Question: Do texts written by your students contain light? Is there any point in them writing?

Answer: Yes, because a person inevitably connects others to the  upper world through himself. I believe this is justified and beneficial both for them and for others. It is better for such books to exist than others. Look at how many books are published in the world. It’s not a big deal.

You might say: “Yes, but there are other books in the world, and these might confuse people.” I don’t think so. A true seeker will quickly sort everything out. So much nonsense is written about Kabbalah! It is better that my students write.

Question: Suppose one of your students makes a video clip, writes an article, or a song. Does this material contain light?

Answer: Yes, any material contains light if a person studying with us tries in some way to pass on his impressions through himself even if he does not fully understand or know much yet.

But he is making an effort, and the light acts because he is included in the overall system. He may not even realize what he is doing, but in reality, it is all happening through him. I believe this is necessary, and I welcome my students’ efforts.

The most important thing is that they work because in doing so, they develop themselves and through their creations help others.
[340855]
From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Kabbalistic Texts” 6/18/10

Related Material:
Try and Attempt
Spreading Spiritual Energy
Teacher And Students: Writing Articles

Filed under: Dissemination, Q&A, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

Question: Imagine that we have created a system of virtual space, and it seems to be functioning, but it is lifeless; it doesn’t know how to take the next steps.

When you see a person’s state, you throw something their way. How can an inanimate system do this? It feels nothing.

Answer: There are people behind the system. We will have to constantly adjust it; every day we introduce new questions, new opportunities, new puzzles, and new moves that connect a person to society, and society with them. We will actively work on this.

A computer is just a record of information; it is our demonstration, like a showcase window behind which we stand. Therefore, we must feel how we influence each of us and how each of us responds to it. This is an interactive system of very deep two-way connection.

Question: But isn’t there a risk that this system could simply collapse?

Answer: It is quite possible. Let this computer collapse! Let the group start working live! So what? To me, this machine is not something sacred, not some kind of temple. It is just a means for me to connect with a million of our friends around the world. That is all.
[340844]
From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Virtual Community, Part 6” 5/18/10

Related Material:
Virtual System Instead of a Physical Group
The Future Society in Virtual Space
A Simulation of Spiritual Connection

Filed under: Dissemination, Group Work, Internet, Q&A, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

Question: You say Rabash was the first to outline the rules for working in a group. Didn’t Baal HaSulam describe them?

Answer: Kabbalists did not talk much about it; they hid such things, considering them very personal.

They simply described the structure of the upper worlds so that by reading their works you could attract the upper light. But prior to that, how you should shape yourself, you and the group, the desire to move forward, and the ascent to greater bestowal for which you need the upper light was practically not discussed. This is each person’s inner work, his work in the heart.

Therefore, before Rabash, humanity did not need a massive explanation and the implementation of group work. Rabash described the rules of interacting in the group very clearly, but did not disclose his writings because the time had not yet come.

We see that his method of working in a group is the most important thing he has done for the world. In fact, he has done a lot, but this is the most important and most necessary thing for us. Right now, this technique can be implemented in our organization and in us.

There is a reason we are called by his name: Bnei Baruch. Indeed, apart from that, we do not need anything else. As Baal HaSulam said, love of friends covers absolutely all our problems.
[340769]
From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Virtual Community, Part 4” 5/17/10

Related Material:
The Articles Of Rabash
Imperative Link in the Chain
To Be Worthy Of The Name “Sons Of Baruch”

Filed under: Dissemination, Group Work, Q&A, Spiritual Teacher, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

Comment: For some reason, we adhere to the criterion: if someone is in charge, he wins.

My Response: No, not necessarily. Some people can lead, and others know how to present the material.

Rabash, for example, was utterly unable to systematize the sources; he could not adapt to this. And Baal HaSulam was a great systematizer. He even started publishing a Kabbalistic encyclopedia, starting to write: “A-A,” “B-B,” and so on. Rav Kook, on the contrary, could not do this.

That is, every person in our world has specific traits and abilities, but this does not apply to the spiritual level. Not at all! We have people who process and organize material. Are they the best at understanding it or at their connection with others? Absolutely not. It is a purely corporeal trait.

Question: How do you use these abilities effectively? Everyone has some qualities, and if they engage them at 100%, it would be great. But given circumstances let us engage, perhaps, at only 10%.

Answer: We have to try. This is what I keep telling everyone: “Write, process the material, shorten an article, make interesting extracts from it, make an interesting post from the morning lesson, and try to find out how you can process the material and bring it to the world.” We have nothing else anyway.

You can be an artist; write an interesting song or poem about our topics, go ahead. Do it yourself or work on something already created, perform, or dance. This will be your dissemination action. Try to be creative in some way.

Sometimes people respond to it, and sometimes they do not. If not, at least print the newspapers and give them away. This too is work. I do it more for those who disseminate. Or let them go to other towns to give lectures or courses there. We have no other choice. We need to expand the number of people involved in dissemination.
[340672]
From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Dissemination Abilities” 4/17/10

Related Material:
Try and Attempt
The Process of Transmitting Spiritual Information
Leave Me Alone, I Am Not An Orator!

Filed under: Dissemination, Q&A - No Comments →

Question: Many of your students are at an ordinary level, meaning they do not sense spirituality. Their sensations are no different from those of the public to whom they want to convey information.

How can they better receive the information they wish to obtain in their egoistic feelings, as well as incorporate some informational message into it?

Answer: Yes, this is a problem. They should try. There is nothing else. Try.

By the way, such a person has an advantage because he is in the middle.

On one hand it is a problem. On the other hand, this problem is not artificially created by nature, but is a natural problem that is solved along with our correction.

We need to receive information precisely in its heavy, uncorrected form, and try to make it more accessible. It is this effort that causes our correction. And the correction leads to a different type of information, and so on.

We should understand that all of this is a part of one common solution, that is, a part of one common equation that includes the consumer, the source, the Creator, the teacher, and the students. We all engage in our common self-service together.

Therefore I do not think there is anything that needs to be changed here. We just need to go on this way and keep in mind that our state is a correct one. Accept it as it is and act from it. Do not try to break something in it as you must work within this framework. Then you will see how justified it is.

Question: Should we still sometimes mix with our clientele’s desires?

Answer: Yes, otherwise nothing will work. How can a mother not feel her child? First of all, she feels him with all her soul. And then she begins to feel what else could she add. Only in this way, naturally.
[340189]
From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. Try and Attempt” 6/1/10

Related Material:
The Relationship between the Disclosure of Material and Its Transmission
The Process of Transmitting Spiritual Information
Spreading Spiritual Energy

Filed under: Dissemination, Q&A - No Comments →

Comment: It happens that we build the system in such a way that we interfere with each other.

My Response: It doesn’t matter. As long as we are egoists, we always interfere with each other. So we learn from this.

Comment: At the same time, you say that when everything works stably, it’s death.

My Response: It won’t be stable for us. Something will always arise. And if not, then I will try. How else can we do it? We need to feel that changes are needed.

Let’s say we’ve taken on the Internet now. It’s an entire system that we are building. Through this, we are laying the foundation for the society of the future.

Moreover, we want to create an interactive system online where everyone actively participates. You enter it as if stepping into an enchanted world with a joystick or some other device as if engaging in a game, in a shared space where millions of people can be present simultaneously.
[340435]
From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Changes Are Needed” 4/17/10

Related Material:
A System that Emanates Goodness
Create an Adapter Between Us and Nature
The Internet Needs A New Direction

Filed under: Dissemination, Internet - No Comments →

Question: A British movie called Before We Disappear dynamically changes scenes and storylines based on audience feedback. It uses technology to analyze audience reactions and adapts the story depending on the viewers emotional engagement.

If we could program the storyline of our own lives the way we want instead of being dictated by circumstances, could there be an interesting development of events?

Answer: Only a very egoistic person would think about controlling the world in this way. After all, I live in a world where billions of other people also exist. If I want to change myself, my existence, my life path, I inevitably would influence the destinies of everyone else. I cannot act solely based on what I want without affecting others.

Thinking about it is, of course, possible, but it is absolutely unrealistic and will never work! What could work is this: If I wish well for everyone, always think and act in ways that benefit everyone and I know what “good” truly means without making mistakes, then I can positively influence the world.

Question: What if it is not just one person but everyone who wants to do good so that everyone benefits?

Answer: For that to happen, we need to reveal the bigger picture—the fact that we are all interconnected, part of one network, and there is no escaping from each other!

If even in my thoughts I wish something negative for others, even just a little, I am already distorting the entire system of our connections. The system then turns back to me, the one who caused this distortion, and forces me to correct it. It bends me back into place. That is why we are all so unhappy.

We all try to bend each other to our will, but the system works differently, it bends us because each of us creates faulty connections.

Question: What percentage of people would need to desire to develop a caring scenario for this system to change?

Answer: It depends, are we talking about a specific country or the world as a whole? But, in principle, it is possible. Even in a particular region or group of people if they truly desire it. However, this requires changing the individual. And a person can only be changed through education. Without a serious educational system and a thoughtful approach to people, it will not happen.

How can you even approach people with this? First, they need the desire for it. Today, such desires are slowly forming.

Only then can you approach people and share what you have. And what do I have? I have the key to happiness, not just any happiness, but eternal, perfect happiness! At this point, people become bewildered: “What eternal, perfect happiness? I do not even want to open my eyes in the morning.”

Question: Can a person desire this on their own?

Answer: To do so they would need to go through very serious trials.

Comment: This leads to a very pessimistic scenario.

My Response: I am not pessimistic because the program of nature exists and it will lead us to this outcome. I only wish to soften its course. That is all! I have no pessimism whatsoever. I act, I believe, to the fullest extent possible.

Comment: It is a life’s work. When people dedicate themselves to their life’s work, they draw inexhaustible motivation from the process itself.

My Response: You might think that a Kabbalist has endless energy, that their inner volcano is constantly bubbling and erupting with steam through its summit.

Question: So what is the constant driving force for a Kabbalist?

Answer: Only one thing—direct connection with the Creator who governs everything and with whom you must constantly feel mutual action, a partnership.
[230485]
From KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” 6/8/18

Related Material:
To Change The World
A Small Step For A Person, A Giant Step For Humanity
Can I Manage The World?

Filed under: Dissemination, Free Will, News, Perception - No Comments →

Question: Why do you say it is preferable to watch lessons in a large group? Does it  amplify your information?

Answer: Of course. It is said: “In the multitude of people is the King’s glory.” We are very small by ourselves. But if a thousand people are listening to a lesson, wow! And if it is ten thousand? WOW! We look at the headcount and the numbers, but we do not understand the quality.

Question: Is the group a very strong amplifier?

Answer: Yes, there is a big difference between whether I give information to one person or a thousand. After all, it is distributed among all according to each person’s disposition. There are instances when you can study with one person, expressly tune them in, and lead them toward a spiritual goal. However, there is no such thing today. Today it is only going out to the masses.

At one time I was a student of Rabash, and he was constantly engaged with me. Every morning we went for walks together, and every week we would go on a two-day trip to Tiberias. However, these are isolated instances that Kabbalists had in the past.

But now we have crossed a line, and I do not think it can happen again. There is no such option today. I do not see anyone I can bring near me and shape into a leader of the next generation.

This would be in great contrast with all the others and would harm the general dissemination of Kabbalah, which is very relevant now.

In the past, there was no way to disseminate, but this is no longer the case. Nowadays dissemination is only for the masses.
[340389]
From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The Group—Informational Amplifier” 4/17/10

Related Material:
A Strong Group
Thanks to the Group
If You Unite

Filed under: Dissemination, Q&A, Spiritual Teacher, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

Question: You constantly say that the group is the most important thing we should focus on. But at the same time, you’ve mentioned that you didn’t have a group. How were you able to overcome that and make progress without it?

Answer: Everyone has their own path, and often we don’t even understand why things happen to us the way they do. For each person, it’s very individual both internally and externally. That’s fate. This is how I was led to the study of Kabbalah, and this is how I continue to be guided.

Is it really me doing or creating anything today? Absolutely not. When someone says the name “Michael Laitman,” I don’t associate myself with it at all! It feels like I’m nameless.

When I’m introduced as a doctor, philosopher, Kabbalist, or head of Bnei Baruch, it feels like that’s the title of someone else. It’s as if I put on a robe, sit in an important chair, and lead from there. Then I move over here and sit in my “pajamas.” Because these are completely different people. Completely different!

Comment: But you have only one mind.

My Response: I’m not talking about that, but about the role I have to play. I know that I’m compelled to do it, that I’m being driven to it, it’s necessary, and I do it. I agree with it, I’m grateful for it because I understand its importance and, essentially, I know that I need it.

This is the case for many people in the world who hold significant positions. A person can’t just leave it behind; the role obligates them. Any major leader would probably love to escape to a village somewhere, relax, and just be themselves for a while. And if we’re talking about a mother of a large family, she knows she’s obligated to do what she does for the sake of her children.

I simply feel my duty. And beyond that, I feel an obligation from above, not just on a corporeal level, where someone appoints you and that’s it. In the same way, I was led to Rabash, and that’s exactly how he related to me.

One of my friends who studied with Rabash once recalled going to the sea with him and asking why he treated Laitman the way he did. Rabash replied, “That’s his soul. It makes me relate to him this way.” I didn’t even know or imagine that he would say something like that to others.

So, it’s a role, not some sort of privilege, a role imposed on a person based on the root of their soul so that they fulfill it within the general system. It may be important or not important relative to others, but that doesn’t matter. It’s simply a role.

We can talk about the importance of parents in relation to their children. But fundamentally, their importance lies in the fact that they are obligated to care for their children, not in the fact that they are bigger, stronger, or smarter. On the contrary, they are obliged to do everything to serve their children. The same goes for me.

You might say, “But there’s also vanity and self-importance.” If that’s the case, then a person loses everything. Because when fulfilling a role assigned by the Creator, ultimately doing His work, if a person seeks personal satisfaction, power, or vanity instead of asking for spiritual elevation, the quality of bestowal, they miss the point entirely.
[340055]
From KabTV’s “I Got a Call. Your Way” 5/29/10

Related Material:
Fulfill the Upper Will
Why Me?
My Way

Filed under: Dissemination, Q&A, Rabash, Spiritual Teacher, Spiritual Work - No Comments →

We must give a person such an example of the necessity and possibility of communication so that he sees in practice that only through correct interaction between us do we solve any tasks, provide ourselves with everything necessary, confidence, security, love, move forward, and reveal new qualities in us that expand our range to the next dimension—to feeling the Creator.

Where will I find these qualities in order to feel the Creator? Only in the correct communication with each other.
[340252]
From KabTV’s “I Got A Call. The System of the Future, Part 3” 5/12/10

Related Material:
The Future Form Of Society
Distinctive Characteristics Of The Future Society
Future Society—One Humanity

Filed under: Crisis, Dissemination, Globalization, Internet - No Comments →