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The Passover Haggadah Of The 21st Century

laitman_749.01The coronavirus is a consequence of our malfunction that manifests itself on a biological level. These are no longer weather cataclysms on the inanimate level, and not even an epidemic of the plague that raged in the Middle Ages.

Many problems are coming to humankind in order to bend it and convince it to leave the egoistic “Egypt.” And we will want to exit it. The people of Israel passed through 49 gates of impurity in Egypt, and it was OK. With help of the ten Egyptian plagues, they came out of there, escaped at night in the darkness from all troubles.

And now, the same is happening with all of humanity passing through 49 unclean gates. We ourselves hold on to these impure gates, we love Pharaoh and want to stay with him. We don’t to throw him away; we cling to the hem of his garment.

But ten plagues will come and force us to escape from the slavery of egoism. If I am getting blows by holding on to Pharaoh, then I have no choice, I have to start letting him go little by little, more and more, until I completely get rid of him and run away. And Pharaoh will open the door for us and say: “Go away! Get out of here!”

Soon we will see this performance on the stage of all of mankind in general. The Passover Haggadah is being practically realized in this world. But we have an opportunity to accelerate our actions and go through them quickly, pleasantly, with understanding. It all depends only on us.
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From the 2nd part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/26/20, “Connecting the World in the Last Generation”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/6/20

Lesson Preparation

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Writings of Rabash, “Concerning the Importance of Society,” (1984)

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Lesson on the Topic “Concerning Above Reason” 

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 17

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Selected Highlights

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/5/20

Lesson Preparation

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Writings of Rabash, “One Should Always Sell the Beams of His House,” (1984)

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Lesson on the Topic “Concerning Above Reason” 

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 15

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Selected Highlights

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Shifting Into The First Spiritual Gear

Laitman_117We are in an integrated system, like gears connected together. This is the form of the ten, in which everyone should practically, as a sensory experience, reveal that we spin together like gears and depend on one another. Each one in his rotation determines the movement of all the others. If I turn myself even a little, I’m responsible for turning all the other wheels inside the ten. All friends are spinning because of me, and therefore, I am responsible for my turn.

I am obligated to take into account all the general movement that I am causing and evaluate whether it will be for the good of the entire ten, and only in this case begin to turn in the optimal direction and in the best measure. And not make any move before that.

Imagine that you are ten connected gears inside one mechanism, where each when turning, twists everyone. Therefore, before turning, I must take into account how this will turn everyone and whether it will be good for everyone. I am not allowed to make even the slightest movement without taking all into account.

But it’s impossible to live like that! And that is why we are given a special opportunity called “this world,” meaning such a machine that allows everyone to spin as he wants.

And then the lever on the gearbox is shifted from above, moving us to the next, higher gear where we find ourselves actually connected to one another and forced to take into account the general movement. So we rise to the first spiritual level. And if we establish our relations at this level and can spin together without leaving anyone out of connection with others, then we can advance ourselves and switch to third gear, and then to the fourth, fifth, and so on, and go through 125 steps.

At each level, we become more and more closely connected and each takes into account the increasing number of gears in the system. He sees them, feels them, and can calculate the whole system in general. And the general calculation for the whole system is the Creator; therefore, in this way we build Him, as it is said: “You have made Me.”

Today we have a problem: It’s as if we are riding in a car with a material gear, in which we are not allowed to take into account others, but we are required to switch to the first spiritual gear. And so the coronavirus appears, brings us trouble, prevents us from continuing in the old way, and obligates us to rise. And to rise to the spiritual level, we must begin to feel one another, better adapt to one another. And how to do it if there is no such feeling?

Make an effort, ask together, pray, and then from above we receive a feeling of mutual strength. The Creator will harmonize our connection, unite us, and allow us to feel dependence on one another, which will give us reason and understanding of how to arrange all this in a general form. And so we will move forward.

We need to make such a transition now. It will happen anyway, whether we wish it or not. But this switching can occur as a result of our efforts and conscious participation, and then it will be nice, pleasant, smooth, and gentle. Otherwise, it will happen through another world war: the third, fourth, fifth, sixth… Who knows how many more wars and personal troubles are ahead of us? It is better for us to shift the gearbox ourselves.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson, 4/26/20 “Connecting the World in the Last Generation”

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The Path To Correction Depends On Us, But It Is Not Short

Laitman_632.4These days, humanity is in turmoil, not knowing how to perceive the special state we find ourselves in. It seems to us that it depends on those who hold power and money, the governments, the army, and the mafia.

However, we need to understand that, in fact, they have no influence. Everything is determined only by the relations between people. If we raise the importance of connection and unity, then all of humanity rises, and if we lower it, then we all fall.

Therefore, we should not wait to hear in the news which government came to power; rather, we should check through our own relations, who we elect and who we remove. We should be engaged not in politics, but only in connecting people.

The entire world is within us, and it is necessary to bring unity and connection to all these opposing forces that are supposedly pulling each one in its own direction, not only the development of this world, but the entire reality, including the upper system, the upper world.

The entire reality must take part in the integral connection and work concertedly in order to reveal within its relations the form of the upper force, which is the crown (the highest Sefira Keter) and governs everything. If we organize the reality within us in this way, we force all the opposing forces of nature to start working together and moving the world toward connection.

These forces will appear to us as opposing each other, clashing with and hating each other, supposedly unable to reach any compromise or connection. Each will try to take control over the others.

However, this is exactly the sign of the development of reality in which all the contradictions are added. There can be no light without darkness and no good without evil, and vice versa. All forces must work according to their nature but in one direction.

Each force operating in the general system must understand that it can only work according to its nature, and therefore must not resist it and only perform its function. It is necessary to arrange all the forces so that each of them supports the others and all of them are directed to the revelation of the upper force.

The path to correction is not short, but it depends on how much we try to accelerate it without waiting for time to do its work. We need to be smart and patient and accept what is happening without panic, but with wisdom, knowing that whatever is going to happen will happen.

There is an upper Ruler in the world who controls everything; our task is only to help Him. Our help is very important, but it is the Creator who begins creation and He finishes it.

Our strength is in the fact that we are many and we are very different, but we are ready to be together as one man with one heart. We agree to connect in order to make the upper force a ruler in our world that will be revealed in the entire reality. Therefore, the main thing is to continue on the same path, regardless of one’s moods. We just need to know that we have to do everything in our power and thus advance.

We should be less impressed by news headlines because we see that governments themselves do not understand what is happening and they themselves are getting sick not knowing what will happen tomorrow. Obviously, they do not have a new program and they hope to return everything to the old, pre-viral times when they were strong and rich. However, this will not work.

Although countries have already begun to move toward equitable distribution in order to provide everyone with what they need in this critical state. It will be interesting to see how the powerful people of this world will later try to “correct” this state and restore the system of industry and trade again, and the Creator will  correct them with His own forces.

After all, correction lies only in the connection between people. If we disseminate through this connection, we will come to the healthiest state, the most balanced with the surrounding nature, which requires only this balance from us.

Nature is expecting humanity to consume only what is necessary for a normal life and to direct all its other forces to the revelation of the upper world.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/7/20, Selected Highlights

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The Union Of Stony Hearts

laitman_929The union of hearts is the feeling that we are in one heart: We understand each other, we feel, we have one goal, and there is only one force that controls us. But connection implies within itself an understanding of what disconnection means.

One does not exist without the other; opposites support each other. Two properties must exist together: the Creator and creation, the desire to enjoy and the desire to bestow. And then we feel one against the other.

However, one quality, only the desire to enjoy or only the desire to bestow, we are not able to notice. Therefore, we must feel two opposing qualities in our connection.

First of all, we must thank the Creator for the fact that on all continents, all the people all over the world are now in the same state. The Creator gives us both a spiritual and material state. This has never happened before. Our material world is beginning to connect with the spiritual world, and this is really the action of the Messiah pulling this world to the stage of the upper world.

Therefore, one must be more bound by hearts, intention, appeal to the Creator, and prayer. And so we will develop our common feeling. It all depends on the personal, small contribution of each one.

I have a heart of stone that does not feel anything, but I hear that friends feel each other, and therefore I strive for them. And the other is so eager, and the third, there are millions of us! You should not miss your chance, do not neglect what the Creator is giving us.

You will begin to see more and more, day by day, how our group is receiving a blessing from above, an ascent, an understanding, a connection with the Creator. The Creator fills the voids between us that are expanded by the virus, and opens up before us opportunities for spiritual advancement.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 4/7/20, Selected Highlights

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The Coronavirus Is A Result Of Mutual Hatred

laitman_260.01To establish order in the world, we need to connect with each other so that the light of the Creator will be revealed between us, filling our connection with the upper light. Through our connection with all the inhabitants of this world, we will bring them the light of the Creator, which will illuminate the entire world.

Then the world, instead of being afraid of the coronavirus and staying away from each other, will be able to connect through beautiful, good connections, both between people and with the inanimate, vegetative, and animate nature, that is, with the environment.

The entire world would rise to a new degree of connection and correction. Through this integral connection and the feeling of integral nature, the world will attain the single force that governs and arranges everything in our lives. In this way, the whole world will come closer to feeling and attaining the Creator.

This process is already happening . If we do not understand the first soft hints in the form of the coronavirus, then next time it will be revealed in a much more terrible form. We should not wait for that. The coronavirus is still acting very gently, threatening us with an epidemic to keep us from unnecessary activities that only destroy nature.

However, next time, an epidemic could wipe out half of humanity, affecting every home. If we do not learn from today’s experience with the coronavirus and think only about how to return to hair salons and hotels, we will get a stronger warning from nature.

The coronavirus makes it clear that we must change our behavior toward each other, between people, and toward all inanimate, vegetative, and animate nature. In the end, we must put our life on earth in order.

It is obvious to everyone that our life is not the best and needs to be corrected. So let’s change it and not go back to the old one. Now, when we return to normal life after the quarantine, let’s organize our relations a little differently, make them more corrected, do less harm to each other, and less damage to the environment. Even before the epidemic, we were saying that it would be worth changing ourselves, so let’s do it.

Let’s think about what useful conclusions can be drawn from the experience of the epidemic, what lessons can we learn? How should we change? Maybe we can find the reason for the epidemic and make sure it does not happen again. If we have made a few positive changes, let’s not lose them. We will slightly change our family, school, work, and will eliminate unnecessary businesses that produce redundant products.

So far, I do not see that there is a change in people’s minds. Leaders do not understand what is happening and try to return to the previous state by any means. Of course, they are more cautious now, but they do not know what to do.

This is not ill-will but simply narrow-mindedness, inability to understand the changes occurring in nature that caused the coronavirus. And there are many other viruses after this one that are waiting for us if we do not start to change.

We see that egoists cannot unite: not in a disintegrating Europe, not in China, America, or India. No one can stay in good relations, everyone is against everyone else. And above this general disunion, our group can become a connecting force with one goal of common connection under one slogan, “Connection above separation.”

It does not matter, let the separation remain, we do not deal with it; we only build a connection above it. We do not have to fight against separation because we are all different and hate each other. Let it remain that way, and over this, we want to stretch the threads of love, of connection between us so that all crimes are covered by love. This is our motto with which we go.

Only such a system can control the world because it contains a great human egoism within itself and the upper force of the Creator, a common universal connection. With these two forces, we can do everything because then we contain everything together within ourselves and can control the world by setting an example and disseminating the method of connection.

The coronavirus stays as it is, we do not touch it. We need to observe the rules of social distancing that the coronavirus has set for us, that is, two meters apart and home quarantine. Yet, at the same time, we develop an internal connection between us until our internal unity destroys all viruses. After all, the virus is a result of our mutual hatred.

In our world, there is nothing but the will to receive, which is inseparable from hatred for others, and the will to bestow, which generates love for one’s neighbor. The coronavirus is the result of hatred that manifests itself in such a biological form, as a virus.

Let’s reduce the hatred between us a little, or at least realize that it exists and want to get rid of it. This very desire will already confine hatred and on the same day, we will see how we are cured of the virus. This is what the world’s leaders should be doing today.
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From a Kabbalah Lesson 4/25/20, “Concerning Faith Above Reason”

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/4/20

Lesson Preparation

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Lesson on the Topic “Connecting the World in the Last Generation” 

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 15

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Daily Kabbalah Lesson – 5/3/20

Lesson Preparation

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Lesson on the Topic “Concerning Above Reason” 

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Writings of Rabash, “According to What Is Explained Concerning “Love Thy Friend as Thyself,” (1984)

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Writings of Baal HaSulam, “Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,” Item 12

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Selected Highlights

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The Creator Stopped Us Before The Abyss

laitman_231.01How would you like to see the next stage of human development? The Creator gave us great help, He stopped the whole world before the abyss, which we, in our egoism, almost brought to complete destruction.

At the last moment, the Creator stopped us with the help of the coronavirus, forced us to calm down, to relax, to sit at home, and to think about our lives so that we would never return to the old world built on egoism.

What would have to change in our world so that it would become better, kinder, more correct, and more just? What should we ask the Creator together? Indeed, today for the first time we see how the Creator is immediately engaged in all of humanity, around the entire globe.

We want to fix the connection between us, and it will already establish our whole life. Can I take care of everyone and think that my neighbor and the whole world have everything that I have? Am I ready to share with others, worry about them just like for my children? After all, I won’t take the last and deprive my child, I will provide for him first.

The law of love requires such an attitude toward everyone. Do we understand that tomorrow we must become other people, both in thought and in an action? Thus, our society will move forward.

We are not talking about forced distribution, socialization of banks and enterprises. We just want to ask the Creator to change human society so that it leads to a change in relations within the family, between countries, from the internal correction in each person spreading outward. Maybe the coronavirus will help us with this.
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From the 1st part of the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/29/20, Writings of Rabash, “According to What Is Explained Concerning “Love Thy Friend as Thyself”

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