Question: If we act through the group, can we come to the point that we will no longer feel the attraction to the desire to receive but will feel only the pull in the direction of bestowal?

Answer: Of course! Just as now you feel natural egoistic urges, the desire to receive and to rise above the rest, under the influence of the upper light you will feel the opposite properties: the desire to humble yourself before the rest and to be connected with others, and through them with the Creator.

All altruistic qualities will gradually begin to manifest in you and you will have to act in accordance with them.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Asking the Creator to Fill the Place Between Us” Lesson 7

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Question: Is envy toward friends a correct indicator of annulment?

Answer: Envy toward friends is not an indicator of annulment, but it is a good start.

I envy them. This means that I already see something in them that is not in me, and therefore I envy them. So I already put them above me in some way.

And then perhaps I will make a decision to get closer to them. If they are smarter and above me spiritually, then why shouldn’t I be with them, together with them. It’s a good feeling.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Deriving the Greatness of the Goal from the Friends” Lesson 4

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We must realize that without achieving mutual guarantee, we cannot be bound together. And the connection between us is necessary in order to create a spiritual Kli in which we will feel the light, the Creator.

Therefore, once we have set ourselves up as if we live in faith above reason, we must think about how we can act in order to really be in bestowal above receiving, as if we are already in the spiritual world, in spiritual relationships, in the properties of bestowal, in support of each other.

This is not possible without achieving mutual support between us. This is Arvut, the property of mutual guarantee.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Working in Mutual Responsibility” Lesson 6

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Question: There is a feeling that we are always talking about the external expression of annulment, about the game of annulment. But the whole trick is that I have to want to annul. And how can I want to if I have no control over my desires? Am I controlled from above?

Answer: If you feel that you have no control over your desires, this is already a great achievement. The fact that you understand that you need to annul yourself in order to reveal the upper world, the Creator, and the true state in which we exist, also brings joy.

And then how to proceed? You must do what we are currently studying. It just needs to be implemented.

​​You must constantly attend classes, get closer to the group, and strive to be closer to them all the time. And in this way you will succeed. So go ahead!
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/7/22, “Annulling before the Friends” Lesson 2

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Question: How do we come to the point where everyone in the group is drawn to connection and unity? And how do we strengthen this aspiration for all mankind?

Answer: First you need to unite at least within your group, then in the world group, and then in the whole of humanity, gradually, step by step.

At least within the group you should constantly talk about this and realize that without achieving connection, you will not have a tool for attaining the Creator. Where will He reveal Himself?

You have to be in front of Him as one person with one heart. And if you do not achieve this, then the Creator will not reveal Himself. This is a physical law.

The Creator created one common Kli (vessel), which then broke. And now you want to reveal what was in it, and you have to assemble it on a minimal scale. Meaning you need to assemble one whole from your group, a small vessel, a small cup. And to the extent of your connection, you will reveal the Creator. The more you then enlarge this vessel, you will be able to reveal the Creator as  greater with all kinds of great properties.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Asking the Creator to Fill the Place Between Us” Lesson 7

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Question: The Creator created something new from the world of infinity, and now He tells us: “You have made Me”? Isn’t there a contradiction here?

Answer: No. The Creator created an egoistic desire that grew to egoistic similarity to Him where on one hand we want to absorb absolutely everything into ourselves, and on the other hand, we begin to correct ourselves and become completely similar to the Creator.

That is, from what I can do with myself, I become completely similar to the Creator. And this will bring absolute unification and equalization of properties.

On the foundation of the black point that separates me from Him, and precisely because of it, I and He will never become one, but we will be in complete unity in all our properties above this point. We will feel the merging with each other because of the point that separates us.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/6/22, “Approaching the Creator Through the Network of Connections Between Us” Lesson 1

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Question: Faith above reason and loving your neighbor, are they the same thing or are there differences?

Answer: Faith above reason is the Kli (vessel) we must create and reveal in it the property of bestowal, love, and connection between us and the Creator.

Question: Are we supposed to imagine that between us in the ten there is only love?

Answer: Yes, that is what you should imagine. And it doesn’t matter what you feel. It means nothing! This is the only way. And then you will see that it is only egoism that twists and lies all the time.

Question: Sometimes during a workshop it feels like we are in great love. Could it be that in the beginning faith above reason comes as in moments?

Answer: It is quite possible that this is how it happens to you. And it is also true.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Going with Faith above Reason” Lesson 5

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Question: In what situation can we ask for the power of faith?

Answer: We can ask for the force of faith in any situation and generate it between us at every moment.

To do this, we must imagine that the Creator fills the entire universe and we will act in the same way between us in the group. But only in the group, others will not understand you. If we work in this way in our relations between us, we can start feeling how the Creator really fills all the space, the whole world.

But then we will have to work in faith above reason; i.e., restrict our egoism and turn to the Creator only with the property of bestowal. This is the only thing we have to do—switch ourselves, or our attitude toward the Creator, into faith above reason.

And we will begin to feel what these words mean. They sound like a mantra: “Faith above reason.” What is it? It is not clear now. But we will gradually start feeling the inner meaning of these words.

Question: How can we receive faith above reason?

Answer: Imagine that you want to live in this fairy tale. That in fact there is no faith above reason, but you want to imagine it. Try. Make an effort as if you feel that the Creator fills the whole world and governs it as good that does good. And act that way in the group.

The group is the platform where you can work it all out and implement it.

Question: Does every friend have to imagine it or do we share it with each other?

Answer: You can talk among yourselves on this subject. But the most important thing is that everyone should care that such an attitude toward other friends appears in him. As the Creator is the good that does good, so each of the friends should treat others as good that does good.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Going with Faith above Reason” Lesson 5

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Question: The Creator gives us everything, but what can we give to Him?

Answer: The Creator gives us everything in order to correct us in accordance with our desires. If we are able to ask Him, then we are ready to change. In accordance with this, He shines upon us the light of bestowal and love, and changes us.

The only thing we can give to the Creator is the raising of MAN, that is, raising our desire to be more and more similar to Him. The way He bestows, we also bestow.

Question: How can we determine that we are in a request for the sake of the Creator and not for our own sake? Is it according to the amount of light we received?

Answer: There is no way! How can you weigh it, measure it, or even feel it?

We simply need to yearn to be in the same desire, in the same intention toward one upper quality of love, toward the Creator. Only in this way can we gradually increase our request, raise it all the time, study it, and make it so diverse that it turns into a real, serious task.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Asking the Creator to Fill the Place Between Us” Lesson 7

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Question: If I free my friends from my own shortcomings by exalting them, then what are my next actions?

Answer: If you hide your shortcomings from your friends, you steal from them because they will have nothing to rise above.

Our ascent lies in the fact that after seeing the negative qualities of others, I rise above them. That is, I begin to evaluate my friends not negatively, but positively.

This means rising above your egoism. When you see a friend in a negative way, you must reach a state where these negative qualities will appear positive. As it is written: “Love will cover all crimes.” Crimes remain and I cover them with love.

There is nothing else. No matter how negative we may be, we can be positively connected with each other. This is how we must learn to work.

Question: But if I exalt my friends and see them in full perfection, where does my previous view, when I endowed them with my qualities, go?

Answer: It stays. Nothing disappears. All your negative opinions about your friends and your own desires and thoughts all remain in the common Kli (vessel). And then the negative and positive parts will still work with each other in symbiosis.

Question: And if I do not hide my negativity, they have nothing to justify in me?

Answer: We should think about unity, love, and good relations, and how to instill them in each and everyone. We should not expose our egoism. But if it catches the eye of others, that is a different problem. Perhaps it is their problem that they feel this way, and they should work on themselves. We must be an example. This is already mutual work.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/8/22, “Deriving the Greatness of the Goal from the Friends” Lesson 4

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