Question: According to Kabbalah, all structures are built according to the four stages of the development of desire. Does this apply even to works of fiction and movie scripts?

Answer: If we want to fill a desire, we must treat it the way the light that created it treats it, according to the same four stages of development.

Any literary work develops in four stages. I am sure that all playwrights, writers, and even journalists who seek to attract the reader’s attention, understand that their work must be built on four stages, including the climax and the ending.

Otherwise, if it does not correspond to the structure of our desire, then a person simply will not understand what they want to sell to him, what they want to fill him with. Therefore, all writers should create in the same way as the Creator, according to the four stages of direct light.

There is such a formula when pleasure, in order to create a desire for itself that would feel it precisely as pleasure, must contact this desire for four consecutive and opposite stages, when intention and desire, pleasure and hunger, play with each other until they become completely opposite and at the same time can be together.

People instinctively understood that it should be built in this way, because they themselves consist of four stages of the development of desire. Psychologists subconsciously felt this when they saw such states in human relationships.

Let’s say I’m with a child when I am teaching him something, and see how I play with him and beat him so that he has a desire to be for or against so he will understand his mistake. He must identify all the erroneous states and only then agree with me. In principle, this is a natural thing that does not relate to Kabbalah at all.

Question: How can a Kabbalistic touch be added inside any work of art?

Answer: This is a completely different action when Malchut becomes Keter, and the Keter of direct light becomes Malchut. That is how the reverse light works! That is, the giver and the recipient switch roles when the recipient initially turns around in such a way that proves to the giver how by receiving from him, he actually gives to him. This is the whole trick between us and the Creator. In other words, the recipient, the object, the goal wants to compensate themselves in some way in relation to their Creator.

This exists even in human relationships. Only everything depends on what kind of relationship there is between them, and then receiving and giving are purely conditional. For example, between a mother and a child, between friends, between spouses, between any events in the world, the main thing is that behind them there are feeling, understanding people who are in some kind of state of connection with each other.

Another example is that they bring me a lot of gifts and sometimes fill me up with all sorts of nonsense. And I have to accept all this and thank them because the giver feels that he is giving. He is pleased with this, because in fact he receives.

Therefore, I act out how much I need it, how pleasant it is, and so on; that is, I increase the action itself many, many times. A gift can cost a few shekels, but I make it feel like it is worth millions and that it is exactly what I wanted.

We see that neither the amount nor anything else matters here, but only the relationship between people, when the giver feels fulfilled, receives, and enjoys it. This exists around us at every moment, only it is a very small fraction of receiving and giving.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. The Mystery of Art” 1/16/12

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Question: How does a Kabbalist attract goodness for the generation?

Answer: We are in an ocean of upper light. A Kabbalist can take some portion of this light from the ocean and transfer this light to them through the channels by which they are connected with other people.

Thus, we gradually connect with each other through all five channels of NRNHY.

Question: Do we pass goodness to others by engaging in dissemination?

Answer: Yes, this is a very important action. By disseminating, you pass a part of your efforts, a part of your soul, which is called the spiritual part, to others.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 3/17/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Anyone Who Pleases the Spirit of the People”

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A person is created as an egoist, so one needs to be constantly driven to action, otherwise he or she will not move. Our nature is to strive for a state of absolute rest. If I have no need, I will not lift a finger.

So I am built like some kind of mechanism. Without a reason, I have no motivation to make any movement. Every movement is only for achieving greater comfort, greater fulfillment, or escaping from the lack of comfort, from suffering.

Therefore nature drives humanity with blows. They are already quite apparent and affect many people in the world, especially in developed countries. So we must try to explain to people that there is no need to oppress and kill each other; we just need to understand what to do to make the world better. In that case, we will become a kind, balancing, softening force, a buffer.

The wisdom of Kabbalah says that until a person reaches the correct understanding, the desire must go through four phases of development.

I receive the first blow and think: “No, this has nothing to do with my actions.”

The second time: “Interesting, last time I also received a blow after these same actions.”

With the third blow: “Ah, so this is a system!”

The fourth time: “I do not want to behave like this anymore! That’s it!”

Nevertheless, all those who have power try to do something: “We will fix it, we can do it!” Although after the first blow, they understand that they cannot do anything, they still cling to their seats. Then comes the second blow, even stronger, the third blow,  and then that’s it! People throw up their hands and shout: “That’s it, we do not want anything!”

Should we wait for this? No, do not wait, but we should always spread our knowledge so that people understand where the blows are coming from. When they understand this, then these blows will become clearer. At the same time, they should not be severe.

Nature does everything to reach a painful point and a painful realization so that the desire is affected by negative sensation, and alongside there is a rational, mental record; it is when two parameters come together: reason and feelings. They must be together, like Reshimo, a record from the light and from the desire. When this happens, then everything will start working normally.

Therefore, I still talk, explain, and disseminate. Do whatever it takes, just so that these blows pass more through consciousness, then they should not be so harsh.

In other words, you do not need destruction, floods, earthquakes, atomic war! It is enough for you, for example, to have the power shut off worldwide for a day or something like that, something you can survive. That’s enough! Because compared to what is forthcoming in general, that is nothing.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Suffering Is Developing” 1/3/12

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Question: In the article “The Last Generation” Baal HaSulam asks us to imagine that today we found a certain historical book describing the last generation that will live 10,000 years from now, and that this book explains all the wisdom of statesmanship as well as all the paths of the individual and society realized at the end of days.

What does this mean? Are we talking about a Kabbalistic or some other book?

Answer: Precisely about Kabbalistic books. Of course, you can look through other books, but it is a foolish idea.

Question: In which Kabbalistic book can one learn about statesmanship?

Answer: In principle, very little is written about that. But Baal HaSulam wrote such books.

Question: As far as I understand, “The Last Generation” is the only article in which he described what all the structures of the state should be like when some people are already in a corrected state, how the courts, social services, etc. will work. Why did he not publish these articles? Did he not have time? Did he not want to?

Answer: I think he thought it was too early to publish them. Only 50 to 60 years after they had been written did they reach us and we began to publish them. They came to me through his eldest son Baruch Ashlag, my teacher. He gave me the originals, which are now kept in the archive.

Question: But did you and your teacher talk about these articles, did you study them?

Answer: We did not study them, but we talked about the subject.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation“ 2/4/24

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Open these books and you will find all the good orders that will appear and the end of days, and you will find within them the good lesson by which to arrange mundane matters today as well, for we can learn from the past and by this correct the future (Baal HaSulam, “The Last Generation”).

Question: You have always said that Kabbalah is not concerned with our world at all. It lifts a person into the upper world and describes spiritual states.

It turns out that Baal HaSulam was the first of the Kabbalists to write about the arrangement of our world?

Answer: Yes, before Baal HaSulam, almost none of the Kabbalists wrote on this topic. For the first time in history, he began to describe our world, the upper world, and the transition between worlds.

Question: Baal HaSulam writes that he is not one of the most outstanding representatives of the human race, and if he has opened these books and took some information from them, then in principle, any chosen ones of the generation, with a little effort, will be able to find in these books everything that is required to build a society.

Why does he write so modestly about himself?

Answer: The fact is that those who study Kabbalah see his achievements anyway. And what should he write to those who do not understand anything about it?

Question: And when he talks about the chosen ones of the generation, who is he talking about?

Answer: About the first persons of the generation, the sages. People who do not study Kabbalah will not be able to take information from these books and build a society of the future. After all, how would they know what to do?

This knowledge is not transferred from the boss to the performer. Those who will directly work with the world and organize it as humanity of the last generation should master the wisdom of Kabbalah and its techniques.

Question: Baal HaSulam emphasized that he takes the principles of building a future society so close to his heart that he can no longer restrain himself and he decided to reveal this wisdom.

He wrote these lines at the end of his life. Doesn’t everything written before that prove that he revealed Kabbalah to people? After all, he is the author of a huge number of books.

Answer: He meant that he had not yet revealed this kind of information to the world.
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From KabTV’s “Era of the Last Generation“ 2/4/24

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Question: You say that people treat each other poorly, don’t help each other, etc. What is the right way to behave?

Answer: Until you see the entire system of creation as a whole, nothing will help. You must see it! At the very least, try to conceptualize it according to scientists’ opinions.

Suppose you don’t see a radiation field, but you fear it: “What if I am being exposed to radiation?” It’s the same here. This needs to be taught.

This is the basis for the integral upbringing and education that we are developing for everyone in the world, so that people understand that they are in one integral sphere and completely depend on each other. Each one defines the others and thereby determine their own state.

This is an eternal nature, not something temporary, to say, “Okay, I’ve lived like this, and I’ll die like this, that’s how I am.” No, this is an eternal state, and you cannot escape from it. And you, in addition to this state, appear in your animal body, and it dies, appears, and dies. But you are forever included in this sphere, in this communication among everyone, as its special element, as a part of the system called “Adam.”
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Effective Transaction of Wisdom” 12/28/11

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Question: What does a person who does not perceive the spiritual system do?

Answer: For this, we have courses where methods of incorporation into this system are studied. They give a person the opportunity to see the integral interconnection between all people. It is gradually approaching us, and we cannot escape from it. We have to get to know it, adapt it to ourselves or ourselves to it, otherwise it will be bad.

This system manages us and governs the whole world, the fate of humanity. If we get acquainted with it and are able to interact with it as correctly as possible, a person will bring himself and the whole world to a perfect state.

Everyone has the opportunity to imagine this picture in some, not yet sensory, but purely contemplative way. All kinds of clips, drawings, films, and articles have been created on this topic, all kinds of forums and practical classes are held so that a person gets an idea about this system, and then his integration into mutual connection with others occurs.

He will feel how it breathes, how it works, how the entire surrounding world is within this system.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Laitman’s Negative Properties” 1/5/12

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We cannot move forward without blows that must pass over us! The whole problem is in what kind of blows they will be and at what level; will it be on a gross animal, material, sensory, or mental level.

These blows can be small and targeted, that follow one another and accurately correct me like a rocket moving through a tracking system. So-so-so—the pulse system works and leads me forward all the time.

Or these can be big blows that hit me on one cheek, then on the other cheek, and I do not know where to go.

It all depends on the threshold of sensitivity of the evil in me. I can feel it so subtly that I experience a correction a hundred times a minute and move forward in a smooth way without deviating far from the course. So-so-so—around a straight axis that leads me to the goal without deviating for kilometers to the side, and then, boom: “I made a mistake. Get back on course!”—and so on.

Therefore, we must do our best to spread the knowledge of Kabbalah so that people see that they have nothing else in their hands and begin to master it. They must understand that there is no other way out. We need to come to harmony with the world around us.
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From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. What to Do in the Moment of a Disaster?“ 1/2/12

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Question: We see wars, suffering, and natural disasters worldwide. Is it possible to say that so far humanity has not chosen the path of Achishena (hastening)?

Answer: Yes, humanity has not chosen the path of hastening (Achishena). It should have, but it did not.

It is said, “What the mind does not do, time does.” Therefore, we must continue to try to reveal the Creator, reveal ourselves, and wish for better times.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/13/24, Writings of Baal HaSulam “Rewarded—I Will Hasten It”

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Amir asks:

Michael, the more you call for unity and good relations, the worse it gets. And yet, you continue and continue. Don’t you see that nothing is working?

Answer: What can I do? In return, I want to ask Amir: “What should be done?”

Comment: I do not know what Amir will tell you; I would say: “Get tired, enough already.”

My Response: No, I cannot get tired. Every day I see the development of evil.

Question: So why not say this: “It continues to develop, let’s leave this generation alone?” Once the phrase “generation is not worthy” was said.

Answer: Yes, but that does not mean that I walk away from it and stop everything.

Comment: But you can see that it is getting worse.

My Response: I do not evaluate good or bad, better or worse at all. I just know that I must do it and that is it. There is no possibility of getting disappointed, leaving, and so on. Whatever happens—no!

Question: So, you must continue?

Answer: Yes.

Comment: Amir thinks that you are saying this, but people’s ears are closed and their hearts too. So, it goes somewhere into the sand, as he believes.

My Response: Everything has its history, beginning, and end. So I hope there will be an end to this.

Question: That is, in principle, as they say: water wears away stone. Just like that, drop by drop. You just keep going like that, right?

Answer: I must do that!

Question: Is this called above reason or not?

Answer: Yes, against reason.

Question: Will they hear?

Answer: Not soon.
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From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 1/4/24

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