and we are hardly interested in our friends.
Before, we used to have a lot of friends. We attended various clubs and met people who had similar interests. Today, one scarcely has a friend. People prefer to be on their own. They are indifferent toward their countries and can move to different places with a light heart. The world has become round and without borders.
Moreover, the development of the ego has brought us to a point where we have lost the natural egoistic connection between us. The ego has prepared us for a state where we can unite by the ties of a new connection which is realized, completed by us so that all the boundaries and natural differences between us that were caused by egoism disappear, and we can ascend to the level of “human,” organized not by the degree of kinship, but according to spiritual affinity.
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From Lesson 2, Convention in Madrid, 6/3/2011
We exist in the field of Light (the quality of love and bestowal called the Creator), which fills all the space we occupy, only we can’t sense this Light. In its influence on me, it is like a physical field, whether gravitational, electromagnetic, or electrostatic. If I have a spiritual potential (charge), I begin to move within this field to a point of equilibrium with it.
Just as an electron behaves in an electromagnetic field, a person behaves in any given place: He or she aspires to a state of balance, living in a field of his or her sensations. But sensations are forces, too! We study them in the wisdom of Kabbalah just as others study the influence of physical forces. Except we don’t perceive their existence in our world.
When the point in the heart appears in a person, he begins to move to a place where he can receive the fulfillment this point requires. These people “enter” our groups or “suddenly discover” us on the Internet. It all appears very unexpected to them…. And that’s how they begin to study the wisdom of Kabbalah.
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From Lesson 2, Convention in Madrid, 6/3/2011
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Question: Today, a lot of people will come to us for the holiday of Shavuot. Some of them are not connected with Kabbalah in any way. How should we treat them?
Answer: It is very important to ignite them with inspiration through songs, dances, and the warmth of open hearts. My talk with them is not that important since people have a hard time feeling the difference through hearing. You may think that my lecture is the most important thing in all of this, but this is not so. People need to take home a good mood from such gatherings.
As much as I would like to, I won’t be able to give them a good mood or inspiration. All of this is “spirit without an ascent.” You have to bring your spirit there. Besides, among the people, there will be a lot of our friends with the same “baggage.”
The most important thing is the inner sensation which will stay with people when they leave, even if it is not clothed in any words. If a person is unable to sit still, it means the result has been accomplished.
Question: Will this influence them spiritually?
Answer: Yes, since they nevertheless want to join us and be part of this. This is the way it works. Nothing will go through the mind anyway.
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From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/6/2011, Writings of Rabash
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Question: You are about to travel to Russia. What is your attitude to this country? Do you see it the same as America, Europe, or Asia?
Answer: Without a doubt, Russia has a special spirit, one of Byzantium. It is by no means a European civilization. This is also evident from Europe’s attitude to Russia as to something different to it by essence. Even though this Russia seems like a Christian nation, it is nevertheless orthodox, meaning it has an element of competition with Europe over who has the Christian truth. And in addition, it has a great Asian influence as well.
Russia loves European culture. It loves France as one loves a mistress, but France’s principles of liberalism and freedom are alien to Russia. These are the principles of Europe – the principles of a new, technocratic civilization. But for Russia the slogans, “freedom, equality, and brotherhood” are vain attempts to create naked modernization. True, it does resemble it, as if smart machines were placed next to slaves….
But maybe this is exactly why Russia, the place where the commandments of the French Revolution did not catch on, in spite of all of Europe, is the place where the question about life’s meaning is apparent in every person: What are we living for!? That is why I am going there with the hope that I will be understood!
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Question: How do we move faster before the Moscow convention so as to not be content with the inertia of the previous conventions?
Answer: This convention is taking place in a very important region. Many people look down upon Eastern Europe; however, this is exactly where the method of correction received a new push to develop. Special conditions of time and place that materialized there gave rise to the modern form of the method which we strive to realize now.
At least half of the people who actively study with us come from there. And this is not accidental: Secretly and openly, Kabbalists acted there over the centuries, supplying the nation with solid education and drawing it closer to spirituality.
And this is why it is vital to prepare ourselves for the forthcoming convention. A great force is hidden there as well as in entire Russian-speaking world. Let us hope that we will be able to unite strongly and turn the convention into a powerful event.
We will have three intensive days, seven lectures, various happenings, meetings of friends, and so on. We have to try to be together with all our might. If someone connects to us virtually, try to connect live as much as possible.
Conventions greatly accelerate our progress. Yesterday, for instance, we had a wonderful evening dedicated to the holiday of Shavuot. We felt that it didn’t pass in vain, that people are becoming imbued with our message. And it doesn’t matter that we invested a lot of efforts and means; it was worth it. There was a feeling of unity, cohesion, a desire to bond, to change toward spirituality. We heard excerpts from the works of Baal HaSulam and Rabash, and their melodies. It all makes a great impact on the people.
In our world, no other means are more powerful and effective than that. Now, we talk more openly, too; we use simpler language. New words are coming to the surface, while previously the conditions weren’t right for this yet. They appear as a response to the inner need of the people.
All of it gladdens the heart. I hope that it will bring about big, real changes in our world, and we will see the crisis as a springboard to the future of humanity. Today we stand at the threshold of the new paradigm of our entire life. Baal HaSulam writes that this is already obvious and it is backed by research.
So let us do our best.
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From the 4th part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 6/7/2011, Writings of Rabash
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When a person starts practicing in the group, trying to step outside of himself and unify with the desires of others in love and bestowal, working above his egoism, he discovers a distance separating him from them: the full measure of his hatred and egoistic resistance. Gradually, he begins to see how infinite this distance is: This is how distant he is from the others.
However, when a person works on himself and achieves a certain closeness, he discovers that the distance, as well as the upper Light, the upper force, are concealed. It turns out that the distance between him and the others is divided into 125 stages or steps. All in all, this path is subdivided into five worlds, each of which consists of five Partzufim, while each Partzuf is comprised of five Sefirot, which are also counted as ten.
With each new step, a person adjusts himself more accurately to the form regarded as a spiritual Partzuf that includes ten Sefirot. We move forward by clothing in them and structuring ourselves internally to match them. Gradually, we grow closer to their ideal form, until the entire structure of the Tree of Life has clothed in a person. That is why it is said that man is the Tree of Life.
Today, in the final stage of humanity’s evolution, our egoism is satiated. It has no further development. Therefore, we feel depressed, exhausted, and turn to drugs and terror, unsatisfied with the way we live.
Essentially, our egoistic satiation is the impulse to exit to a more exalted reality, to become enriched by love. Indeed, we don’t have another choice. We think that we are restricted by the integral world locking in on us, but that is beyond the point. It’s just that the time has come for humankind to rise to another level of existence, to a higher dimension. This is why the world is changing so rapidly before our eyes.
Let’s hope that we will manage to educate the public as to how to reach love and unity so that they may step into the new dimension by taking a pleasant shortcut, without dramatic shake-ups. It is the only reason we are working around the world and telling everybody about our experience.
Our perception of the world dictates that we explain to people as quickly as we possibly can that the world is entering a new state, that nature is totally global. We must explain that nature put us in a sort of “bubble” where only one force is at work, and if we don’t harmonize ourselves with that force, we will face enormous problems.
But how do we harmonize ourselves with the unified force? To do so, we must be connected in the same manner as the still, vegetative, and animate levels of nature are linked instinctively. The entire ecology is but an integral network of ties, where only man in his egoism destroys this balance. If we don’t harmonize with nature, we won’t survive.
Hence, we are circulating Kabbalah and explaining to humankind the necessity to unite, to rise above egotism and to align ourselves as best we can to match nature. Otherwise, we are a cancerous tumor on its body, which consumes the environment and dies.
Clearly, there is a difference between inner, personal, individual progress and our work on the global scale that offers a lesser quality. Nevertheless, we undertook this task simply because it’s time to start taking care of the whole world. That’s what the wisdom of Kabbalah is destined for.
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