We must imagine that we live inside the Creator. He surrounds absolutely everything, fills everything, controls everything, and moves each of us separately and all of us together. This is the state we really are in, it only our egoism that does not allow us to feel it.

The revelation of the Creator to a person in this world is the wisdom of Kabbalah. How can we do this? On the one hand, we give suitable efforts toward the fact that the Creator exists in the world, controls it, creates everything, and there is none else besides Him.

On the other hand, we must come to this state clearly, and clearly means together when we annul our egoism and try to reveal the Creator by force and to become similar to Him. All this together leads us to His revelation.

It is not hard work. I just need to adjust my heart and thoughts to the fact that I am going for it and I want to reveal Him.
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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: What is the best way to train myself, to see each friend above me or the entire group?

Answer: Both are good.

Question: Is incorporating in a group considered work?

Answer: Yes, creating a Kli (vessel) is considered spiritual work.

Question: What should I do if I see flaws in the friends, and I have no reaction to them, no clarification, no prayer, and no plea?

Answer: You have to write on all the walls, everywhere around you, that the most important thing in your life is to come to respect the group and feel that you are small, premature, and underdeveloped next to them. This will be your most correct state.

Question: In order to see that we are truly connected with each other, do we need to ask ourselves whether we are ready to put our heart in the hands of the friends?

Answer: Yes, if we reach such a state, then, of course, this already is the highest correction.

Question: Is each annulment before the friends equivalent to our gradual ascent to the Creator?

Answer: Yes.

Question: How, by annulling before each other, can we become integral so that the Creator would connect us into one desire?

Answer: This is exactly what we need to do—to unite in such a way that we all would be connected from zero to infinity, regardless of any external conditions.

Question: If the Creator is clothed in my intention to bestow to Him and to all the people, but this is not yet the common intention of the group, only a personal one, will I get the feeling of light before everyone else? And how do I act so as not to harm myself and the group?

Answer: Share it with everyone. Then you will definitely get the most optimal condition for your and for everyone in the group.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/7/22, “Adhering to the Friends” Lesson 3

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Question: You said that I am incorporating into the friends and at a certain point I will receive the force of bestowal. What does it mean that I get the force of bestowal by incorporating into the friends?

Answer: You suddenly have a desire, an intention, and a direction to bestow to them. You begin to feel that an urge awakens in you to fulfill them. Where does it come from? It is just the way you see in a child: Yesterday he did not know how to do something, but today he is doing it. You look at him: Yes, yesterday there was no such thing, but today there is. Where did it come from? This is called development. The inner force of nature works on everyone and develops us.

For this, however, we on our part need to conform to it. When we do this in a group, we give the Creator the opportunity to act within us and to develop us in a certain direction. And this is how we are developing.

The Creator is revealed to us as a force that corrects, unites, and raises us toward Him through many degrees. He takes us “on His wings,” meaning, He raises us to the screen and above the screen.
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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: When I am ready to work for the Creator and enjoy working for Him, isn’t that egoism?

Answer: If the work for the Creator means loving everyone, wishing everyone only good, spreading this desire in the world, and trying to make everyone understand who the Creator is and what He wants from His creations, then we cannot say that this work is egoistic. You want to attract more people to this work and show them your example.

Of course, there may be various egoistic twists but, in principle, by working to attract others, you act according to our concept—altruistically. You will not be allowed from above to remain an egoist, but you will be constantly be advancing toward the quality of bestowal.
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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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One must not exclude oneself from the public and ask for oneself, not even to bring contentment to one’s maker, but only for the entire public.

One who departs from the public to ask specifically for one’s own soul does not build. On the contrary, he inflicts ruin upon his soul (Baal HaSulam, “Not The Time For The Livestock To Be Gathered”). 

We must clearly understand that we cannot ask for ourselves! To ask the Creator to lift me up or to bring me closer to Him is pure egoism.

How should I address Him? By asking only for the group, only for its sake, only as a part of it, within it! If I want to advance my friends, I can turn to the Creator. But if I think of my own advancement, it is best not to turn to Him.

When I ask for myself, I destroy my soul. But when I ask for everyone else, I assemble it because there is one soul for everyone. This is the one common Kli of Adam; the only thing we need to think about. After all, a private soul was given to me so that I would constantly be concerned about assembling the common soul.

It is prohibited to be disconnected from the friends, mutual assistance, and mutual support. We cannot live outside of it.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/9/22, “Working in Mutual Responsibility Lesson 6

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Preparation to the Lesson

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Introduction to The Book of Zohar,” Item 55

Writings of Baal HaSulam “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 148

Lesson on the Topic: “Everything Is Obtained by the Power of Prayer”

Selected Highlights 

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Question: What is the role of prayer in revealing the laws of mutual guarantee?

Answer: Prayer is essential for everything.

We must observe it, develop it, and understand that only with the help of our appeal to the Creator can we move from degree to degree.

If we wait and do not turn to Him, this slows down our development very much.
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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: If I start loving a friend whom I hated a minute ago, then it knocks the strength out of me. How do I deal with it?

Answer: There is no way to deal with it. There’s nothing you can do. This is the action of the upper light that can turn you over like this every minute.

And you must always be in the direction, in the intention, toward this light, to the quality of bestowal. And then you won’t have any problems.

You will perceive everything very easily, you will be pleased in all your states.

Question: All I have is only egoism, the ugliness of which I can still understand. So, on what basis should I bring the greatness of the Creator to the group?

Answer: On the basis of constant work on yourself. Based on the fact that your group will be present at lessons all the time, and this way you constantly move forward.

It won’t all fall on you in one go, just regular studies. We need to let the light affect us, and this takes time.
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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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Rabash, “What Does It Mean that One Should Bear a Son and a Daughter, in the Work?”: The work above reason should be unconditional surrender.

A person should say, “I want to be a servant of the Creator even though I have no idea about the work and I feel no flavor in the work. Nevertheless, I am willing to work with all my might as though I have attainment and feeling and flavor in the work, and I am willing to work unconditionally.”

This is exactly how we must act. Despite the fact that I do not understand and I do not know and I do not feel, and in general I do not want to, I must constantly force myself to do this. As a result, such work in faith above reason, meaning despite my egoistic desires, leads to the revelation of the Creator.

As a result of our efforts, we create such a Kli (vessel), such desires, intentions, and conditions in which we can reveal all this with our own eyes.

I do not want to stop at the level of a purely theoretical depiction. I want to reach a state where the quality of bestowal and love of the Creator is really revealed within me.

I am preparing myself for connection with the next higher degree, which in relation to me is called the Creator.
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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: Has the world group already passed the stage of what you yourself hate, do not do to your neighbor? Or are we in two stages: to love and to hate?

Answer: I think that at least we have dealt with hatred. It is clear to each of us that there should be no place for hatred among us! Then we will think about love.

Question: What is spiritual love?

Answer: Spiritual love is the highest connection between people or between people and the Creator, which can only be at the level of the absence of any actions and thoughts about oneself, but only for the sake of the Creator.
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From the International Convention “Rising Above Ourselves” 1/7/22, “Adhering to the Friends” Lesson 3

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